Homotomidae, Heslop-Harrison, 1958

Martin, Jon H. & Lau, Clive S. K., 2011, The Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha (Insecta) of Hong Kong, China-an annotated inventory citing voucher specimens and published records, Zootaxa 2847, pp. 1-122 : 50

Homotomidae

Caenohomotoma radiata (Kuwayama, 1908)

see Homotoma radiata Kuwayama (1908)

Homotoma radiata Kuwayama (1908)

Single sample in BMNH, from Ficus superba japonica . Hill et al. (1982) also reported this species from HK, as did Lee & Winney (1981) and Hollis & Broomfield (1989). The combination Caenohomotoma radiata has been used by several authors but the genus Caenohomotoma Yang & Li was synonymized with Homotoma Guérin-Méneville by Hodkinson (1986: 312).

Homotoma ? yunnanica Yang & Li (1984) (Fig. 34)

Large sample in BMNH, from a venerable village-centre Ficus tinctoria gibbosa at Tai O, Lantau I. Our determination is provisional, many similar species having been described from mainland China.

Macrohomotoma gladiatum Kuwayama (1908)

= Macrohomotoma sinica Yang & Li (1984) syn. nov.

Reported from HK by Hodkinson (1986). Several samples in BMNH, collected on banyan trees ( Ficus microcarpa ) from 1973 onwards, and these were eventually determined as M. sinica Yang & Li. However , re-examination of these specimens in comparison with Kuwayama’s and Yang & Li’s original descriptions, combined with verbal opinions expressed by other psylloid specialists, has led us to conclude that M. sinica should be placed as a junior synonym of M. gladiatum . One slide of HK material is in PPRD. See also discussion of M. striata Crawford , below.

Macrohomotoma sinica Yang & Li (1984)

see Macrohomotoma gladiatum Kuwayama (1908)

Macrohomotoma striata Crawford (1925)

Described from India and reported from HK by Hodkinson (1986) and by Hill et al. (1982). Material in BMNH initially determined as M. striata was redetermined as M. sinica and, later, as M. gladiatum (see above). However further collecting, or vouchers elsewhere, may support the presence of M. striata in the territory. Certainly, Chinese records of M. striata on Ficus microcarpa are likely to be misidentifications of M. gladiatum .

Macrohomotoma undetermined sp. 1

Reported from Camellia japonica in HK by Lee & Winney (1981).