Taxonomic review of the planthopper genus Orthopagus (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae), with descriptions of two new species
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Song, Zhi-Shun
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Malenovsky, Igor
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Chen, Jian-Qin
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Deckert, Juergen
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Liang, Ai-Ping
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Zoosystematics and Evolution
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.26895
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.26895
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Orthopagus lunulifer Uhler, 1897
Figs 1A, 2G,H, 3D, 8
A-I
Orthopagus
lunulifer
Uhler, 1897: 279. Lectotype (designated by
Liang 1996
: 47): male, Gifu, Japan (USNM, examined).
Orthopagus splendens
:
Matsumura 1905a
: 61, Pl. 21, fig. 14;
Matsumura 1905b
: 19; nec
Germar 1830
: 48.
Orthopagus helios
Melichar, 1912: 60. Lectotype (here designated): female, Ku Sia, Taiwan, China (MMBC, examined). Syn. n.
Orthopagus helios var. diffusus
Melichar, 1912: 61. Lectotype (here designated), female, Taihanroku, Taiwan, China (HNHM, examined). Synonymized under
Orthopagus helios
Melichar by
Schumacher (1915)
: 130.
Orthopagus elegans
Melichar, 1912: 61. Lectotype (here designated), female, Taihanroku, Taiwan, China (MMBC, examined). Synonymized under
Orthopagus helios
Melichar by
Schumacher 1915
: 130.
Orthopagus lunulifer
:
Melichar 1912
: 60;
Liang 1996
: 47, fig. 4;
Song et al. 2016d
: 36-39, figs 3I, 4
A-G
, 5
A-H
, 6
A-F
;
Song et al. 2018
: figs 5
A-B
,
D-G
, 6
A-C
.
Type material examined.
Orthopagus lunulifer
: Lectotype, male, (1) 25,18,0., Gifu, male; (2) Type, No. 3123, U.S.N.M. [red label]; (3) Cotype No. U.S.N.M. [red label] (USNM). Paralectotypes: 1 male, (1) 25,18,0., Gifu, male; (2) Type, No. 3123, U.S.N.M. [red label]; (3) Cotype No. U.S.N.M. [red label]; 1 male, 1 female, (1) 25,8,0., Gifu; (2) Type, No. 3123, U.S.N.M. [red label]; (3) Cotype No. U.S.N.M. [red label]; 1 female, (1) 20,4,27., Gifu; (2) Type, No. 3123, U.S.N.M. [red label]; (3) Cotype No. U.S.N.M. [red label]; (4)
Orthopagus lunulifer
Uhler [
Uhler's
handwriting]; (5) 1164 [
Uhler's
handwriting] (all USNM).
Orthopagus helios
: Lectotype (here designated), female, (1) Formosa, Ku Sia [handwriting, yellow label]; (2)
helios
Mel. [
Melichar's
handwriting], det. Melichar; (3) Typus [dark red label]; (4) Transcriptio,
Orthopagus helios
sp.n. female [P.
Lauterer's
handwriting], L. Melichar det 1912; (5) Collectio Dr. L. Melichar,
Moravske
museum Brno; (6) Syn-typus [red label]; (7) Invent.
c
. 4947/Ent., Mor. muzeum, Brno; (8) Lectotypus female,
Orthopagus helios
Melichar, 1912, designated by Z. S. Song & I.
Malenovsky
, 2018 [newly added red label] (MMBC). Paralectotypes, 2 females, (1) Formosa, Ku Sia [handwriting, yellow label]; (2) Paralectotypus female,
Orthopagus helios
Melichar, 1912, designated by Z. S. Song & I.
Malenovsky
, 2018 [newly added red label] (SNSD).
Orthopagus helios var. diffusus
: Lectotype (here designated), male, (1) Formosa, Sauter; (2) Taihanroku, 908.; (3) v.
diffusus
M. [handwriting, underlined with red], det. Melichar; (4) typus [label with red frame]; (5) Hung. Nat. Hist. Museum Budapest, coll.
Hemiptera
[yellow label] (6) Lectotypus male,
Orthopagus helios var. diffusus
Melichar, 1912, designated by I.
Malenovsky
in
Song et al. 2018
[newly added red label] (HNHM). Paralectotype, male, (1) Formosa, Sauter; (2) Kosempo, 908.; (3) v.
diffusus
M. [handwriting, underlined with red], det. Melichar; (4) typus [label with red frame and a hindwing glued to it]; (5) Hung. Nat. Hist. Museum Budapest, coll.
Hemiptera
[yellow label] (6) Paralectotypus male,
Orthopagus helios var. diffusus
Melichar, 1912, designated by I.
Malenovsky
in
Song et al. 2018
[newly added red label] (HNHM, abdomen detached and glued to a separate label attached to the same pin).
Orthopagus elegans
: Lectotype (here designated), female, (1) Formosa, Sauter; (2) Taihanroku, 908.; (3) elegantulus [
Melichar's
handwriting], det. Melichar.; (4) Typus [dark red label]; (5) Collectio Dr. L. Melichar,
Moravske
museum Brno; (6)
Orthopagus
female
elegans
sp. n. female, L. Melichar det. 1912 [
Lauterer's
handwriting], P.
Lauterer's
det. 1991; (7) Syn-typus [red label]; (8) Invent.
c
. 4948/Ent., Mor. muzeum, Brno; (9) Lectotypus female,
Orthopagus elegans
Melichar, 1912, designated by Z. S. Song & I.
Malenovsky
, 2018 [newly added red label] (MMBC). Paralectotype, female, (1) Formosa, Sauter; (2) Taihanroku, 908.; (3)
elegans
M. [handwriting, underlined with red], det. Melichar; (4) typus [label with red frame]; (5) Hung. Nat. Hist. Museum Budapest, coll.
Hemiptera
[yellow label] (6) Paralectotypus female,
Orthopagus elegans
Melichar, 1912, designated by I.
Malenovsky
in
Song et al. 2018
[newly added red label] (HNHM).
Other material examined.
JAPAN: Honshu island: 1 female, Tokyo, Matsumura leg. (IZCAS); 1 male, Kamakura, ix.1913, F. Muir leg. (BPBM); 1 female, Mie prefecture, Matagari lke, 24.x.1989, C. W.
O'Brien
& L. B.
O'Brien
leg. (LBOB). CHINA: Beijing municipality: 1 female, Peiping; 9 males, 15 females, Peiping, 9., 10. and 21.vii.1938, 4., 13., 15. and 28.viii.1938, 11., 16., 19., and 24.ix.1938, T. P. Chang leg.; 1 male, 1 female, Juyongguan, 250-280 m, 3. and 6.viii.1961, S. Y. Wang & X. Z. Zhang leg.; 1 male, 1 female, Zhongguancun, 4.ix.1962, S. Y. Wang leg.; 3 males, 2 females, Shisanling, 12.ix.1962, R. Z. Xie leg. (all IZCAS); 2 males, 2 females, Changping, 8.vii.2007, Z. S. Song leg. (JSSNU); Tianjin municipality: Jixian, 4.ix.1988, K. H. Zhang leg. (IZCAS); Shandong province: 2 males, 1 female, Tsingtao [
Musee
Heude]; 1 male, Laoshan, 800 m [
Musee
Heude] (all IZCAS); Henan province: 1 male, 1 female, Henan, 8.viii.2013, D. J. Zhang (JSSNU); Anhui province: 2 males, Huang Mountain, 6.viii.1936 (IZCAS); Shangai municipality: 1 male, 1 female, 27.vii.1932, O. Piel leg. [
Musee
Heude] (IZCAS); Zhejiang province: 18 males, 10 females,
T'ienmo
Shan, 22-28.viii.1936; 2 females, Hangzhou, 24. and 25.viii.1942; 8 males, 8 females, Chusan, 7., 8., 10., 18., 20., 28. and 29.viii.1931, O. Piel leg. [
Musee
Heude] (all IZCAS); 1♀, Fujian province: 1 female, Jianyang, Chengguan, 90-120 m, 12.viii.1960, Y. R. Zhang leg.; 1 male, 1 female, Chongan, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m, 12. and 20.viii.1960, Y. Zuo & C. L. Ma leg.; 1 male, 2 females, Jiangle, Longqishan, 500-700 m, 12., 13. and 19.viii.1991, S. M. Song leg. (all IZCAS); Hunan province: 1 female, Hoeng-Shan, 900 m, 1933, H.
Hoene
leg. (MFNB); Guizhou province: 1 female, Libo, 21.viii.2000, F. M. Shi leg. (IZCAS); Sichuan province: 5 males, 3 females, Emei Mountain, Baoguosi, 550-750 m, 7., 9., 10. and 14.ix.1957, F. X. Zhu & Z. Y. Wang leg. (IZCAS); Tibet (Xizang) autonomous region: 1 female, Chayu, Xiachayu, 1900 m, 21.viii.2005, Z. S. Song leg. (IZCAS); Guangxi autonomous region: 4 males, 5 females, Guilin, Yanshan, 2., 7. and 23.viii.1952, 20., 22. and 24.vii.1953; 2 females, Pingxiang, 12. and 16.vi.1976, B. L. Zhang leg.; 5 males, 5 females, Nandan, Luofu, 350 m, 27.vii.2006, J. Liu leg. (all IZCAS); 2 males, 2 females, Guangnan, Bamei, Shiw. Taoyuan,
24°18'51"N
,
105°02'08"E
, 811 m, 12.viii.2012, D.
Redei
leg.; 2 males, same but
24°19'08"N
,
105°02'57"E
, 891 m; 1 male 1 female, same but
24°19'11"N
,
105°01'49"E
, 834 m, 13.viii.2012 (all HNHM); Yunnan province: 1 male, 5 females, Hekou, 80 m, 5. and 7.vi.1956, K. R. Huang leg.; 3 females, Hekou, Nanxi, 200 m, 8. and 12.vi.1956, K. R. Huang leg.; 1 male, 1 female, Pingbian, 1400 m, 15.vi.1956, K. R. Huang leg. (all IZCAS); Taiwan: 1 male, Tainan, Formasa, vi.1912, H. Sauter,
Orthopagus helios
Mel. F. Schumacher det. [
Schumacher's
handwriting] (SDEI); 2 males, 1 female, Taihanroku, vii. and 10.xi, H. Sauter leg. (MFNB); 1 male, 1 female, same data (MZPW); 5 males, 2 females, Taihanroku, 1908, Sauter leg. (HNHM); 1 male, 1 female, Hoozan, 10.vii. and 10.ix., H. Sauter leg. (MFNB); 1 female, Kotobuki, 11.vi.1935, (IZCAS); 2 females, Tainan county, ca. 350 m, 2-3 km S Kwantzuling, bamboo, shrub, 26-28.vi.1980, D. R. Davis leg. (USNM); 1 female, Chi Pen, 10.vi.1997, B. Herczig & L. Ronkay leg. (HNHM). VIETNAM: 1 female, "Indo China", R. V. de Salvaza leg. (BMNH); 1 female, Chapa [= Sa Pa], v.-vi.1916, R. V. de Salvaza leg. (BMNH); 2 males, 1 female, Hoa Binh, vii.1939, A. de Cooma leg.; 5 males, 2 females Hoa Binh; 1 male, 1 female, Hoa Binh, Thanh-ha district, 12. and 13.vi.1966, R. Bielawski & B. Pisarski leg.; 2 males, 1 female, Hanoi, 24.vi.1959, B. Pisarski & J.
Proszynski
leg.; 4 males, 2 females Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong, 5., 7. and 8.vi.1966, R. Bielawski & B. Pisarski leg.; 1 female, Nghe An district, Phu Quy, 17.vi.1959, B. Pisarski & J.
Proszynski
leg. (all MZPW); 1 female, Cuc Phuong, 400 m, at light, 17.x.1986,
Vasarhelyi
leg. (HNHM). LAOS: 1 male, Borikhane Prov., Pakkading, 31.vii.1965, native collector leg. (BPBM). INDIA: Assam: 2 males, Chabua, 10.x.1943, D. E. Hardy leg. (USNM); 1 female, Tocklai, light trap, ix.1983, 943/6, C.I.E.A. 15663 (BMNH). NEPAL: 1 male, Chitwan National Park, Island Jungle reserve, 29-30.x.1995, L. Peregovits leg. (HNHM).
Redescription.
Measurements (10 males, 9 females). Body length (from apex of head to tip of forewings): male 11.7-13.4 mm, female 13.0-14.9 mm; head length (from apex of cephalic process to base of eyes): male 1.33-1.50 mm, female 1.50-1.65 mm; head width (including eyes): male 1.30-1.60 mm, female 1.48-1.75 mm; forewing length: male 9.4-10.8 mm, female 10.2-11.9 mm.
Coloration. General coloration as in generic description (Figs 1A, 2
G-H
). Vertex dark brown with five light ochraceous streaks: along median carina in anterior third (in some specimens, the whole median carina is light), along each lateral carina subapically and along each lateral carina basally, the latter streaks being sickle-shaped and curved to median carina at the base (Fig. 8A). Frons light ochraceous with small dark brown spots along intermediate and lateral carinae, frons base slightly infuscated (Fig. 8C). Forewing membrane pattern as in Fig. 3D. Hind wing membrane with a dark brown streak along the apical portion of CuA1 vein, extending along hind wing apical margin.
Structure. Head with cephalic process moderately long, not inflated (Figs 8
A-C
). Vertex (Fig. 8A) with ratio of length at midline to width between eyes 1.6-2.0. Transition of vertex to frons relatively sharp, almost angular
in
lateral view (Fig. 8B). Frons relatively narrow, with ratio of length at midline to maximum width 2.6-3.0.
Male genitalia. Pygofer, in lateral view (Fig. 8E), with dorso-posterior margin produced into a short and broad lobe; in ventral view (Fig. 8F) much longer than in dorsal view (Fig. 8D) with ratio of ventral to dorsal length about 4.0. Gonostyles (Fig. 8
E-F
) large, broad medially, with dorsal margin weakly sinuate. Aedeagus (Fig. 8
G-I
) with endosomal processes extended posteriad and strongly curved dorso-anteriad, relatively short, their apices not reaching the base of phallobase; phallobase with one pair of large, strongly inflated dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 8H), their apices blunt, and one pair of small, thumb-like ventral lobes, directed posteriad (Fig. 8I). Segment X, in lateral view, narrow basally, widening to apex beyond middle, apex subacute (Fig. 8E); in dorsal view, relatively short and broad in dorsal view, widest medially, with ratio of length to maximum width 1.2-1.3 (Fig. 8D).
Female genitalia as in generic description.
Distribution.
Widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate eastern Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, northeastern India and Nepal).
Ecology and economic importance.
Adult
O. lunulifer
was reported as a minor pest of leaves of
Morus alba
L. (
Pu and Mao 2012
) and
Camellia oleifera
Abel in southeastern China (
Zhao et al. 2013
).
Matsumura (1910)
listed "
Anagnia splendens
" among pests of sugarcane in Taiwan; this record perhaps also refers to
O. lunulifer
.
Remarks.
Erroneously according to
Metcalf (1946)
,
Matsumura (1905a
,
b
) considered
O. lunulifer
to be a junior synonym of
Anagnia splendens
(Germar). As he probably studied material from Japan, the description and illustration of "
Anagnia splendens
" in
Matsumura (1905a)
probably refer to
O. lunulifer
(i.e., the only
Orthopagus
species currently confirmed from Japan). The same is probable for the records and a figure of "
Anagnia splendens
" from Okinawa and Taiwan published in
Matsumura (1905b
and
1910
, respectively).
Melichar (1912)
differentiated
O. elegans
,
O. helios
and
O. lunulifer
based on slight differences in the transparency of the forewing membrane, extent of the dark brown apical band on the forewing and the shape of frons. Based on a study of material from Taiwan,
Schumacher (1915)
suggested that
Orthopagus helios
and
O. elegans
described by
Melichar (1912)
belong to the same species. However, his synonymisation of
O. helios var. diffusus
Melichar and
O. elegans
Melichar under
O. helios
Melichar was not widely accepted (
Metcalf 1946
). We have examined the corresponding type specimens and additional specimens from the same series collected by H. Sauter in Taiwan and currently deposited in HNHM, MFNB, MMBC, SDEI, and SNSD, and confirm here
Schumacher's
conclusion. Simultaneously, we suggest that
O. helios
should be treated as a junior synonym of
O. lunulifer
because we consider the differences among these taxa listed by
Melichar (1912)
to represent intraspecific variation. We designate here the lectotypes for
O. elegans
,
O. helios
and
O. helios var. diffusus
to stabilize the nomenclature according to Article 74 of
ICZN (1999)
.
Liang (1996)
designated the lectotype for
O. lunulifer
, and provided a left lateral view of male genitalia for this species. Detailed illustrations of the male and female genitalia (but no detailed description) were also provided for
O. lunulifer
by
Song et al. (2016d
,
2018
).
The single male specimen examined from Nepal (Chitwan National Park) is identical in external characters to specimens of
O. lunulifer
from Japan, China, Taiwan and Vietnam. However, it differs in the shape of the lobe on the dorso-posterior margin of the pygofer which is smaller (shorter and simply angular) than in the rest of
O. lunulifer
males studied. The phallobase of this specimen could not be sufficiently compared as its membranous lobes failed to inflate during the preparation. More specimens and data are needed to confirm the identification.