Tambocerus Zhang & Webb

Qu, Ling & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2014, Three new species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus Zhang & Webb (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) from southern China, ZooKeys 434, pp. 47-55 : 48-50

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Cicadellidae

Genus Tambocerus Zhang & Webb

Tambocerus Zhang & Webb, 1996: 8-9; Shen et al. 2008: 242-249; Viraktamath 2012: 43-61.

Type species.

Selenocephalus disparatus (Melichar, 1903).

Remarks.

This genus can be differentiated from other genera by the following combination of characters: ocelli on margin close to eye, vertex slightly produced medially with anterior margin transversely striate, antennae located at level near to middle of eyes, connective Y-shaped with stem as long or longer than arms and aedeagal shaft laterally serrate.

Distribution.

Palearctic and Oriental region: Sri Lanka, Indian and China.

Checklist of the genus Tambocerus in China

Tambocerus dentatus Qu & Dai, sp. n.

Distribution. China (Guizhou Province).

Tambocerus elongatus Shen, 2008: 243-246, figs 1-7.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Anhui Provinces).

Tambocerus furcellus Shang & Zhang, 2008: 247-248, figs 15-21.

Distribution. China (Hunan Province).

Tambocerus longicaudatus Qu & Dai, sp. n.

Distribution. China (Guizhou Province).

Tambocerus quadricornis Shang & Zhang, 2008: 248, figs 22-28.

Distribution. China (Guangxi Province).

Tambocerus robustispinus Qu & Dai, sp. n.

Distribution. China (Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces).

Tambocerus triangulatus Shen, 2008: 246-247, figs 8-14.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi and Hainan Provinces).

Key to species of the genus Tambocerus from China (males)