Neodurium Fennah, 1956

Chang, Zhi-Min, Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Webb, Mick, 2015, Review of the planthopper genus Neodurium Fennah, 1956 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae), ZooKeys 517, pp. 83-97 : 84-85

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Issidae

Genus Neodurium Fennah, 1956

Neodurium Fennah, 1956: 511; Ran et al. 2005: 570; Zhang and Chen 2008: 64; Wang and Wang 2011: 551.

Type species.

Neodurium postfasciatum Fennah, 1956

Diagnosis.

Small-sized issids. Vertex pentagonal, anterior margin obtuse-angled convex, posterior angulately excavate, marginal carinae straight. Pronotum as long as vertex, with small pit between median carina and lateral carina. Mesonotum shorter than vertex and pronotum together, with median cargin obscure. Forewings oval, with claval suture absent or obscure, M simple. Hind wings incised on the margin into two lobes, anal lobe absent or excessively reduced, veins simple. Fore- and mesofemora flattened; hind tibia with a small sub-basal spine and two distinct lateral spines.

Checklist of species of Neodurium Fennah

Neodurium digitiformum Ran & Liang, 2005: 571: figs 9-16; China (Hubei)

Neodurium duplicadigitum Zhang & Chen, 2008: 66: figs 10-18; China (Yunnan)

Neodurium fennahi Chang & Chen, sp. n.: figs 2-3; China (Yunnan)

Neodurium flatidum Ran & Liang, 2005: 572: figs 17-24; China (Yunnan)

Neodurium hamatum Wang & Wang, 2011: 553: figs 1-24; China (Yunnan)

Neodurium postfasciatum Fennah, 1956: 513: figs 24 E–I; China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan)

Neodurium weiningensis Zhang & Chen, 2008: 65: figs 1-9; China (Guizhou)

Key to species of Neodurium (males)

Key to species of Neodurium (females)

Note: Females of Neodurium digitiformum , Neodurium flatidum and Neodurium postfasciatum are unknown.