Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986

LI, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2020, Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 641, pp. 1-14 : 3

Genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986

Type species: Neobelocera asymmetrica Ding & Yang, 1986 (original designation).

Diagnosis

The genus Neobelocera is easily distinguished from other genera of Tropidocephalini by the following combination of characters: antennae with first segment subsagittate, markedly flattened, a longitudinal carina down middle, the ventral apical angle longer than dorsal apical angle ( Figs 1E , 2B , 3E , 4B ); when postclypeus viewed in profile, apical part of median carina bent at rounded angle, not at right angle ( Figs 1D , 3D ) ( Hou & Chen 2010; Hu & Ding 2014).

Host plant

Bamboo.

Distribution

Oriental region ( China).

Figures

Fig. 1. Neobelocera biprocessa sp. nov., holotype (GUGC-FS-TN-20090401) A. Male habitus, dorsal view. B. Same, lateral view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Same, lateral view. E. Face. F. Forewing.

Fig. 2. Neobelocera biprocessa sp. nov., holotype (GUGC-FS-TN-20090401). A. Head and thorax, dorsal view. B. Face. C. Forewing. D. Male genitalia, posterior view. E. Same, lateral view. F. Pygofer, posterior view. G. Anal segment and aedeagus, lateral view. H. Genital style, posterior view. I. Same, lateral view. Scale bars: A–B, D–I = 0.2 mm; C = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 3. Neobelocera russa sp. nov., holotype (GUGC-FS-TN-20100801). A. Male habitus, dorsal view. B. Same, lateral view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Same, lateral view. E. Face. F. Forewing.

Fig. 4. Neobelocera russa sp. nov., holotype (GUGC-FS-TN-20100801). A. Head and thorax, dorsal view. B. Face. C. Forewing. D. Male genitalia, posterior view. E. Same, lateral view. F. Aedeagus, posterior view. G. Same, lateral view. H. Genital style, posterior view. I. Same, lateral view. Scale bars: A–B, D–I = 0.2 mm; C = 0.5 mm.