Limassolla (Limassolla) hebeiensis, Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992

Oh, Sumin, Lim, Jongok, Lee, Gwan-Seok, Kim, Il-Kwon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, A new species of the genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with a new record and new synonymy, Zootaxa 4819 (3), pp. 582-588 : 583

L. (Limassolla) hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992

( Figs 1 ~11)

Limassolla hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992: 324

Description. Vertex yellow with orange pattern and pronotum orange with small yellow round sopts. Mesonotum orange with yellow pattern and scutellum yellow ( Fig. 1, 2 ). Forewing pale yellow with complex pattern including orange maculae and dark brown spots ( Fig. 4 ). Male abdominal apodemes extended to half of sternite 5th ( Fig. 9 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe narrow and long distally, appendage sharp distally ( Fig. 7 ). Subgenital plate narrow with five macrosetae on middle part and several microsetae on apical margin ( Fig. 11 ). Style with distal margin little convex ( Fig. 8 ). Aedeagus shaft slender, tubular in caudal view. and embowed lateral view, apex with two pairs of X shaped processes in caudal view ( Fig. 5, 6 ). Connective Y shaped with central lobe, stem broad ( Fig. 10 ).

Measurements. Body length male 3.01~ 3.43mm, female 3.49~ 3.61mm.

Specimens examined. [CNU] 2♂♂, 1♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Hwanggan-myeon, Geumgye-ri on Diosyros kaki THUNB , 17.vii.2016, coll. S. Oh; [ CNU] 2♂♂, 9♀♀, Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju-si, Moseo-myeon, Deuksu-ri on Diosyros kaki THUNB , 17.viii.2016, coll. S. Oh; [ CNU] 5♀♀, Korea, Jeollabuk-do, Muju-gun, Anseong-myeon, Gongjeong-ri , on Diosyros kaki THUNB , 11.vii.2015, coll. S.Oh; [ CNU] 8♂♂, 21♀♀, Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju-si, Moseo-myeon, Doan-ri , on Diosyros kaki THUNB , 11.vii.2015, coll. S.Oh.

Host plants. Diospyros kaki THUNB ( Ericales : Ebenaceae ) ( Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992).

Bionomics. This species appears from July to August as in both nymphs and adults ( Fig. 23–A ).

Distribution. China, Korea *

Figures

FIGURES 23. Symptom of damage according to species: A. Symptom of damage on Diospyros kaki THUNB by L. hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992. B. Symptom of damage on Diospyros kaki THUNB by L. dangjinensis sp. nov. Oh et Jung.

FIGURES 1–11. L. (Limassolla) hebeiensis Cai, Liang & Wang, 1992: 1~2 Habitus. 3. Ventral view. 4. Forewing. 5. Aedeagus caudal view. 6. Aedeagus lateral view. 7. Pygofer lobe lateral view. 8. Style. 9. Male abdominal apodemes. 10. Connective. 11. Subgenital plate. Scales: 1mm (Fig. 1~4), 0.1mm (Fig. 5~11)