Pedionis (Pedionis) yunnana Zhang & Viraktamath

Zhang, Bin & Zhang, Ruiling, 2014, A revision of the subgenus Pedionis (Pedionis) Hamilton from China, with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 3802 (4), pp. 469-476 : 474-475

Pedionis (Pedionis) yunnana Zhang & Viraktamath

Pedionis (Pedionis) yunnana Zhang & Viraktamath, 2010: 59 .

Pedionis (Pedionis) nankunshanensis Li, Dai & Li, 2011: 6 figs 38–40, 45–52. syn. nov.

Distribution. China: Yunnan (Zhengyuan), Guangdong (Nankunshan).

Material examined. Holotype: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, China: Yunnan province, Zhenyuan county, 24 August 2009, collected by Zhang Bin.

Remarks. Li et al. (2011) reported Pedionis nankunshanensis as a new species based on the serrated apical processes of the aedeagal shaft, the subapical processes reflexed in ventral aspect, and the apical digitations. We reexamined the types of P. yunnana Zhang & Viraktamath, 2010 and observed some characters that were omitted in past descriptions. All above mentioned characters used to distinguish Pedionis nankunshanensis were also observed in P. yunnana . Although the types of nankunshanensis were not available for study, both the original descriptions and illustrations clearly showed that P. nankunshanensis should be considered a junior synonym of P. yunnana .

This species externally resembles Pedionis rufoscutellata Huang & Viraktamath, 1993 in coloration and structure, but it differs in having the caudodorsal angle of the pygophore produced into an acutely angled process.