Paracercopis, Schmidt, 1925

Liang, Ai-Ping, Zhang, Pei-Yi, Zhu, Xiao-Qing, Wang, Ye-Qing & Xiao, Neng-Wen, 2023, The Oriental spittlebug genus Paracercopis Schmidt (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae) revisited, with description of one new species from Hubei, China, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 232-242 : 239-240

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.4

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scientific name

Paracercopis
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Key to Species of Paracercopis View in CoL View at ENA

1. Forewings distinctly bicolored.......................................................................... 2

- Forewings unicolored................................................................................. 3

2. Head, pronotum and scutellum uniformly shining black; forewings with anterior two-fifths red, or brick-red, or stramineous, posterior three-fifths black ( Figs 1A, 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ); China (Sichuan, Guangxi).................. P. seminigra ( Melichar, 1902) View in CoL

- Head, pronotum and scutellum uniformly orange yellow; forewings with anterior two-fifths orange yellow, posterior three-fifths fuscous; China (Yunnan), Vietnam ( Annam)............................................... P. bicolor Liang, 1993

3. Forewings crossed by a straight, transverse, whitish or fuscous-brown fascia before middle.......................... 4

- Forewings not crossed by a straight, transverse, whitish or fuscous-brown fascia before middle....................... 6

4. Aedeagal shaft very broad and distinctly constricted subapically in lateral view (see Liang & Webb, 2002, fig. 11); forewings dull ochraceous, crossed by a straight, narrow, transverse fuscous-brown fascia before middle; northern Burma......................................................................................... P. atricapilla ( Distant, 1908)

- Aedeagal shaft relatively slender and not distinctly constricted subapically in lateral view; forewings crossed by a straight, transverse, whitish fascia before middle................................................................... 5

5. Pronotum with anterior area (excluding marginal areas) fuscous ( Figs 1C, 1D View FIGURE 1 ); China...... P. chekiangensis ( Ôuchi, 1943)

- Pronotum with anterior area (excluding marginal areas) brown; northeastern India......... P. darjilingi ( Lallemand, 1924)

6. Body smaller, length ♀ less than 9.0 mm; forewings uniformly red ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); southern China...................................................................................................... P. fuscipennis ( Haupt, 1924) View in CoL

- Body larger, length ♀ 9.8–10.8 mm; forewings uniformly reddish brown ( Figs 5A, 5B View FIGURE 5 ); south central China (Hubei)......................................................................... P. unicolor Liang, Zhang & Xiao , sp. nov .

Distant, W. L. (1908) Rhynchota, Vol. IV. Homoptera and Appendix (Pt.). In: Bingham, C. T. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. i - xv + 1 - 501.

Haupt, H. (1924) Die Homoptera der Tibetreise W. St ˆ tzners. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1923, 295 - 306.

Lallemand, V. (1924) Homopteres nouveaux de la collection du Museum National de Paris et de la mienne. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 30, 294 - 300.

Liang, A. - P. [1993 (1992)] A revision of the spittlebug genus Paracercopis Schmidt (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 23 (4), 443 - 452. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631292 x 00236

Liang, A. - P. & Webb, M. D. (2002) New taxa and revisionary notes in Rhinaulacini spittlebugs from southern Asia (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Journal of Natural History, 36 (6), 729 - 756. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930110062336

Melichar, L. (1902) Homopteren aus West-China, Persien und dem Sud-Ussuri-Gebiete gesammelt von Potanin, Berezovski, Zarudny und Jankovski. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Acaemie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 7, 76 - 146.

Ouchi, Y. (1943) Contributiones ad Congnitionem Insectorum Asiae Orientalis 12. Notes on some cercopid insects from east China. Shanghai Sizenkagaku Kenkyusyo Ibo, 13 (6), 496 - 504. [in Japanese with English summary]

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FIGURE 1. Paracercopis species. A, B. P. seminigra (Melichar, 1902), adult, China: Chongqing (photographs by Y.S. Li). C–E. P. chekiangensis (Ôuchi, 1943). C. Adult (China: Gansu) (photograph by J. Shi). D. Adult (China: Shaanxi). E. Spittle mass produced by nymphs (China: Shaanxi) (photographs by Z.S. Song).

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FIGURE 3. Habitat in Houhe National Nature Reserve, Yichang, Hubei, China where the holotype and paratype specimens of Paracercopis unicolor Liang, Zhang & Xiao, sp. nov. was collected. A. Heping. B. Yangpoping. C. Qingshuiquan. D. Yanjiaao.

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FIGURE 5. Paracercopis species. A–C. P. unicolor Liang, Zhang & Xiao, sp. nov., male adult, holotype (China: Hubei:Yichang). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, right dorsolateral view. C. Head, ventral view. D. P. fuscipennis (Haupt, 1924), male adult (China, Zhejiang), habitus, dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 cm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Cercopoidea

Family

Cercopidae

Tribe

Rhinaulacini