Description of two new species of the leafhopper genus Pediopsis Burmeister (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae, Macropsini) from China

Hu Li; Ran-Huai Dai; Michael D Webb

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1149.81434

Description of two new species of the leafhopper genus Pediopsis Burmeister (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae, Macropsini) from China

Zookeys. 2023 Feb 22:1149:135-144. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1149.81434. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hu Li^{1

2}, Ran-Huai Dai², Michael D Webb³

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Bio-resources, School of Biological Science & Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Qinling-Bashan Mountains Bioresources Comprehensive Development C.I.C., State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinling-Bashan, Shaanxi, 723000, Hanzhong, China Institute of Entomology of Guizhou University Guiyang China.
² Institute of Entomology of Guizhou University, The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou, 550025, Guiyang, China Shaanxi University of Technology Hanzhong China.
³ The Natural History Museum, SW7 5BD, London, UK The Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.

Abstract

Two new leafhopper species of Pediopsis Burmeister, Pediopsisalbopicta Li & Dai, sp. nov. from Hunan and Guizhou provinces of central China and Pediopsispianmaensis Li & Dai, sp. nov. from Yunnan Province of southwestern China, are described and illustrated. Ambiguity in the original description of P.bannaensis Yang & Zhang is discussed, and figures of the female holotype of P.femorata Hamilton are provided for the first time. A checklist and key to Chinese species of Pediopsis are also given.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Homoptera; morphology.

Hu Li, Ran-Huai Dai, Michael D. Webb.