[Entomology • 2024] Zanna bidoupana, Z. chartieri, etc. • Four New Species of the Lanternfly Genus Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) from Cambodia and Vietnam

Zanna chartieri Constant, 

in Constant & Pham, 2024. 

 DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2665

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Abstract

Four new species of Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 are described: two from Cambodia, Z. chartieri Constant sp. nov. from Tatai in Koh Kong Province and Z. limbourgi Constant sp. nov. from Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu Province and Kbal Spean in Siem Reap Province, and two from Vietnam: Z. bidoupana sp. nov. from Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park in Lam Dong Province and Z. kusamae sp. nov. from Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve in Dong Nai Province. Illustrations of the holotypes and male genitalia, photographs of live specimens and nymphs, a distribution map and host plants records are provided. The type of Zanna chinensis (Distant, 1893) is also illustrated for comparison. The genus Zanna now contains 37 species.

Keywords: Fulgoroidea, Auchenorrhyncha, Dictyopharidae, Indochina

  

Zanna bidoupana sp. nov. from Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam

Zanna chartieri Constant sp. nov. from Tatai in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia

Constant Jérôme and Hong Thai PHAM. 2024. Four New Species of the Lanternfly Genus Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 from Cambodia and Vietnam (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 958(1), 114-150. DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2665

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[Entomology • 2024] Saiva constanti • A New Species of the Asian Lanternfly Genus Saiva Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) from Thailand with Notes on S. virescens and Pyrops cultellatus

Saiva constanti Jiaranaisakul, 

in Jiaranaisakul, Webb et Pinkaew, 2024.

จักจั่นงวงเรียวภูเขา  ||  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.6 

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Abstract

A new species of the Asian lanternfly genus Saiva Distant, 1906, Saiva constanti Jiaranaisakul sp. nov., is described from Thailand with illustrations and distribution map. Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842) is proposed as a senior synonym of Saiva phesamensis Ollenbach, 1928 syn. nov. and Fulgora pyrrhochlora Butler, 1874 syn. nov. is now considered as junior synonym of Pyrops cultellatus (Walker, 1857).

Hemiptera, lanternfly, Fulgoroidea, planthopper, Saiva, new species 

Saiva constanti 

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Kawin Jiaranaisakul, Mick Webb and Nantasak Pinkaew. 2024. A New Species of the Asian Lanternfly Genus Saiva Distant, 1906 from Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) with Notes on S. virescens (Westwood, 1842) and Pyrops cultellatus (Walker, 1857).  Zootaxa. 5463(3); 405-416. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.6

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[Entomology • 2024] Hemisphaerius bresseeli, Mongoliana vietnamica, Kodaianella mua, Rostrolatum curviceps, etc. • Sixteen issid Planthopper Species in One Day in Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve in North Vietnam: Eight New Species, One New Genus and additional New Records (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)

Hemisphaerius bresseeli, Kodaianella mua,
Neogergithoides scapularis & Rostrolatum curviceps

in Constant & Pham, 2024. 

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.919.2407  

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ABSTRACT

Sixteen species of Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) were recorded in a single day of collecting in Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, of which a checklist is provided. Among them, eight species are new to science and described in different tribes and subtribes: in the Hemisphaeriini Hemisphaeriina: Gergithoides olivaceus sp. nov., Hemisphaerius bresseeli sp. nov. and Neogergithoides scapularis sp. nov.; Hemisphaeriini Mongolianina: Mongoliana vietnamica sp. nov.; Kodaianellini: Kodaianella mua sp. nov.; Parahiraciini Parahiraciina: Pusulissus quangninhensis sp. nov. and Rostrolatum curviceps sp. nov.; Sarimini: Pseudocoruncanius obliquus sp. nov. The new genus Melichergithus gen. nov. is described to accommodate Gergithus gravidus Melichar, 1906 and the new combination Melichergithus gravidus (Melichar, 1906) gen. et comb. nov. is proposed; a black form of the species is recorded for the first time and described. Two species, Longieusarima lunulia Wang, Bourgoin & Zhang, 2017 and Parallelissus fuscus Meng, Qin & Wang, 2020, are recorded from Vietnam for the first time, while another species Maculergithus luteomaculatus (Constant & Pham, 2016) is recorded for the first time from Quang Ninh Province. Four species were represented by single females that could not be identified to species level, belonging to the genera Clypeosmilus Gnezdilov & Soulier-Perkins, 2017, Fortunia Distant, 1909 (two species) and Kodaianellissus Wang, Bourgoin & Zhang, 2017. The five following genera are recorded from Vietnam for the first time: Kodaianella Fennah, 1956, Rostrolatum Che, Zhang & Wang, 2020, Longieusarima Wang, Bourgoin & Zhang, 2017, Parallelissus Meng, Qin & Wang, 2020 and Kodaianellissus. The type material of Hemisphaerius rufovarius Walker, 1858 and its junior synonyms H. scymnoides Walker, 1862, H. testaceus Distant, 1906 and H. virescens Distant, 1906 was studied and the male terminalia described; as a result, H. rufovarius is removed from the fauna of Vietnam and China. Hemisphaerius bipunctatus Melichar, 1906 is also removed from the fauna of Vietnam after examination of the corresponding specimens. This study provides a 25% increase in the number of Issidae of Vietnam; a complete list of the 51 species recorded from the country, as well as a map of the number of recorded species per province, are given and discussed.

Keywords: Global Taxonomy Initiative, Tonkin, Fulgoroidea, China

Hemisphaeriini Hemisphaeriina: Gergithoides olivaceus sp. nov., Hemisphaerius bresseeli sp. nov. and Neogergithoides scapularis sp. nov.; 

Hemisphaeriini Mongolianina: Mongoliana vietnamica sp. nov.; 

Kodaianellini: Kodaianella mua sp. nov.; 

Parahiraciini Parahiraciina: Pusulissus quangninhensis sp. nov. and Rostrolatum curviceps sp. nov.; 

Sarimini: Pseudocoruncanius obliquus sp. nov. 

 

Jérôme Constant and Hong Thai Pham. 2024. Sixteen issid Planthopper Species in One Day in Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve in North Vietnam: Eight New Species, One New Genus and additional New Records (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 919(1); 1–87. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.919.2407 

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[Entomology • 2022] Macrosemia sapaensis • A New Species of of the Macrosemia Kato, 1925 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam

Macrosemia sapaensis 

Luu, Pham, Bui & Constant, 2022

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Abstract

A taxonomic study on the genus Macrosemia from Vietnam in which a new species Macrosemia sapaensis sp. nov. is described. This species was collected from Lao Cai province in north Vietnam. Information on the distribution, photos of an adult, and illustrations of the male genitalia are provided for the new species. Based on the male characteristics, we provide a key to the genus Macrosemia Kato, 1925 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Vietnam.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha, cicadini, Hoang Lien National Park, morphology, taxonomy

Macrosemia sapaensis sp. nov.:
 A: dorsal view of male, B:ventral view of male.

Macrosemia sapaensis sp. nov.

Etymology: the species epithet refers to the locality of origin of the specimens: Sapa, Hoang Lien National Park, Lao Cai province in north Vietnam.

Yen Hoang Luu, Thai Hong Pham, Hong Minh Bui and Jerome Constant. 2022. A New Species of the Genus Macrosemia from Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering. 64(2); 82-85.  vietnamscience.vjst.vn/index.php/VJSTE/article/view/339

DOI: doi.org/10.31276/VJSTE.64(2).82-85

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[Entomology • 2022] Pyrops buomvoi • The Lanternfly Genus Pyrops in Vietnam: A New Species from Central Vietnam, Taxonomic Changes, Checklist, Identification Key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)

Pyrops buomvoi  

Constant & Pham, 2022

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1741

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ABSTRACT

A new species of the genus Pyrops Spinola, 1839 (Fulgoridae), Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov., is described from Ca Na, Ninh Thuan Province in Central Vietnam. It is attributed to the candelaria group and compared with the other species of the genus. Pyrops lathburii (Kirby, 1818) is proposed as a senior synonym of P. astarte (Distant, 1914), transferred back to the candelaria group from the pyrrhorhynchus group, and recorded from Laos for the first time. The candelaria and pyrorhynchus groups are defined and commented on. Intraspecific variation in the colour of the hind wings is recorded for the first time in Pyrops condorinus (Lallemand, 1960). A checklist of the 12 Vietnamese species of Pyrops and an illustrated key which can also be used for Laos, Cambodia and Southern Continental China, are given. Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov. is the first new species of Pyrops discovered in Indochina for more than 50 years. Intraspecific colour variation in the species of Pyrops is briefly discussed.

Keywords: planthopper, Fulgoroidea, instraspecific variation, Indochina

 Pyrops Spinola, 1839 species from Vietnam 
Pyrops atroalbus (Distant, 1918), Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov., Pyrops candelaria (Linné, 1758), Pyrops clavatus (Westwood, 1839),
 Pyrops coelestinus (Stål, 1863), Pyrops condorinus (Lallemand, 1960), Pyrops ducalis (Stål, 1863), Pyrops itoi (Satô & Nagai, 1994),
 Pyrops lathburii (Kirby, 1818), Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842), Pyrops viridirostris (Westwood, 1848), Pyrops vitalisius (Distant, 1918)

DOI:  10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1741 

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Checklist of the Vietnamese species of Pyrops Spinola, 1839

Pyrops atroalbus (Distant, 1918)

Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov.

Pyrops candelaria (Linné, 1758)

Pyrops clavatus (Westwood, 1839)

Pyrops coelestinus (Stål, 1863)

Pyrops condorinus (Lallemand, 1960)

Pyrops ducalis (Stål, 1863)

Pyrops itoi (Satô & Nagai, 1994)

Pyrops lathburii (Kirby, 1818)

Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842)

Pyrops viridirostris (Westwood, 1848)

Pyrops vitalisius (Distant, 1918)

 Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov., paratype ♀ (RBINS).
A. Habitus, ventral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Habitus, lateral view. E. Head and thorax, lateral view. F. Head and thorax, anterolateral view. G. Head, perpendicular view of frons.

C, E-G = not to scale.

Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758

Order Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1806

Infraorder Fulgoromorpha Evans, 1946

Superfamily Fulgoroidea Latreille, 1807

Family Fulgoridae Latreille, 1807

Subfamily Aphaeninae Blanchard, 1847

Tribe Pyropsini Urban & Cryan, 2009

Genus Pyrops Spinola, 1839

Pyrops buomvoi sp. nov.

Diagnosis: The species can be separated from all other species of Pyrops by the following combination of characters:(1) posterior wings milky white with apex and area along sutural margin black brown, with brown area paler and narrower towards basosutural angle (Fig. 1B);(2) cephalic process elongate and very slender, moderately curved dorsad (Fig. 1C–G);(3) head yellow with dorsum and sides of cephalic process reddish (Fig. 1);(4) tegmina with 3 irregular yellow bands on basal half, the two more distal ones formed from rows of elongate markings (Fig. 1B).

Etymology: The species epithet buomvoi is a Vietnamese name for the species of the genus Pyrops, with ʻ[con] buomʼ meaning ʻbutterflyʼ and ʻ[con] voiʼ meaning ʻelephantʼ. The name literally means ʻbutterfly-elephantʼ and is used as a name in apposition.

Jérôme Constant and Hong Thai Pham. 2022. The Lanternfly Genus Pyrops in Vietnam: A New Species from Central Vietnam, Taxonomic Changes, Checklist, Identification Key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 813(1), 123–154. DOI:  10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1741

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[Entomology • 2020] The Oriental Genus Purusha Distant, 1906 with Two New Species and A Key to the Genera of Eurybrachini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae) [Revision of the Eurybrachidae (XV)]

Purusha reversa (Hope, 1843) 

in Constant, 2020. 

 DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.602 

Abstract

The Oriental genus of Eurybrachidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) Purusha Distant, 1906 is reviewed and a key to the genera of Eurybrachini is given. Two new species, P. bellissima sp. nov. and P. vietnamica sp. nov. are described from Myanmar and North Vietnam, respectively. Purusha rubromaculata Distant, 1906 is proposed as a junior synonym of P. reversa (Hope, 1843). All species are illustrated, including all type specimens and the male genitalia for the first time. Distribution maps, identification key to species and biological data are provided. The sexual dimorphism in the genus is discussed. Five species are currently placed in Purusha.

Keywords: Eurybrachinae; planthopper; Fulgoroidea; Auchenorrhyncha; sexual dimorphism

Fig. 18. Purusha reversa (Hope, 1843).
 A–B.♂ in nature, Thailand, Betong, 27 Jun. 2015 (photographs by L. Day).
C–D. ♀ in nature, Thailand, Betong, 7 Dec. 2014 (photographs by S. Atdhabhan). D. Defensive posture with wings raised.
E. Illustration in the original description.

Jérôme Constant. 2020. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (XV). The Oriental Genus Purusha Distant, 1906 with Two New Species and A Key to the Genera of Eurybrachini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 602; 1–40. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.602