Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species

Abstract

The Australian planthopper tribe Eucarpiini is revised taxonomically. Five genera are recognised in the Australia fauna: Bajauana Distant 1907, Dilacreon Fennah, 1980, Kirbyana Distant, 1906, Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, 2003 and Nesochlamys Kirkaldy, 1907. Except for Bajauana all of these represent new records for Australia. Eucarpia Walker, 1857 is declared absent from Australia. Twelve species, nine of which are new, are recognised in the Australian fauna: Bajauana acuminata, sp. nov., Dilacreon akethe, sp. nov., D. ispi, sp. nov., Neocarpia rhizophorae, sp. nov., Nesochlamys capensis, sp. nov., N. contrarius, sp. nov., N. jubatus, sp. nov., N. pandikros, sp. nov. and N. yiralli, sp. nov. Except for Bajauana austrina (Kirkaldy, 1907) and D. (D.) granulinervis, all species are endemic to Australia. Lectotypes are designated for Australoma austrina Kirkaldy, 1907, Ptoleria australis Muir, 1913 and P. granulinervis Muir, 1913. New combinations proposed are: Dilacreon (Dilacreon) granulinervis (Muir, 1913) comb. nov. (from Eucarpia), Kirbyana australis (Muir, 1913) comb. nov. (from Eucarpia) and Leptolamia praetextata comb. nov. (from Bajauana, transfer from Eucarpiini to Cixiini). All Australian species of Eucarpiini are described and illustrated and identification keys to genera and species are provided.

Taxonomic study of the genus Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

“…Löcker et al (2010) reported the morphological characters of the ovipositor, the 8 th abdominal sternite, the anal segment and the anal style of N. rhizophorae . However, these characters are not effective when used to distinguish among species of Neocarpia .…”

“…Based on the description and the figures by Löcker et al (2010), this species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: right side of periandrium with a process near apex and ventral margin of periandrium with one small triangular process at apical 1/3; flagellum with a prominent long process in the middle.…”

“…Later, Emeljanov and Hayashi (2007) described N. okinawana from Japan and moved Neocarpia to the tribe Eucarpiini according to hind margin of the forewing without any convexity situated between the clavus apex and icu. So far, five species of Neocarpia are described, including three from China (Tsaur and Hsu 2003; Emeljanov and Hayashi 2007; Löcker et al 2010; Zhang and Chen 2013). …”

Shedding light on Jacobi's types whilst discovering new species: a taxonomic revision ofLeptolamia Metcalf, 1936 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)

“…This species was subsequently transferred into the genus Bajauana Distant, 1907by Fennah (1980 as he synonymised Australoma with the latter. During a revision of the Eucarpiini (Löcker et al 2010), Bajauana praetextata was transferred into Leptolamia. This transfer increased the number of species in the genus Leptolamia to two.…”

“…Löcker et al (2010) transfered Bajauana praetextata into Leptolamia on the basis of the carination of the head, the venation of the forewing and the chaetotaxy of the 2nd hind tarsomere. The following characters support this decision: presence of a very distinct subapical transverse carina on top of the head; lateral carinae on anteclypeus absent; forewing with Sc+R+M forming a common stem, intercubitus at the same level as apex of clavus, Radius posterior trifid, 10 apical cells and 2nd hind tarsomere with 6 apical teeth.…”