Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015

Constant, Jerome, Pham, Thai-Hong, Le, Cuong Viet Canh, Vu, Trung Thanh & Nguyen, Hoai Thu Thi, 2023, The tropiduchid planthopper genus Connelicita Wang & Bourgoin, 2015: two new species from Central Vietnam and new records (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae), ZooKeys 1186, pp. 105-122 : 105

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1186.113701

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9064FB1-EEE6-4FA3-BABD-5517DBD77F81

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0066FD3B-83CF-5110-9F0B-0B240E15A238

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scientific name

Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015
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Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015 View in CoL

Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6

Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015 in Wang et al. 2015: 569, figs 2-21.

Materials examined.

Vietnam - Hai Phong Province • 1 ♂; Cat Ba National Park ; 20°48'00"N, 107°00'20"E; 12-16 Jul. 2013; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; I.G.: 32.454; RBINS GoogleMaps - Vinh Phuc Province • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Me Linh Biodiversity Station ; 21°23'04"N, 105°42'44"E; 29-30 Jun. 2023; J. Constant & L. Semeraro leg.; RBINS GoogleMaps 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same locality as preceding; 29 Jun. 2023; alt. 30 m; by net; Hoai T.T. Nguyen leg.; VNMN GoogleMaps - Hoa Binh Province • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Ngoc Son-Ngo Luong Nature Reserve ; 20°26'16"N, 105°20'15"E; 25-30 Jul. 2016; GTI Project; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; RBINS GoogleMaps - Ninh Binh Province • 1 ♀; Cuc Phuong National Park ; 20°20'53"N, 105°35'52"E; 31 Jul.-3 Aug. 2016; GTI Project; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; RBINS GoogleMaps .

Note.

The species was previously only recorded from Cat Ba Island in Ha Long Bay ( Wang et al. 2015). It is here recorded for the first time from the mainland, and its distribution is extended to the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Hoa Binh, and Ninh Binh (Fig. 5 View Figure 5 ).

Biology.

The specimens were found sitting on leaves on the lower vegetation (Fig. 6A, B View Figure 6 ) in subtropical evergreen forests (Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ) in the South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests and Northern Indochina subtropical forests ecoregions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Tropiduchidae

Genus

Connelicita

Loc

Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015

Constant, Jerome, Pham, Thai-Hong, Le, Cuong Viet Canh, Vu, Trung Thanh & Nguyen, Hoai Thu Thi 2023
2023
Loc

Connelicita haiphongensis

Wang & Zhang 2015
2015