Review of the “ red ” Empoascini leafhoppers in the genera Baguoidea Mahmood, 1967, Dayus Mahmood, 1967 and Homa Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Asia and the West Pacific
Author
Webb, Michael D.
Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD (United Kingdom)
webb@nhm.ac.uk
Author
Xu, Ye
Institute of Entomology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045 (China)
yexu@jxau.edu.cn
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Zoosystema
2022
2022-12-07
44
22
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563
journal article
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10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a22
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Genus
Homa
Distant, 1908
Homa
Distant, 1908: 400
. —
Mahmood 1967: 44
. —
Qin
et al.
2011: 31
(description); 2014: 1498 (key). —
Xu
et al.
2022
(revision).
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Homa insignis
Distant, 1908
, by original designation.
DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread in Asia and the West Pacific.
REMARKS
Homa
has similarities to both
Baguoidea
and
Dayus
(see Introduction and Remarks under those genera). It differs externally from these genera by its distinctive forewing colour marking (see
Fig. 1H, J
). Two additional characters to the generic description of
Mahmood (1967)
are the reduction or absence of male third basal abdominal sternal apodemes and the presence of a dorsal connective attached to the aedeagus in the phragma of the male pygofer.
Mahmood (1967: 44)
noted an undescribed species from the
Philippines
and here also the senior author has seen two undetermined female specimens from the
Philippines
(NHM) which, based on distribution, might possibly be
Homa katoi
Dworakowska, 1984
. Several other new species from the Pacific (
Sarawak
,
Brunei
and Sulawesi) have also been seen (NHM).
Homa elongata
Kato, 1929
was transferred to
Asialebra
Dworakowska
by
Dworakowska (1993: 101)
. In the key to species by
Qin
et al.
(2011)
, the last couplet should read
H
.
insignis
not
H
.
haematoptila
and in the key to species provided by
Xu
et al.
(2022)
, similarly the reference to
H
.
haematoptila
should read
H
.
insignis
(for explanation see
H
.
haematoptila
below).
CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION OF
HOMA
SPECIES
H. algulata
Xu, Dietrich & Qin, 2022: 187-188
.
Thailand
,
Vietnam
.
H. asilata
Xu, Dietrich & Qin, 2022: 186-187
.
Thailand
.
H. haematoptila
(
Kirkaldy, 1906
)
.
Australia
(
Queensland
)
H. insignis
Distant, 1908: 400
(
type
species).
Sri Lanka
,
Myanmar
(?),
China
,
Thailand
, see species Remarks below.
H. osificata
Xu, Dietrich & Qin, 2022: 183-184
.
Thailand
.
H. oretinia
Xu, Dietrich & Qin, 2022: 184-185
.
Thailand
.
H. katoi
Dworakowska, 1984
.
Malaysia
: Peninsular,
Malacca
,
Sabah
(new record)
H. rubrodorsata
Kato, 1933a
.
China
(
Taiwan)
,
Japan
.
H. sinensis
Qin & Zhang
in
Qin
et al.
, 2011: 32
, figs 1-14.
China
,
Thailand
.