Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986

Li, Hong-Xing, Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Yang, Lin, 2023, Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae), ZooKeys 1183, pp. 233-244 : 233

Genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986

Figs 1-6 , 7-16 , 17-22 , 23-31

Neobelocera Ding & Yang, in Ding et al. 1986: 420; Chen and Liang 2005: 374; Ding 2006: 196; Hou and Chen 2010: 40; Li et al. 2020: 3.

Type species.

Neobelocera asymmetrica Ding & Yang, 1986.

Diagnosis.

Neobelocera can be distinguished from other related genera of Tropidocephalini by the following characters: antennae with first segment subsagittate, markedly flattened, a longitudinal carina down middle, the ventral apical angle longer than dorsal apical angle (Figs 5 , 8 , 21 , 24 ); when postclypeus viewed in profile, apical part of median carina roundly bent (Figs 4 , 20 ); rostrum very short, only reaching mesotrochanters ( Ding et al. 1986; Chen 2003; Chen and Liang 2005; Hou and Chen 2010; Hu and Ding 2014; Li et al. 2020).

Host plant.

Bamboo.

Distribution.

Oriental region (China).

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Neobelocera furcata sp. nov. 1 male adult, dorsal view 2 same, lateral view 3 head and thorax, dorsal view 4 same, lateral view 5 face 6 forewing. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (1 - 6).

Figures 7 - 16. Neobelocera furcata sp. nov. 7 head and thorax, dorsal view 8 face 9 male genitalia, posterior view 10 same, lateral view 11 anal segment, lateral view 12 pygofer, posterior view 13 genital style, posterior view 14 same, lateral view 15 aedeagus, lateral view 16 female genitalia, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (16); 0.2 mm (7 - 10, 12); 0.1 mm (11, 13 - 15).

Figures 17 - 22. Neobelocera parvula sp. nov. 17 male adult, dorsal view 18 same, lateral view 19 head and thorax, dorsal view 20 same, lateral view 21 face 22 forewing. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (16, 17, 21); 0.3 mm (18 - 20).

Figures 23 - 31. Neobelocera parvula sp. nov. 23 head and thorax, dorsal view 24 face 25 male genitalia, posterior view 26 same, lateral view 27 anal segment, dorsal view 28 genital style, posterior view 29 same, lateral view 30 aedeagus, lateral view 31 female genitalia, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (31); 0.2 mm (23 - 27, 30); 0.1 mm (28, 29).