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Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) in China, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Two New Species Qin et al.: A Key to the Genera of Empoascini in China 1493 A KEY TO THE GENERA OF EMPOASCINI (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE: TYPHLOCYBINAE) IN CHINA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW GENERA AND TWO NEW SPECIES 1, 1 2, DAOZHENG QIN *, SIHAN LU AND CHRISTOPHER H. DIETRICH * 1Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomologi- cal Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China 2Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA *Corresponding authors; E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT Two new microleafhopper genera, Keumiata Qin & Dietrich gen. nov. and Flaviata Lu & Qin gen. nov. are described based on 2 new species, K. orientalis Qin & Dietrich sp. nov. and F. variata Lu & Qin sp. nov. from southwest China and Thailand. Both new genera are assigned to the typhlocybine tribe Empoascini. A key to the known genera of the tribe from China is provided and the differences between each new genus and closely related genera are discussed. Key Words: Auchenorrhyncha, leafhopper, new taxa, taxonomy, key RESUMEN Se describen dos nuevos géneros de microsaltahojas, Keumiata Qin & Dietrich gen. nov. y Flaviata Lu & Qin gen. nov. en base a 2 especies nuevas, K. orientalis Qin & Dietrich sp. nov. y F. variata Lu & Qin sp. nov. del suroeste de China y Tailandia, los dos nuevos géne- ros se asignan a la tribu typhlocybine de Empoascini. Se incluye una clave de los géneros conocidos en China de esta tribu y se discuten las diferencias entre cada nuevo género y otros géneros estrechamente relacionados. Palabras Clave: Auchenorrhyncha, saltahojas, nuevos taxones, taxonomía, clave The microleafhopper tribe Empoascini is a the absence of an appendix on the forewing and large group of the subfamily Typhlocybinae (He- in having the submarginal vein between apices of miptera: Cicadellidae). It was established by Dis- veins MP’ or RP+MP’ and MP”+CuA’ in the hind tant (1908) to include the genera Homa Distant, wing. Dietrich (2013a) recognized 2 new genera Empoasca Walsh and Heliona Melichar, but vari- of Typhlocybinae with hind wing venation identi- ous subsequent authors have disagreed over its cal to that of Empoasca but included these genera status and composition (see McAtee 1934; Oman in Dikraneurini based on characters of the head 1949; Young 1952, 1965; Metcalf 1964; Mahmood and male genitalia. Additional features distin- 1967; Mahmood & Ahmed 1968; Dworakowska guishing Empoascini from Dikraneurini include 1979; Ahmed 1983). In his comprehensive review the presence of well-developed ocelli (vestigial of New World Typhlocybinae, Young (1952) treat- or absent in Dikraneurini), presence of a pair of ed Empoascini as a junior synonym of Typhlocy- lobes or processes at the base of the male anal bini but Mahmood & Ahmed (1968) included the tube (absent in Dikraneurini), absence of a well- genera of Empoasca complex in the tribe Empoas- developed preapical lobe on the male paramere cini, and Dworakowska (1979) further refined the (present in Dikraneurini), and presence of nu- definition of Empoascini to accommodate genera merous macrosetae on the subgenital plate (few lacking an appendix of the forewing and having or none in Dikraneurini). the submarginal vein in the hind wing reaching Because the tribal classification has under- but not exceeding the vein RP+MP’ or RP (Dwora- gone a great deal of addition and revision over kowska 1979). Dietrich (2013b) adopted the clas- the past 100 years, the tribal placements of some sification of Ahmed (1983), which recognizes 5 described genera in the subfamily remain unre- tribes in the subfamily and distinguishes Empo- solved and need to be reconsidered. Recently, Cat- ascini from other leafhoppers in the subfamily by alano et al. (2014) reviewed 2 Neotropical genera, 1494 Florida Entomologist 97(4) December 2014 Paulomanus and Beamerana, both described by 2014a, b; Liu et al. 2014). This paper adds 2 new Young (1952) and placed in the tribe Typhlocybini genera and 2 new species based on our recent ex- (sensu lato). Catalano et al. placed Paulomanus amination of materials collected from southern and Beamerana in the tribe Empoascini because China and Thailand with a key to the known gen- their hind wing venation is nearly identical to era of the tribe from China. that of Empoasca (i.e., with a single large, closed apical cell). A similar situation occurs in some de- scribed genera in the Oriental Region, including MATERIAL AND METHODS Dapitana Mahmood (1967), Pemoasca Mahmood (1967), Rabiana Mahmood (1967), Serratulus The specimens examined in this study are Mahmood (1967), Mindanaoa Mahmood (1967) deposited in the Entomological Museum, North- and Mahmoodia Dworakowska (1970a), which west A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China were originally included in Typhlocybini (sensu (NWAFU) and the insect collection of the Illinois lato), but also have the hind wing submarginal Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois vein present and connecting the apices of veins (INHS) as indicated under each species. The RP+MP’. Therefore, it is appropriate to include methods and terminology used in this work follow them in Empoascini. Thus, the tribe Empoascini Zhang (1990) with the following exceptions: wing now comprises 81 previously described genera, 64 venation follows Dworakowska (1993), groups of which are known in the Oriental Region and of setae on the subgenital plate follow Southern 34 genera have been reported in China (Lu & Qin (1982), leg chaetotaxy follows Rakitov (1998). KEY TO THE GENERA OF CHINESE EMPOASCINI (MALES) 1. Hind wing with CuA branched (Figs. 1-4). ............................................2 —. Hind wing with CuA unbranched (Figs. 5-9) ..........................................14 2. Coronal suture long, extended onto face and terminating at level of antennal bases (Figs. 28, 29) ................................................................Apheliona Kirkaldy —. Coronal suture short, at most reaching anterior margin of crown (Figs. 30, 31, 32, 115, 135, 137). 3 3. Anal tube appendage absent (Figs. 40, 41) ............................................4 —. Anal tube appendage present (Figs. 42-45, 118, 123, 134, 144, 145, 155) ....................5 4. Crown-face transition with dark patch medially; forewing with veins MP’ and RP separate, con- nected by crossvein (Fig. 10); male pygofer in profile strongly emarginate dorsally (Fig. 40) ..... .........................................................Membranacea Qin & Zhang —. Crown-face transition without dark patch medially; forewing with veins MP’ and RP confluent preapically (Fig. 11); male pygofer in profile not emarginate dorsally (Fig. 41) ............... ......................................................... Alebrasca Hayshi & Okada 5. Hind wing with bifurcation point of CuA at or basad of coalescence of CuA with MP” (Figs. 1, 143) ...........................................................................6 —. Hind wing with bifurcation point of CuA drawn apicad (Figs. 2-4, 122) .....................7 6. Crown produced, anterior and posterior margins not parallel (Fig. 30); upper pygofer appendage absent (Fig. 42); paramere serrated apically (Fig. 103) ................Alebroides Matsumura —. Crown not produced, anterior and posterior margins parallel (Figs. 135, 137); upper pygofer ap- pendage present (Figs. 139, 140, 144-148); paramere smooth, not serrated apically (Fig. 154) ... ........................................................Flaviata Lu & Qin gen. nov. 7. Setal group A present on subgenital plate (Figs. 58, 59, 123, 131) .........................8 —. Setal group A absent on subgenital plate (Figs. 60, 61) .................................12 8. Male pygofer with ventral appendage (Figs. 43, 44) .....................................9 —. Male pygofer without ventral appendage (Figs. 45, 118, 123, 125) ........................10 Qin et al.: A Key to the Genera of Empoascini in China 1495 Figs. 1-27. 1. Alebroides muzitaneus Qin & Zhang; 2. Schizandrasca ussurica (Vilbaste); 3. Luodianasca recur- vata Qin & Zhang; 4. Nikkotettix cuspidata Qin & Zhang; 5. Ishiharella hastata Qin & Zhang; 6. Velu longiprojectum Zhang & Qin; 7. Radicafurcus breviprocessus Qin & Zhang; 8. Helionides exsultans (McAtee) (after Dworakowska, 1981a); 9. Empoasca (Matsumurasca) quadrialata Qin & Zhang; 10. Membranacea spinata Qin & Zhang; 11. Al- ebrasca actinidiae Hayashi & Okada; 12. Baguoidea yunnanensis Qin & Zhang; 13. Dayus lii Qin & Zhang; 14. Homa sinensis Qin & Zhang; 15. Goifa tangailensis (Ahmed & Samad); 16. Treufalka lamellata Qin & Zhang; 17. Usharia mata Dworakowska (after Dworakowska, 1977); 18. Ifugoa mikra Dworakowska & Pawar; 19. Velu furca- tum Zhang & Qin; 20. Kyboasca sexevidens Dlabola (after Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988); 21. Austrasca soembawaica Dworakowska (after Dworakowska, 1970b); 22. Jacobisaca jamesi Ahmed (after Ahmed, 1979); 23. Amrasca uvka Dworakowska (after Dworakowska, 1977); 24. Sikkimasca annulata Dworakowska; 25. Heliona constricta Melichar (after Dworakowska, 1994a); 26. Helionides exsultans (McAtee) (after Dworakowska, 1981a); 27. Empoasca (Mat- sumurasca) biloba Qin & Zhang. 1-9: hind wing; 10-27: forewing. 1496 Florida Entomologist 97(4) December 2014 Figs. 28-39. 28, 29. Apheliona maculosa (Distant) (after Dworakowska, 1994b); 30. Alebroides gallus Dworakowska(after Dworakowska, 1994c); 31. Nikkotettix cuspidata Qin & Zhang; 32. Ghauriana
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