identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
498C4CA5B9D95C0CA6D055AF901A5E41.text	498C4CA5B9D95C0CA6D055AF901A5E41.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malaxa chongzuoensis Lv & Chen 2025	<div><p>Malaxa chongzuoensis Lv &amp; Chen sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3, 6–15, 26</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: China • ♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongzuo City, Longzhou County, Zhubu Township, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.65" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.95/lat 22.65)">Nonggang Village</a>; 22 ° 39 ' N, 106 ° 57 ' E; sweeping, 16 August 2024; Sha-Sha Lv and Xiang-Sheng Chen leg.; IEGU . Paratypes: China • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; IEGU .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The salient features of the new species include: vertex (Figs 2, 6) with apical half brownish-black; frons and genae (Figs 3, 8) black; mesonotum (Figs 2, 6) blackish-brown at middle, rest tawny to reddish-brown; forewings (Fig. 7) with a reversed hyaline V-shaped marking; pygofer (Fig. 15) in ventral view medioventral processes asymmetrical; outer process of gonostyles (Fig. 12) snakelike in lateral view; dorsal margin of phallobase (Fig. 11) with a slender horned process at apical 1 / 3.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements. Total length: male 3.5–3.7 mm (N = 2), female 4.1–4.5 mm (N = 4).</p><p>Coloration. General color pale yellowish-brown (Figs 2, 3). Vertex (Figs 2, 6) with apical half brownish-black, basal half yellowish-brown. Frons (Fig. 8) and genae (Figs 3, 8) black. Clypeus (Fig. 8) with basal half brownish-black. Eyes (Figs 6, 8) reddish-brown. Pronotum (Figs 2, 6) brown to black except lateral sides yellow. Mesonotum (Figs 2, 6) blackish-brown at middle, rest tawny to reddish-brown. Outer part of tegulae (Figs 2, 6) black brown, inner part yellowish-white. Forewings (Fig. 7) greyish-white, hyaline, veins gray to light yellowish-brown, basal 1 / 4 light yellowish-brown except areas around bifurcation of Pcu and A 1, basal 1 / 4 to middle part with an arched dark brown stripe, forming a reverse hyaline V-shaped marking, along ScP, ir, RP and area between MP 1 and MP 2 dark brown.</p><p>Head and thorax. Vertex (Fig. 6) slightly longer than wide at base (1.07: 1), width at apex narrower than at base (0.83: 1), submedian carinae uniting slightly beyond middle, apex produced in front of eyes, apical margin straight, greatest length of basal compartment shorter than wide at base of vertex (0.67: 1). Frons (Fig. 8) longer in middle line than wide at widest portion (about 1.28: 1), widest at apex, median carina simple. Postclypeus (Fig. 8) wide at base as wide as frons at apex. Antennae (Figs 6, 8) very long, cylindrical, surpassing apex of clypeus, scape longer than wide, shorter than pedicel (0.46: 1). Pronotum (Fig. 6) with lateral carinae not attaining hind margin, longer than vertex in midline (0.75: 1). Mesonotum (Fig. 6) with lateral carinae not attaining hind margin, longer than 1.67 times pronotum and vertex combined. Forewings (Fig. 7) slender, longer than maximal width (3.02: 1).</p><p>Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view (Fig. 9) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin, in posterior view (Fig. 10) with opening longer than wide, in ventral view (Fig. 15) medioventral processes asymmetrical, concave medially, left process shorter. Gonostyles (Figs 12, 13) long, in lateral view apical half bifurcated into two processes, outer process slender and curved, snakelike, tapering to apex, inner process short and thick, rounded at apex; in posterior view C-shaped. Male genitalia (Fig. 11) with phallobase, aedeagus tubular, vaulted ventrally, tapering to apex; phallobase wide, curved ventrally, tapering to apex, dorsal margin with a slender horned process at apical 1 / 3. Anal segment (Figs 9, 14) small, ring-like.</p><p>Host plant.</p><p>Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) P. C. Keng ( Poales: Poaceae: Bambusoideae) (Fig. 26).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Guangxi) (Fig. 1).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after the city in which it was collected (Chongzuo) with the Latin adjectival suffix ‘ - ensis ’ meaning ‘ from’.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species (Figs 6–15) is similar to M. hamuliferum Li, Yang &amp; Chen, 2019 (Li et al. 2019: figs 5–14), but differs from the latter in: (1) forewings with basal 1 / 2 bearing a reversed hyaline V-shaped marking (forewings with basal 1 / 2 bearing a hyaline V-shaped marking in M. hamuliferum); (2) dorsal margin of phallobase with a long horned process (dorsal margin of phallobase without a long horned process in M. hamuliferum); and (3) aedeagus shorter than phallobase (aedeagus longer than phallobase in M. hamuliferum).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/498C4CA5B9D95C0CA6D055AF901A5E41	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Yang, Lin;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Two new species of the genus Malaxa Melichar, 1914 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini). ZooKeys 1229: 275-287, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.143177
EB7B8BB84C985F8797A621FA6C929CCD.text	EB7B8BB84C985F8797A621FA6C929CCD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malaxa longispina Lv & Chen 2025	<div><p>Malaxa longispina Lv &amp; Chen sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 4, 5, 16–25</p><p>Type materials.</p><p>Holotype: China • ♂: Guangdong Province, Shixing County, Luoba Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.28333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.28333/lat 24.766666)">Dashui Village</a>; 24 ° 46 ' N, 114 ° 17 ' E; sweeping, 18 June 2023; Sha-Sha Lv leg.; IEGU . Paratypes: China • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Guangdong Province, Shixing County, Luoba Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.28333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.28333/lat 24.766666)">Dashui Village</a>; 24 ° 46 ' N, 114 ° 17 ' E; sweeping, 18 June 2023; Sha-Sha Lv, Feng-E Li and Yong-Jin Sui leg.; IEGU .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The salient features of the new species include: vertex (Figs 4, 16) and frons (Fig. 18) light grayish-yellow; genae (Figs 5, 18) with basal 3 / 4 black markings; pronotum (Figs 4, 16) with outer sides of lateral carinae with black markings; forewings (Fig. 17) around ScP + R, ir, RP and MP 1 with light greyish-brown marking; medioventral process of pygofer (Fig. 25) nearly rectangular in ventral view; gonostyles (Fig. 22) with apical half forming a C-shaped in lateral view; aedeagus (Fig. 21) narrows sharply near the middle, with a slender process.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements. Total length: male 3.3–3.4 mm (N = 2), female 4.1–4.3 mm (N = 3).</p><p>Coloration. General color greyish-white to yellowish-brown (Figs 4, 5). Vertex (Figs 4, 16) and frons (Fig. 18) light grayish-yellow, frons with two indistinct light brown stripes. Genae (Figs 5, 18) with basal 3 / 4 black markings. Clypeus (Fig. 18) black at base, and rest light yellowish-brown. Eyes (Figs 16, 18) gray to reddish-black. Pronotum (Figs 4, 16) light grayish-brown, outer sides of lateral carinae with black markings. Mesonotum (Figs 4, 16) yellowish-brown, outer sides of lateral carinae with brown to black markings. Apex of tegulae (Figs 4, 16) black brown, rest light yellowish-brown. Forewings (Fig. 17) greyish-white, hyaline, veins gray to brown, areas after bifurcation of Pcu and A 1 with yellowish-brown spot, around ScP + R, ir, RP and MP 1 with light greyish-brown marking.</p><p>Head and thorax. Vertex (Fig. 16) shorter submedially than wide at base (0.96: 1), width at apex narrower than at base (0.62: 1), submedian carinae uniting slightly beyond middle, apex produced in front of eyes, apical margin straight, greatest length of basal compartment shorter than wide at base of vertex (0.59: 1). Frons (Fig. 18) longer in middle line than wide at widest portion (about 2.17: 1), widest at apex, median carina simple. Postclypeus (Fig. 18) wide at base as wide as frons at apex. Antennae (Figs 16, 18) very long, cylindrical, surpassing apex of clypeus, scape longer than wide, shorter than pedicel (0.55: 1). Pronotum (Fig. 16) with lateral carinae not attaining hind margin, longer than vertex in midline (0.71: 1). Mesonotum (Fig. 16) with lateral carinae not attaining hind margin, longer than 1.61 times pronotum and vertex combined. Forewings (Fig. 17) slender, longer than maximal width (3.63: 1).</p><p>Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view (Fig. 19) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin, ventral angles slightly produced, in posterior view (Fig. 20) with opening longer than wide, in ventral view (Fig. 25) medioventral processes nearly rectangular, concave medially. Gonostyles (Figs 22, 23) moderately long, in lateral view apical half bifurcated into two processes, forming a C-shaped, outer process long and bent, tapering to apex, inner process short, relatively rounded at apex; in posterior view curved, basal angles produced, outer process thick. Male genitalia (Fig. 21) with phallobase, aedeagus tubular, vaulted ventrally, basal part broad, narrows sharply near the middle, with a slender spinous process; phallobase long, curved ventrally, tapering to apex, basal part with two spiniform processes, dorsal margin with an angular process medially. Anal segment (Figs 19, 24) small, ring-like.</p><p>Host plant.</p><p>Indocalamus sp. ( Poales: Poaceae: Bambusoideae).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Guangdong) (Fig. 1).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is a combination of the Latin word “ long - ” and “ spina ” (with the connecting letter “ i ”, i. e., “ long spine ”), referring to the ventral margin of the aedeagus with a long spinous process medially. The name is intended to be feminine.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species (Figs 16–25) is similar to M. bispinata Muir, 1926 (Hou et al. 2013: figs 1–14), but differs from the latter in: (1) vertex and frons grayish-white (vertex with apical half and basal half of frons dark brown in M. bispinata); (2) middle part of apical half of forewings with grayish-brown markings (middle part of apical half of forewings without grayish-brown markings in M. bispinata); and (3) pygofer with two medioventral processes not distinct (pygofer with three medioventral processes very distinct in M. bispinata).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB7B8BB84C985F8797A621FA6C929CCD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Yang, Lin;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Two new species of the genus Malaxa Melichar, 1914 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini). ZooKeys 1229: 275-287, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.143177
C07929207DFF5D89B47E5781E963BDF7.text	C07929207DFF5D89B47E5781E963BDF7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malaxa Melichar 1914	<div><p>Malaxa Melichar, 1914</p><p>Malaxa Melichar, 1914: 275; Muir 1926: 7; Metcalf 1943: 103; Fennah 1945: 429; Yang and Yang 1986: 56; Ding et al. 1986: 418, 1999: 443; Chen et al. 2006: 160; Ding 2006: 150; Bartlett 2009: 387; Hou et al. 2013: 866; Bartlett and Kennedy 2018: 514; Li et al. 2019: 44.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Malaxa acutipennis Melichar, 1914, original designation.</p><p>Diagnosis. For the diagnosis of Malaxa see Hou et al. (2013: 866) and Li et al. (2019: 44).</p><p>Host plants.</p><p>Bamboo ( Poales: Poaceae: Bambusoideae).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (Fig. 1).</p><p>Checklist and distributions of species of Malaxa Melichar, 1914</p><p>M. acutipennis Melichar, 1914; Philippines (Luzón)</p><p>M. bispinata Muir, 1926; Indonesia (Mentawai), China (Hainan)</p><p>M. chongzuoensis Lv &amp; Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guangxi)</p><p>M. delicata Ding &amp; Yang, 1986; China (Fujian, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)</p><p>M. fusca Yang &amp; Yang, 1986; China (Taiwan)</p><p>M. hamuliferum Li, Yang &amp; Chen, 2019; China (Yunnan)</p><p>M. hunanensis Chen, 2006; China (Hunan)</p><p>M. javanensis Muir, 1919; Indonesia (Java)</p><p>M. longispina Lv &amp; Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guangdong)</p><p>M. nigra Muir, 1919; Philippines (Luzón)</p><p>M. obtusipennis Muir, 1919; Malaysia (Borneo)</p><p>M. semifusca Yang &amp; Yang, 1986; China (Guizhou, Taiwan)</p><p>M. tricuspis Li, Yang &amp; Chen, 2019; China (Hainan)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C07929207DFF5D89B47E5781E963BDF7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Yang, Lin;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Two new species of the genus Malaxa Melichar, 1914 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini). ZooKeys 1229: 275-287, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.143177
