Goifa tangailensis ( Ahmed & Samad, 1972 ) Ahmed & Samad, 1972

Qin, Dao-Zheng, Liu, Yang & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, A taxonomic study of Chinese Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) (III), Zootaxa 3094, pp. 30-42 : 34-36

Goifa tangailensis ( Ahmed & Samad, 1972) , n. comb., new record from China

( Figs 15–29 )

Paolia tangailensis Ahmed & Samad, 1972: 85 .

Goifa aprocessa Mann & Sohi, 1993: 97 , syn. nov.

Material examined. 1male 1female, 20 Dec. 1999, Jinghong, Yunnan Province, 580 m, 1 male, 14 Dec. 1999, Mt. Nangong, 1100 m, 2males 1female, 2 Dec. 1999, Munai, Yunnan Province, 1100 m, coll. Irena Dworakowska; 5males 1female, 8 Dec. 1999, 1male, 9 Dec. 1999, 3males 1female, 11 Dec. 1999, coll. Daozheng Qin; 1female, Qiongzhong, Hainan Province, coll. Yalin Zhang.

Remarks. The description and illustration of Paolia tangailensis agree well with the generic differentiation of Goifa except the aedeagus and connective were shown as separated. However, the aedeagus and connective are fused in the specimens of this species deposited in NWAFU ( Figs 25, 26 ), and in specimens of the same species illustrated by Mann & Sohi (1993) (see Mann & Sohi 1993: Figs 8, 9 ). Therefore, a new combination is created here and a new synonym and is also proposed. The specimens of this species in NWAFU have a tooth near the apex of paramere ( Figs 27, 28 ) that is not shown in the illustrations provided by Ahmed & Samad (1972) and Mann & Sohi (1993).

Distribution. China (Yunnan and Hainan Provinces), Pakistan, India.

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 29. Goifa tangailensis (Ahmed & Samad, 1972), 15, head and thorax, dorsal view; 16, same, left lateral view; 17, face; 18, forewing; 19, hindwing; 20, male terminalia, left lateral view; 21, pygofer side, dorsal view; 22, same, left lateral view; 23, 24, subgenital plate, dorsal view; 25, aedeagus, left lateral view; 26, same, ventral view; 27, paramere; 28, apex of paramere; 29, abdominal apodeme.

FIGURES 1 – 14. Homa sinensis Qin & Zhang, sp. n., 1, head and thorax, dorsal view; 2, same, left lateral view; 3, face; 4, forewing; 5, hindwing; 6, male terminalia, left lateral view; 7, pygofer side, dorsal view; 8, same, left lateral view; 9, anal tube appendage, left lateral view; 10, subgenital plate, dorsal view; 11, aedeagus, left lateral view; 12, same, dorsal view; 13, paramere; 14, abdominal apodeme.