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Thagria matsumurai Nielson

Description

Thagria matsumurai Nielson

(Figs. 130–139)

Thagria matsumurai Nielson 1977: 207 –208, Figs. 798–804; Li & Wang 1991: 276; Li 1993: 31; Zhang 1994: 39 –40, Fig. 34, after Nielson; Nielson 2013: 93

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hongkong); Vietnam.

Material examined. 2♂, CHINA: Guangdong, Shixing, Chebaling, 10–13 May 2013, coll. Jiao Meng & Li Bin (GUGC).

Reamarks. This species was described from the holotype (male) and one male, three female paratypes from NCSR and three female paratypes from BISHOP. It is similar to T. tridactyla Zhang, 1994 in certain male genitalia, but differs in having the pygofer lobe (Fig. 134) broader than in T. tridactyla (Zhang 1994: 41, Fig. 35 F), the paraphysis with two processes distally (Fig. 137) versus three in T. tridactyla (Zhang 1994: 41, Fig. 35 N).

Notes

Published as part of Fan, Zhi-Hua, Li, Zi-Zhong & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2015, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Thagria Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Guangxi, China, pp. 451-491 in Zootaxa 3918 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/253917

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Thagria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Nielson
Species
matsumurai
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Nielson, M. W. (1977) A revision of the subfamily Coelidiinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) II. Tribe Thagriini. Pacific Insects Monograph, 34, 1 - 218.
  • Li, Z. Z. & Wang, L. M. (1991) Agriculture and forestry insect fauna of Guizhou Vol. 4 (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, 304 pp.
  • Li, Z. Z. (1993) A taxonomic study of Chinese genus Thagria (Homoptera: Coelidiinae). Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College, 12 (Suppl 23), 29 - 33.
  • Zhang, Y. L. (1994) A taxonomic study of Chinese Coelidiinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Henan Science and Technology Press, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 151 pp.
  • Nielson, M. W. (2013) New species in the genus Thagria Melichar from the Oriental and Australian regions, with a revised key to genera and species and a synoptic catalogue of the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae). Zootaxa, 3625 (1), 1 - 105. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3625.1