The Oriental spittlebug genus Paracercopis Schmidt (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae) revisited, with description of one new species from Hubei, China Author Liang, Ai-Ping 0000-0001-6249-1704 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, No. 393 Binshuixidao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China liangap @ ioz. ac. cn, apliang 2020 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6249 - 1704 Author Zhang, Pei-Yi Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Wan Shou Shan, Beijing 100091, P. R. China Author Zhu, Xiao-Qing Houhe National Nature Reserve, Wufeng, Hubei 443400, P. R. China Author Wang, Ye-Qing Houhe National Nature Reserve, Wufeng, Hubei 443400, P. R. China Author Xiao, Neng-Wen State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, P. R. China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-20 5306 2 232 242 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.4 1175-5326 8058774 56F75B41-E9C5-47FF-AF91-03529E62E34F Key to Species of Paracercopis 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 , 3A ); China ( Sichuan , Guangxi ).................. P. seminigra ( Melichar, 1902 ) - 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 ); 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 ); southern China ...................................................................................................... P. fuscipennis ( Haupt, 1924 ) - Body larger, length ♀ 9.8–10.8 mm ; forewings uniformly reddish brown ( Figs 5A, 5B ); south central China ( Hubei )......................................................................... P. unicolor Liang, Zhang & Xiao , sp. nov .