Circulocercopis fasciatus, Liang & Webb, 2002

Liang, A. - P. & Webb, M. D., 2002, New taxa and revisionary notes in Rhinaulacini spittlebugs from southern Asia (Homoptera: Cercopidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (6), pp. 729-756 : 738-740

Circulocercopis fasciatus sp. nov.

(®gures 27±31)

Length: 5.8±6.2 mm, 6.6±7.0 mm.

Colour as in generic description with head and pronotum (®gure 27) with brown transverse bands and vertex with medial length 0.7 times narrowest transocular width.

Male genitalia with subgenital plate (®gure 28) with basal expanded area very small and apical process very elongate; style (®gure 29) with dorsal process apical, dorsal lobe broad; aedeagal shaft (®gure 31) strongly coiled apically.

Etymology. This species is named for the distinct brown fasciae on vertex and pronotum.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE:, Vietnam: Dalat , 6 km S., 1400±1500 m, 9 June to 7 July 1961 (N. R. Spencer) ( BPBM) . PARATYPES: Vietnam: 2, same data as holotype; 1, 1, same data as holotype, but collected at light; 4, 3, Dalat, 1500 m, 26± 27 September 1960 (C. M. Yoshimoto); 1, Fyan , 900±1000 m, 11 July to 9 August 1961 (N. R. Spencer) ( BPBM, BMNH) . Laos: 1, Sedone Province, Paksong , light, 17 May 1965 (P. D. Ashlock) ( BPBM) . China: 3, Yunnan, Pingbian, Mt Daweishan , 1500 m, 19, 22 June 1956 (K.- R. Huang et al.); 1, Xishuangbanna, Menghai, 1200±1600 m, 20 July 1958 (F.-J. Pu) ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. Vietnam, Laos, southwestern China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the brown fasciae on the head and thorax and by the shape of the male genitalia as noted above.