Trachypeplus jacobsoni Horvath, 1926

Dang, Kai, Guilbert, Eric & Bu, Wenjun, 2013, New species and records of the genus Trachypeplus Horváth (Hemiptera: Tingidae) from China, Zootaxa 3669 (4), pp. 531-550 : 543

Trachypeplus jacobsoni Horvath, 1926

Figs. 6 , 15 , 25 , 33 , 39 .

Trachypeplus jacobsoni Horváth, 1926: 330 [Sumatra]; Drake and Poor, 1936: 144; Blöte, 1945: 92; Singh, 1953: 119; Drake and Ruhoff, 1965a: 418; Péricart, 1986: 654; Péricart and Golub, 1996: 76.

Material examined. 17 males, 20 females, China, Hainan Province, Ledong County, Jianfengling, alt. 959 m, 15.VIII.2010, Guo Zheng leg; 1 male, 1 female, China, Hainan Province, Ledong County, Jingfengling, alt. 855 m, 13.VIII.2010, Guozheng leg.; 1 male, 1 female, China, Hainan Province, Ledong County, Jingfengling, alt. 975 m, 14.VIII.2010, Guozheng leg.; 1 male, China, Hainan Province, Ledong County, Jingfengling, alt. 975 m, 15.VIII.2010, Guo Zheng leg.; 1 male, 1 female, China, Hainan Province, Baisha County, Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Yinggezui Station, alt. 728 m, 20.VIII.2010, Guo Zheng leg.; 3 males, 15 females, China, Hainan Province, Baisha County, Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Yinggezui Station, alt. 797 m, 22.VIII.2010, Guo Zheng leg. These specimens were deposited at NKUM.

Distribution. China (Hainan), Assam, India, Sumatra.

Comments. Although the tubercle-spines of these specimens are shorter and sparser than that of the type, other characters correspond with the type.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 6. Photographs of body in dorsal view. 4 – 5. Trachypeplus jingae sp. nov. (4. male, 5. female); 6. Trachypeplus jacobsoni Horváth, 1926. The bar is 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 12 – 16. Photographs of head and pronotum in lateral view. 12. Trachypeplus depressus sp. nov.; 13. Trachypeplus parafulgoris sp. nov.; 14. Trachypeplus jingae sp. nov.; 15. Trachypeplus jacobsoni; 16. Trachypeplus fulgoris. The bar is 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 24 – 25. Photographs of head and pronotum in dorsal view. 24. Trachypeplus jingae sp. nov.; 25. Trachypeplus jacobsoni. The bar is 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 29 – 33. Photographs of rostrum and sulcus in ventral view. 29. Trachypeplus depressus sp. nov.; 30. Trachypeplus fulgoris; 31. Trachypeplus parafulgoris sp. nov.; 32. Trachypeplus jingae sp. nov.; 33. Trachypeplus jacobsoni. The bar is 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 37 – 40. Drawings of the tip of female abdomen in ventral view. 37. Trachypeplus depressus sp. nov.; 38. Trachypeplus fulgoris; 39. Trachypeplus jacobsoni; 40. Trachypeplus parafulgoris sp. nov. The bar is 0.5 mm. VI = sixth abdominal segment, VII = seventh abdominal segment, Gcp-I = first gonocoxopodite, Pt-VIII = eighth paratergite, Pt-IX = ninth paratergite, Sgp = subgenital plate, TF = a transverse furrow on the VII.