Kanozata shillongana (Distant) 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 : 744

Kanozata shillongana (Distant) , comb. nov.

(®gures 18, 19, 52 ±56)

Au W dus shillonganu s Distant, 1916: 204, ®gure 156. Type, India, lost.

Stenaulophrys shillonganus (Distant) ; Chou et al., 1988: 137.

Material examined. India (northeastern): 1, Kurseong, alt. 5000 ft, E. Himalayas, 10±26 September [19]09 (Lynch, C., Ind. Museum) ( BMNH) (®gured specimen) ; 1, Darjeeling, Fengal, 20 May 1938 ( T. C. Maa ); 1, NE Darjeeling ± Tiger Hill , 2250 m, 30 August 1958 (J. L. Gressitt) (both in BPBM) . Thailand (north): 1, NW Mae Hong Son, Pasia N.P., 1700 ft, 29 November 1985 (K. A. Spencer) ( NMW. Z. 1981-08 6) ( NMGW) . Laos: 1, Vientiane Province, Ban Van Eue , 31 December 1968 ( BPBM) . China, Yunnan: 1, Pingbian, Daweishan , 1400± 1500 m, 17 June 1956 (K.- R. Huang et al.); 1, same locality, but collected by Pan ®lov (all in IZCAS) ; 3, Yingjiang, Mangxian electric power station, 10 October 1981 (X.-S. He) ( SIE) ; 1, Ruili , 2 September 1979 (S.-L. Liu) ( TMNH) . Guangxi: 1, 3, Jinxiu, Dayaoshan , 12± 15 June 1982 (J.-K. Yang) ( CAUIC) ; Hainan: 1, 2, Ta Han , 23± 24 June 1935 (J. L. Gressitt) ( NCSU) ; 1, Jianfengling , 14 December 1974 (F.-S. Li); 1, 2, same data, but collected by J.-K. Yang (all in CAUIC) ; 1, Mt Diaoluo , 11 May 1965 (S.-K. Liu) ( BJMNH) ; Fujian: 2, 1, Dehua, Shuikou , 7, 12 November 1974 (F.-S. Li) ( CAUIC) . Tibet: 1, MeÃdog, Gelin , 1550±1900 m, 24 May 1983 (Z. Lin) ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. Northeastern India (Assam, Shillong), northern Thailand (new record), Laos (new record), southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian) (new record), Tibet (new record).

Remarks. The type of A. shillonganus could not be found in the BMNH collection (the depository for other Distant types) and is presumed lost.