Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae).

Two new bamboo-feeding species of the cixiid planthopper genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Eucarpiini), K. aspina Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and K. furcata Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southern China. A key to all known species and a map of their geographic distributions are provided. Yan Zhi, Lin Yang, Xiang-Sheng Chen.

Introduction

The planthopper genus was established by Distant (1906), with Melichar, 1903 as the type species. This genus belongs to the tribe of subfamily (: ) (Holzinger et al. 2002). Previously, eight species and one subspecies in this genus have been recorded: (Muir, 1913), (Distant, 1911), (Kirkaldy, 1907), Muir, 1913, Tsaur & Hsu, 2003, Emeljanov & Hayashi, 2007, (Melichar, 1903), Muir, 1913 and Fennah, 1978 (Bourgoin 2021).

Recent study of some Chinese specimens has found two new bamboo-feeding species, Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., which are described here. So far, including the two new species, the genus currently now counts for ten valid species, all distributed in the Australian and Oriental regions (Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam).

Materials and methods

The morphological terminology follows Bourgoin (1987) for male genitalia, Bourgoin et al. (2015) for wing venation and Bourgoin (1993) for female genitalia. Body length was measured from apex of vertex to tip of forewing; vertex length represented the median length of the vertex (from the apical transverse carina to the tip of basal emargination). Fuchsin staining was used to highlight female genitalia structures studied. External morphology and drawings were done with the aid of a Leica MZ 12.5 stereomicroscope. Photographs were taken with a KEYENCE VHX-6000 system. Illustrations were scanned with a CanoScan LiDE 200 and imported into Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for labeling and plate composition. The dissected male and female genitalia are preserved in glycerin in small plastic tubes pinned together with the specimens.

The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China ().

Taxonomy

Distant, 1906

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Melichar, 1903: 37, preoccupied by

Distant, 1906a: 262, nom. nov. for

Kirkaldy, 1906: 248, synonymised by

Kirkaldy, 1907: 125, synonymised by

Distant, 1911: 741, synonymised by

Type species.

Melichar, 1903 (original designation by Distant).

Diagnosis.

Head including eyes slightly narrower than pronotum. Vertex in profile horizontal, in same line as thorax, meeting frons abruptly nearly at 90°; subapical carina absent. Frons somewhat longer than broad or as long as wide; median carina present; anterior margin angularly emarginate or transverse; position of maximum width of frons more or less at the level of antennae. Median ocellus absent. Subapical segment of rostrum 2.5 times longer than apical segment.

Pronotum very narrow, scarcely half as long as vertex in midline. Mesonotum nearly twice as long as pronotum and vertex together. Forewing with the eucarpian basal concavity of the anterior margin of the forewings, also slightly concave at node level. Hindwing with simple radius (R). Hind tibia lacking lateral spines. Metatibiotarsal formula: 6/8‒11/9‒11.

Pygofer symmetrical and prolonged with symmetrical lateral lobes in lateral view. Medioventral process thumb-like in lateral view. Anal segment short and stout. Gonostyli relatively small and symmetrical. Aedeagus slender and endosoma of aedeagus with spinose processes.

Ovipositor elongate, orthopteroid and slightly curved upwards; anal segment square or rectangular in dorsal view; 9th tergite without wax plate. Posterior vagina with sclerites.

Distribution.

Australian and Oriental regions.

Checklist and distributions of species of Distant

Zhi & Chen, sp. nov.; China (Hunan).

(Muir, 1913); Australia (Northern Territory; Queensland).

(Distant, 1911); Central India.

(Kirkaldy, 1907); Indonesia (Java).

Zhi & Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guangxi, Yunnan).

Muir, 1913; Indonesia (Java).

Tsaur & Hsu, 2003; China (Taiwan).

Emeljanov & Hayashi, 2007; China (Taiwan), Japan (Ryukyu Islands).

(Melichar, 1903); Sri Lanka (Peradeniya).

Muir, 1913; Malaysia (Parit Buntar).

Fennah, 1978; Vietnam (Cuc-phuong Province, Ninh Binh).

Zhi & Chen sp. nov.

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Figures 1 , 2 , 3

Figure 1.

sp. nov., male A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, lateral view C head and thorax, dorsal view D face, ventral view E head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 2.

sp. nov., male A head and thorax, dorsal view B face, ventral view C forewing D apex of left hind leg, ventral view E genitalia, lateral view F pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view G anal segment, dorsal view H gonostyli, inner lateral view I aedeagus, right side J aedeagus, left side K aedeagus, dorsal view L aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, E–L); 1.0 mm (C).

Figure 3.

sp. nov., A–I female A genitalia, lateral view B genitalia, ventral view C anal segment, dorsal view D tergite IX, caudal view E gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view F gonapophysis IX, lateral view G gonoplac, lateral view H posterior vagina, dorsal view I posterior vagina, ventral view J, K mating. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Type material.

♂, China: Hunan Province, Wugang City, Yunshan National Forest Park (), 5 June 2011, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen; : 8♂♂7♀♀, same data as holotype.

Description.

Body length: male 5.6‒6.1 mm (N = 9), female 5.9‒6.5 mm (N = 7).

General color light brown (Figs 1A–E, 3J, K). Eyes blackish brown, ocelli light yellow, semitransparent. Vertex generally yellowish white. Face generally dark brown; rostrum light brown. Pronotum with discal areas and mesonotum with area between lateral carinae yellowish white, lateral areas brown. Forewing light brown, semi-translucent. Stigma light brown. The basal half dotted with small dark brown spots and distal half with two large dark brown patches; small dark brown spots on the ends of longitudinal veins. Hind tibiae and abdominal sternites yellowish brown.

Vertex (Figs 1C, 2A) broad, 2.2 times wider than long; anterior margin truncated, posterior margin arched and recessed. Frons (Figs 1D, 2B) widest at the level of antennae, as long as wide; frontoclypeal suture nearly concave into an arch; middle carina with basal half absent; lateral carinae distinct and slight elevated. Rostrum distinctly surpassing hind coxae, subapical segment 2.5 times longer than apical segment. Pronotum (Figs 1C, 2A) 2.4 times longer than vertex; median carina indistinct, posterior margin nearly at right angle. Mesonotum 1.7 times longer than pronotum and vertex combined. Forewing (Fig. 2C) 2.4 times longer than wide, with 10 apical and 6 subapical cells; fork Sc+RP slightly basad of fork CuA1+CuA2, first crossvein r-m at same level of fork MP, RP two branches, MP with five terminals: MP11, MP12, MP2, MP3 and MP4, fork MP1+MP2 basad of fork MP3+MP4. Metatibiotarsal formula: 6/8–9/9, second segment of hind tarsus with four platellae (Fig. 2D).

Pygofer (Fig. 2E, F) symmetrical, dorsal margin concave and U-shaped, slightly widened towards apex in ventral view; in lateral view, lateral lobes extended in an arc caudally, medioventral process triangular in ventral view. Anal segment (Fig. 2E, G) broad, dorsal margin almost straight, apical half of ventral margin convex, apical lobes round in lateral view; 1.7 times longer than wide in dorsal view; anal style strap-shaped, not beyond anal segment. Gonostyli (Fig. 2E, F, H) symmetrical in ventral view; in inner lateral view, base of ventral margin concave, dorsal margin bending inwards at a nearly right angle in the middle, apical part extended, apical margin round. Aedeagus (Fig. 2I–L) with total of five processes. On right side, apex of periandrium with a long spinous process, sinuous, apex directed right-dorsocephalically; basal 1/4 of ventral margin with two short spinous processes, the longer one straight, directed caudally, the shorter one slightly curved and apex directed ventrocaudally; apical 1/3 of ventral margin with a curved spinous process, apex directed apically. Endosoma moderately sclerotised, relatively short, generally curved dorsally. The left dorsal margin with a long spinous process, slightly curved, and apex directed ventrocephalically.

Posterior margin of pregenital sternite concave. Tergite IX (Fig. 3A, D) moderately sclerotised, with length almost equal to width in caudal view. Anal tube (Fig. 3A, C) short, nearly rectangular, slightly widened towards apex, 1.5 times longer than wide in dorsal view; dorsal and ventral margins nearly straight in lateral view, anal styles strap-shaped. Gonapophysis VIII (Fig. 3E) elongate, and slightly curved upwards. Gonapophysis IX (Fig. 3F), distance ratio between middle tooth to apex and length of denticulate portion is 1.50. Gonoplac (Fig. 3G) rod-like, 3.7 times longer than wide. Posterior vagina (Fig. 3H, I) elongate. The ventral wall of posterior vagina with two nearly oblong sclerites basally; the dorsal wall with a small long sclerite in the middle aera.

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the Latin word “”, referring to the apex of left side of periandrium without process.

Host plant.

Bamboo (, ).

China (Hunan).

Remarks.

The male genitalia of sp. nov. is similar to sp. nov., but differs in: (1) endosoma with one spinous process (endosoma with three spinous processes in ); (2) base of ventral margin of the periandrium without a furcate process (base of ventral margin of periandrium with a long furcate process in ) (3) apical margin of gonostyli round in lateral view (the latter transversal).

Zhi & Chen sp. nov.

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Figure 4.

sp. nov., male A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, lateral view C head and thorax, dorsal view D face, ventral view E head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 5.

sp. nov., male A head and thorax, dorsal view B face, ventral view C forewing D apex of left hind leg, ventral view E genitalia, lateral view F pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view G anal segment, dorsal view H gonostyli, inner lateral view I aedeagus, right side J aedeagus, left side K aedeagus, dorsal view L aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, E–L); 1.0 mm (C).

♂, China: Yunnan Province, Maguan County, Dulong Town, Jinzhuping Village (), 14 August 2017, leg. Yan Zhi, Qiang Luo and Nian Gong; : 1♂1♀, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hechi City, Jinchengjiang Park (), 17 July 2015, leg. Ying-Jian Wang.

Body length: male 4.4‒5.3 mm (N = 2), female 5.2 mm (N = 1).

General color light brown (Fig. 4A–E). Eyes blackish brown, ocelli light yellow, semitransparent. Vertex generally yellowish white. Face generally brown; rostrum light brown. Pronotum with discal areas and mesonotum with area between lateral carinae yellowish white, lateral areas brown. Forewing light brown, semi-translucent, the basal half dotted with small dark brown spots and distal half with two large dark brown patches; small dark brown spots on the ends of longitudinal veins; stigma light brown. Hind tibiae yellowish brown and abdominal sternites dark brown.

Vertex (Figs 4C, 5A) broad, 1.7 times wider than long; anterior margin truncated, posterior margin arched and recessed. Frons (Figs 4D, 5B) widest slightly below the level of antennae, 1.1 times as long as wide; frontoclypeal suture nearly concave into an arch; middle carina with basal half absent; lateral carinae distinct and slight elevated. Pronotum (Figs 4C, 5A) 1.8 times longer than vertex; median carina indistinct, posterior margin nearly at right angle. Mesonotum 1.6 times longer than pronotum and vertex combined. Forewing (Fig. 5C) 2.5 times longer than wide, with 11 apical and 6 subapical cells; fork Sc+RP basad of fork CuA1+CuA2, first crossvein r-m slightly basad of fork MP, RP two branches, MP with five terminals: MP11, MP12, MP2, MP3 and MP4, fork MP1+MP2 basad of fork MP3+MP4. Metatibiotarsal formula: 6/9/9, second segment of hind tarsus with four platellae (Fig. 5D).

Pygofer (Fig. 5E, F) symmetrical, dorsal margin concave and U-shaped, slightly widened towards apex and concaved medially in ventral view; in lateral view, lateral lobes trapezoidally extended caudally, medioventral process round in ventral view. Anal segment (Fig. 5E, G) broad, dorsal margin almost straight, apical half of ventral margin convex, apical lobes round in lateral view; 1.5 times longer than wide in dorsal view; anal style strap-shaped, not beyond anal segment. Gonostyli (Fig. 5E, F, H) symmetrical in ventral view; in inner lateral view, base of ventral margin concave, dorsal margin bending inwards at a nearly right angle in the middle, apical part extended, apical margin transversal. Aedeagus (Fig. 5I–L) with total of seven processes. On right side, apex of periandrium with a long spinous process, sinuous, apex directed right-ventrocephalically; base of ventral margin with a long furcate process, one ramus large, apex strongly curved and directed dorsocaudally, the other ramus rather small; a shorter curved spinous process on ventral margin near base, apex directed dorsocaudally; apex of periandrium with a medium-sized spinous process, slightly curved and directed ventrocephalically. Endosoma moderately sclerotised, relatively short, generally curved dorsally. Three spinous processes on or near the apex, the right one medium-sized, slightly curved and directed ventrocephalically; the middle one on the dorsal margin, longest and straight, apex directed right-ventrocephalically; the left one extremely short, apex directed cephalad.

The specific name is derived from the Latin word “”, referring to the base of ventral margin of periandrium with a long furcate process.

Bamboo (, ).

China (Guangxi, Yunnan).

This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characters: ventral margin of periandrium with three spinous process, two on base and one on apex; apex of periandrium with a long spinous process on the right side; endosoma with three spinous processes on or near the apex.

Discussion

Prior to this study, nothing had been reported on the host plants of except that (Kirkaldy, 1907) fed on L. (, ) (Kirkaldy 1907). As far as we have observed during our field trips, these two new species, Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. from southern China, were collected on bamboo (, ), which might be the plant on which they feed.

Based on data from published information and our field surveys, the distribution of is mostly restricted to the Australian and Oriental regions (Fig. 6) (Holt et al. 2013).

Figure 6.

Distribution records of species from the genus : sp. nov. (green square); (green circle); (blue triangle); (yellow square); sp. nov. (red square); (red circle); (blue circle); (green triangle); (red triangle); (blue square).

1	Anterior margin of vertex transverse	2
–	Anterior margin of vertex angularly excavated or incised at middle	7
2	Forewing with numerous small fuscous spots on basal half and several waved fuscous lines on apical half	K deusta (Distant, 1911)
–	Forewing not so marked	3
3	Forewing with a transverse veinlet from M to CuA near Cu fork	4
–	Forewing without transverse veinlet from M to CuA near Cu fork	5
4	Forewing without transverse veinlet from MP3+4 to CuA1 (Löcker et al. 2010: fig. 6C)	K. australis (Muir, 1913)
–	Forewing with two transverse veinlets from MP3+4 to CuA1 (Kirkaldy 1907: fig. 1)	K deventeri (Kirkaldy, 1907)
5	Ventral margin of periandrium without spinous processes near base (Tsaur and Hsu 2003: fig. 2D)	K lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003
–	Ventral margin of periandrium with two spinous processes near base	6
6	One of the two basal processes of ventral margin of periandrium bifurcate (Fig. 5I, J, L)	K. furcata sp. nov.
–	Both basal processes of ventral margin of periandrium unbifurcated (Fig. 2I, J, L)	K. aspina sp. nov.
7	All tubercles of longitudinal veins in forewings colourless	K javana Muir, 1913
–	Some tubercles of longitudinal veins in forewings dark	8
8	Forewing with MP joining CuA with crossvein M3+4-CuA (Emeljanov and Hayashi 2007: fig. 25)	K pacifica Emeljanov & Hayashi, 2007
–	Forewing with MP joining CuA directly without crossvein M3+4-CuA	9
9	Forewing with a series of black spots on the claval vein and the inner bifurcating veins; mesonotum with a small dark spot near base of each lateral carina	K. pagana (Melichar, 1903)
–	Forewing not so marked; mesonotum without a spot on each side near base of lateral carina	K pratti Muir, 1913