Lollius Stål, 1866

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2009, Revisionary notes on some tropical Issidae and Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 75-92 : 89

Genus Lollius Stål, 1866

Lollius Stål, 1866a: 209 . Type species: Lollius australicus Stål, 1870 , by subsequent designation ( STÅL 1870: 763).

Okissus Matsumura, 1916: 104 , syn. nov. Type species: Okissus kuroiwae Matsumura, 1916 , by original designation.

Ecapelopterum Cheng & Yang, 1991 . Nomen nudum.

Ecapelopterum Chan & Yang, 1994: 74 , syn. nov. Type species: Ecapelopterum mirum Chan & Yang, 1994 , by original designation.

Comments. The synonymization is based on a comparison of the drawings of Lollius australicus published by FENNAH (1954: Fig. 13 ), the images of female lectotype of Okissus kuroiwae available on Hokkaido University website ( ANONYMOUS 2008), and the original description of Ecapelopterum mirum ( CHAN & YANG 1994: Fig. 31). Lollius is characterized by the following features ( Figs. 14–15 ): metope enlarged towards clypeus, with two sublateral keels joining in the shape of inverse letter ‘V’; coryphe with angular, convex anterior margin and keel-shaped lateral margins; fore wings with long clavus reaching wing apex, without hypocostal plate; hind wings well developed; hind tibia with two lateral spines distally.

Figures

Figs. 12–15. 12–13 – Tonga baingensis (Lallemand & Synave, 1953): 12 – ♀, holotype, dorsal view; 13 – same, frontal view. 14–15 – Lollius kuroiwae (Matsumura, 1916), specimen from Iriomote Island: 14 – ♀, lateral view; 15 – same, frontal view.