Homa katoi Dworakowska, 1984

Webb, Michael D. & Xu, Ye, 2022, Review of the “ red ” Empoascini leafhoppers in the genera Baguoidea Mahmood, 1967, Dayus Mahmood, 1967 and Homa Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Asia and the West Pacific, Zoosystema 44 (22), pp. 549-563 : 560

Homa katoi Dworakowska, 1984

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Homa katoi Dworakowska, 1984: 12 , figs 148-161. — Xu et al. 2022: 180 (key).

DISTRIBUTION. — Malaysia: Peninsular, Malacca, Sabah (new record).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Holotype. Malaysia • ♂; Malay Peninsula: Perak; Taiping ; 8.XI.1943; R. Takahashi; NHM.

Paratypes. Malaysia • 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 specimen with abdomen missing; Malay Peninsula: Perak, Taiping ; 8.XI.1943; R. Takahashi; NHM • 1 ♀; Malay Peninsula : Kuala Lumpur; 7.VIII.1931; on Solanum melongena (Aubergine) ; NHMUK 013588832

Non-types. West Malaysia • 1 ♂, 6♀, 1 immature; Malacca, Alor Gajah; 28.VIII.1989; on cocoa; NHM • 1♀; same data; 17.VII.1989; NMHUK 013387440 • 1 ♂, 5♀; Sabah; A.R.C. Tuaran; 22.V.1973; on castor oil; NHM .

REMARKS

In the original description of this species part of the legend is missing but communication with the author (Dr Dworakowska) indicates that the apodemes in her fig. 61 might be dorsal or ventral. The species is newly recorded from Sabah.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Baguoidea Mahmood,1967 and Homa Distant,1908 species:A-F, Baguoidea rufa (Melichar,1903),A, B, paratype of B.rubra Mahmood,1967,A, dorsal habitus, B, labels; C, D, holotype of B. rubra Mahmood, C, male genitalia (on mount), D, fore and hind wings on mount; E, dorsal habitus (non-type: Myanmar); F, labels of same;G-I, Homa insignis Distant, 1908 (lectotype), G, dorsal habitus;H, fore and hind wings on mount; I, labels;J-K, Homa katoi Dworakowska, 1984 (paratype), J, dorsal habitus, K, labels; L-M, Homa haematoptila (Kirkaldy, 1906) (holotype), L, dorsal habitus, M, labels. Scale bars: A, L, 1 mm; E, G, J, 2 mm.