Review of the leafhopper genus Thaia Ghauri and related genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)
Author
Cao, Yanghui
0000-0002-0515-0767
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China & Illinois Nature History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA & caoyh @ illinois. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0515 - 0767
caoyh@illinois.edu
Author
Dmitriev, Dmitry A.
0000-0002-3293-4794
Illinois Nature History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA & arboridia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3293 - 4794
arboridia@gmail.com
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
0000-0003-4005-4305
Illinois Nature History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA & chdietri @ illinois. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4005 - 4305
chdietri@illinois.edu
Author
Zhang, Yalin
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-28
4868
3
331
367
journal article
8891
10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.2
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1175-5326
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Pseudothaia caudata
Song & Li, 2013
Pseudothaia caudata
Song & Li, 2013: 223
,
Figs 1–3
,
4–13
Remarks.
This species is similar to some species of
Thaia
Ghauri
and
Etmaria
gen. n.
in the shape of the subgenital plate, style and aedeagus. However, its pygofer lobe is very narrow and tapering apically, which differs from
Thaia
and
Etmaria
. The pygofer lobe and the small ventral process of
P. caudata
looks like the pygofer ventral appendage of
P. striata
, but the other structures are very different. This species is here treated as
Incertae sedis
within
Erythroneurini
.
Thaia
(
Nlunga
)
leishanensis
(
Song & Li, 2007
)
Parathaia leishanensis
Song & Li, 2007: 64
,
Figs 1–11
Thaia
(
Nlunga
)
leishanensis
:
Song & Li, 2014: 185
Remarks.
This species was originally placed in
Parathaia
Kuoh
, then transferred to
Thaia
(
Nlunga
)
. Most of the
Oriental
species of
Thaia
(
Nlunga
)
are now transferred to
Etmaria
gen. n.
, however, this species lacks all the key characters of the new genus. Therefore, it is here treated as
incertae sedis
within
Erythroneurini
.