Destinoides conspicuus (Distant) Distant, 2014

Sun, Jing, Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Destinoides Cai & He (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae), with a new synonym and two new combinations, Zootaxa 3786 (1), pp. 79-84 : 82

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.1.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:401E38A0-E626-48E9-B1DE-7890B817001C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134854

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E25D639-090D-FF8C-D58F-FC86B3F32D09

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scientific name

Destinoides conspicuus (Distant)
status

comb. nov.

Destinoides conspicuus (Distant) n. comb.

Figs 10–23 View FIGURES 10 – 19 View FIGURES 20 – 23

Petalocephala conspicua Distant, 1907: 189 View in CoL

Destinoides latifrons (Walker) View in CoL , misidentification, Cai & He, 2000: 58

Redescription. Male. Body length (incl. forewing) 13 mm, head width (incl. eyes) 4.2 mm, pronotum width 4.3 mm. Head, thorax and scutellum somewhat iridescent in living and freshly pinned specimens ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ), yellow in faded specimens; eyes brown; ocelli transparent margined with dark brown ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ); forewing dark brown, purple or yellowish brown.

Crown with fore margin angled slightly distad of eyes.

Male 8th sternite with posterior margin concave ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ). Pygofer side with inner process hooklike ventrally ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ). Aedeagal shaft with single apical process ( Figs 17, 18 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ).

Material examined. SINGAPORE: 1 male (syntype), H. N. Ridley. 1902–158 ( BMNH); 1 male (N43), Baker ( NMNH). VIETNAM: 1 male, TamDao National Park, 1060m, 26 July 2008, G. Zheng, P. D. Sac, S. Q. Li, 1060m, Fogging ( IZAS). CHINA: Hainan, 4 males: 1 male (NC289), Mt. Jianfengling, 31 August 2002, Yanli Che, Peiming Wang ( NWAFU); 1 male, Mt. Qixianling, 126m, 30 April 2008, Qiulei Men ( NWAFU); 1 male, Mt. Yinggeling, 320m, 9 August 2009, Xia Gao, at light ( NWAFU); 1 male, Nada, 30 September 1957, Zhizi Chen ( IZAS); Guangxi, 3 males: 1 male (ZK13), Fangcheng Dongzhong country, 550m, 5 June 2000, Wenzhu Li ( IZAS); 1 male, Jinxiu Yonghe, 500m, 12 May 1999, Hongxiang Han ( IZAS); 1 male, Jinxiu Luoxiang, 400m, 16 May 1999, Decheng Yuan ( IZAS). 1 male (IOZ36), Yunnan, Menghun, Xishuangbanna, 750m, 9 June 1958, Yiran Zhang ( IZAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan; Guangxi; Yunnan), Vietnam, Singapore.

Remarks. This species was described from an unknown number of male specimens from “ Singapore (H.-N. Ridley. – Brit. Mus.)”. A single male (syntype) is present in the BMNH with the following data: “ Singapore, H. N. Ridley, 1902–158” together with a museum red “ type ” label.

This species is easily distinguished from D. latifrons (Walker) by its single apical process of the aedeagal shaft. In the specimens examined, there are some minor differences in the shape of styles ( Figs 17 View FIGURES 10 – 19 , 20, 21, 22 View FIGURES 20 – 23 ) and colour of the wings ( Figs 11 View FIGURES 10 – 19 , 23 View FIGURES 20 – 23 ).

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

IZAS

Institut Zoologii Akademii Nauk Ukraini - Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Destinoides

Loc

Destinoides conspicuus (Distant)

Sun, Jing, Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin 2014
2014
Loc

Destinoides latifrons

Cai 2000: 58
2000
Loc

Petalocephala conspicua

Distant 1907: 189
1907
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