Maculergithus, a new subgenus in Gergithus Schumacher, 1915 with two new species from northern Vietnam (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)
Author
Constant, Jérôme
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier street 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6 E 6072 A 1 - 9415 - 4 C 8 D- 8 E 60 - 2504444 DB 290 & Corresponding author: jerome. constant @ naturalsciences. be
jerome.constant@naturalsciences.be
Author
Pham, Hong-Thai
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Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. & Email: phamthai @ vnmn. vast. vn & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 34 CB 863 - 7 E 3 B- 4 E 8 F- 8738 - B 41 C 07 D 9 F 5 F 9
phamthai@vnmn.vast.vn
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
2016-05-19
198
1
16
journal article
21959
10.5852/ejt.2016.198
66bc6169-67f1-46ca-ba7d-08326ec09cf3
2118-9773
3838140
Subgenus
Maculergithus
subgen. nov.
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Type
species
Gergithus (Maculergithus) tamdao
subgen. et sp. nov.
Diagnosis
The new subgenus
Maculergithus
subgen. nov.
in
Gergithus
is here erected for the species sharing the combination of the following characters:
(1) ground colour black-brown;
(2) tegmina with numerous yellow spots separated from one another;
(3) frons with a broad yellow transverse band above fronto-clypeal suture;
(4) mesonotum with yellow spot on each lateral angle;
(5) posterior margin of pygofer of male genitalia strongly rounded posterad in lateral view;
(6) anal tube elongate, truncate apically and with apicolateral angles projecting posteroventrally.
Etymology
The name is formed by the combination of “
maculatus
” (adj., Latin) = spotted and “
Gergithus
”, the genus to which pertains the new subgenus. It is masculine in gender.
Species included
Gergithus (Maculergithus) luteomaculatus
subgen. et sp. nov.
(
Vietnam
, Tam Dao National Park),
Gergithus (Maculergithus) multipunctatus
Che, Zhang & Wang, 2007
(
China
,
Hainan
Island: Jianfeng Mountain),
Gergithus (Maculergithus) nonomaculatus
Meng & Wang, 2012
(
China
,
Hainan
Island: Bawangling Mountain),
Gergithus (Maculergithus) tamdao
subgen. et sp. nov.
(
Vietnam
, Tam Dao National Park).
The subgenus currently contains 4 species, but an undescribed species from
Hainan
Island (Wuzhishan), illustrated and erroneously referred to as
G. multipunctatus
in both
Chen
et al.
(2014: 56)
and
Guo & Chen (2015)
, also belongs to the group.
Pending additional new groupings (see discussion), all other species are currently retained in the nominal subgenus
Gergithus (Gergithus)
Stål, 1870
.
Distribution
Currently known distribution includes
Hainan
Island (
China
) and Tam Dao massif (North
Vietnam
) (
Fig. 1
).
Fig. 1.
Distribution map of the species of
Gergithus (Maculergithus)
subgen. nov.
in North Vietnam and Hainan.
Fig. 2.
Gergithus (Maculergithus)
subgen. nov.
, schema of maculation of frons and left tegmen.
A–B
.
Gergithus (Maculergithus) luteomaculatus
subgen. et sp. nov.
C–D
.
Gergithus (Maculergithus) multipunctatus
Che, Zhang & Wang, 2007
.
E–F
.
Gergithus (Maculergithus) nonomaculatus
Meng & Wang, 2012
.
G–H
.
Gergithus (Maculergithus) tamdao
subgen. et sp. nov.
I–J
.
Gergithus (Maculergithus)
sp. (drawings by J. Caudron, RBINS; C–F, I–J based on illustrations of original descriptions).
Biology
All species seem to live in forested zones of mountainous regions.