Youtuus, a new bamboo-feeding genus of the tribe Augilini with two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Caliscelidae)

Nian Gong; Lin Yang; Xiang-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.783.25135

Youtuus, a new bamboo-feeding genus of the tribe Augilini with two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Caliscelidae)

Zookeys. 2018 Sep 4:(783):85-96. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.783.25135. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Nian Gong^{1

2}, Lin Yang^{1

2}, Xiang-Sheng Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou University Guiyang China.
² Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

A new bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Youtuus Chen & Gong, gen. n. with two new species Y.erythrus Gong, Yang & Chen, sp. n. and Y.strigatus Gong, Yang & Chen, sp. n. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Caliscelidae: Ommatidiotinae: Augilini), are described and illustrated from China. Keys to the genera of Augilini and the species of Youtuus Chen & Gong, gen. n. are given.

Keywords: Caliscelini; bamboo; distribution; planthopper; southern China; taxonomy.