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D64A87822267B9069C0DF928A725D214.text	D64A87822267B9069C0DF928A725D214.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala Stal 1853	<div><p>Genus  Tropidocephala Stål, 1853</p><p>Tropidocephala Stål, 1853: 266 .</p><p>Conicoda Matsumura, 1900: 258 .</p><p>Orchesma Melichar, 1903: 94 .</p><p>Ectopiopterygodelphax Kiraldy, 1906: 412 .</p><p>Smara Distant, 1906: 478 .</p><p>Tropidocephala – Matsumura 1907: 57. — Muir 1913: 243; 1915: 247. — Kuoh et al. 1983: 31. — Yang &amp; Yang 1986: 15. — Guo et al. 2005: 163. — Ding 2006: 156.</p><p>Type species</p><p>Tropidocephala flaviceps Stål, 1853, by original designation.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Head including eyes narrower than pronotum. Except for a few species, vertex longer in midline than wide at base, apical part conical, extended well anterad of eyes, with 3 carinae, median carina simple, extended throughout entire head, lateral carinae converging apically, submedian carinae protruding from apex of lateral carinae, uniting at apex, forming anterior margin of vertex. Frons medium length, longer in middle line than wide at widest part, in profile more or less inclined apically, lateral carinae not completely connecting with lateral carinae of vertex; most of median carina forked at basal apex, forming a small chamber. Postclypeus at base wider than or subequal to frons at apex, distinctly tricarinate or not. Rostrum reaching mesocoxae, terminal segment slightly longer than width. Antennae short, cylindrical, second segment about twice as long as first, in most species not reaching frontoclypeal suture. Pronotum tricarinate, lateral carinae well developed, posterior part slightly curved inward, attaining hind margin. Post-tibial spur thick, posterior margin without teeth. Spinal formula of hind tibia 5-6(7)-4.</p><p>Pygofer of male in posterior view with opening longer than wide, lateral margins with or without production, ventral margin with distinct medioventral process. Anal segment relatively large. Genital style long, sometimes basal angle with long process.Aedeagus fastened in anal segment, with phallobase, phallus slender, curved ventrad, phallobase broad at base, concave medially to receive phallus with long process apically or basoventrally. Diaphragm membranous (Guo et al. 2005; Ding 2006).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Palearctic, Oriental, Australian and African regions.</p><p>Checklist to Chinese species of  Tropidocephala Stål, 1853</p><p>T. andunna Kuoh, 1979; distribution: China (Guizhou, Yunnan provinces)</p><p>T. breviceps Matsumura, 1907; distribution: China (Hainan Province)</p><p>T. brunnipennis Signoret, 1860; distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces)</p><p>T. dimidia Yang &amp; Yang, 1986; distribution: China (Taiwan Province)</p><p>T. dingi Sun, Yang &amp; Chen, 2014; distribution: China (Hainan, Yunnan provinces)</p><p>T. festiva (Distant, 1906); distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces)</p><p>T. flavovittata Matsumura, 1907; distribution: China (Jiangxi, Taiwan provinces)</p><p>T. formosana Matsumura, 1910; distribution: China (Taiwan Province)</p><p>T. grata Yang &amp; Yang, 1986; distribution: China (Taiwan Province)</p><p>T. insperata Yang, 1989; distribution: China (Taiwan Province)</p><p>T. jiawenna Kuoh, 1979; distribution: China (Guizhou, Yunnan provinces)</p><p>T. lamellata sp. nov.; distribution: China (Hainan Province)</p><p>T. longiapina Ding, 1982; distribution: China (Guizhou, Yunnan provinces)</p><p>T. nigra (Matsumura, 1900); distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Shandong, Zhejiang provinces)</p><p>T. orientalis Ding, 2006; distribution: China (Hubei Province)</p><p>T. prolixa Guo &amp; Liang, 2005; distribution: China (Fujian, Guangxi provinces)</p><p>T. russa Ding, 2006; distribution: China (Yunnan Province)  T. saccharivorella Matsumura, 1907; distribution: China (Hainan, Taiwan provinces)</p><p>T. serendiba (Melichar, 1903); distribution: China (Yunnan Province)</p><p>T. simaoensis Ding, 2006; distribution: China (Yunnan Province)</p><p>T. sinica Ding, 2006; distribution: China (Hainan, Yunnan provinces)</p><p>T. sinuosa Yang &amp; Yang, 1986; distribution: China (Hainan, Taiwan provinces)</p><p>T. speciosa (Bierman, 1908); distribution: China (Guangdong Province)</p><p>T. touchi Kuoh, 1979; distribution: China (Yunnan Province)</p><p>T. yichangensis Ding, 2006; distribution: China (Hubei Province)</p><p>T. yunnanensis sp. nov.; distribution: China (Yunnan Province)</p><p>Key to Chinese species of the genus  Tropidocephala Stål, 1853</p><p>1. Vertex at midline shorter than pronotum (Matsumura 1907: figs 1, 7) .............................................. .............................................................................................................  T. breviceps Matsumura, 1907</p><p>– Vertex at midline longer than pronotum .............................................................................................</p><p>2. Vertex more than 3× as long as pronotum ........................................................................................ 3</p><p>– Vertex less than 3 × as long as pronotum .......................................................................................... 4</p><p>3. Spots of forewings darker, inner side of crossveins with 3 brownish black burl spots (Yang &amp; Yang 1986: fig. 12d) .....................................................................................  T. dimidia Yang &amp; Yang, 1986</p><p>– Spots of forewings light, without burl spots within the crossveins (Yang &amp; Yang 1986: fig. 14d) .... ............................................................................................................  T. sinuosa Yang &amp; Yang, 1986</p><p>4. Inner side of forewing crossveins with dark brown burl spots ......................................................... 5</p><p>– Inner side of forewing crossveins without dark brown burl spots .................................................. 16</p><p>5. Vertex more than 2× as long as pronotum ........................................................................................ 6</p><p>– Vertex less than 2 × as long as pronotum .......................................................................................... 7</p><p>6. Vertex with 2 dark longitudinal stripes; pronotum with 8 dark longitudinal stripes; inner side of forewing crossveins with 4 blackish brown burl spots (Bierman 1908: figs 9, 9c) ............................ ................................................................................................................  T. speciosa (Bierman, 1908)</p><p>– Vertex without 2 dark longitudinal stripes; pronotum without 8 dark longitudinal stripes; inner side of forewing crossveins with 3 blackish brown burl spots (Ding 2006: fig. 84a, h) .............................................................................................................  T. nigra (Matsumura, 1900)</p><p>7. Inner side of forewing crossveins with 2 blackish brown burl spots (Melichar 1903: table ii, fig. 5) ...................................................................................................  T. serendiba (Melichar, 1903)</p><p>– Inner side of forewing crossveins with 3 blackish brown burl spots ................................................ 8</p><p>8. Median carina of vertex and pronotum with dark stripe on both sides continuously ....................... 9</p><p>– Median carina of vertex and pronotum without dark stripe on both sides or with dark stripe discontinuously ................................................................................................................................11</p><p>9. Apex of frons, genae and clypeus black; pygofer with medioventral and lateroventral processes .... ......................................................................................................................................................... 10</p><p>– Apex of frons, genae and clypeus not black; pygofer with medioventral process, without lateroventral processes (Sun et al. 2014: figs 1–7) ............................................  T. dingi Sun, Yang &amp; Chen, 2014</p><p>10. Basal frons with large dark brown spots (Distant 1906: fig. 264) ...............  T. festiva (Distant, 1906)</p><p>– Basal frons without dark brown spots (Kuoh 1979: figs 1–2) .....................  T. jiawenna Kuoh, 1979</p><p>11. Pygofer with medioventral and lateroventral processes; apex of frons black or brown ................. 12</p><p>– Pygofer with medioventral process, without lateroventral process; frons not black or brown ...... 15</p><p>12. Mesonotum with tricarinate bordered with black or brown longitudinal stripes ............................ 13</p><p>– Mesonotum with tricarinate not bordered with black or brown longitudinal stripes ..................... 14</p><p>13. Basal angles of genital styles with spiny process, middle part of outer margin with blunt-toothed processes (Kuoh 1979: figs 2, 5, 7) ...............................................................  T. andunna Kuoh, 1979</p><p>– Basal angles of genital styles without spiny process, middle part of outer margin without blunt-toothed processes (Ding 2006: fig. 76c, g–i) ......................................................  T. sinica Ding, 2006</p><p>14. General color light yellowish brown with green or yellowish-green; basal angles of genital styles and middle part of inner margin with spiny processes (Ding 2006: fig. 74d–f) ................................. ...........................................................................................................  T. brunnipennis Signoret, 1860</p><p>– General color light brown; inner and outer margins of genital styles undulating, without spiny processes (Yang &amp; Yang 1986: fig. 13h–i) ............................................  T. grata Yang &amp; Yang, 1986</p><p>15. Medioventral process of pygofer simple; outer margin of genital styles with small process near the middle, subconical (Yang 1989: fig. 9f, j) ....................................................  T. insperata Yang, 1989</p><p>– Medioventral process of pygofer bidentate; basal angles of genital styles and middle part of outer margin with slender processes (Ding 2006: fig. 75c, g, k) .....................  T. yichangensis Ding, 2006</p><p>16. Vertex more than 1.6× as long as pronotum ................................................................................... 17</p><p>– Vertex slightly longer than or nearly equal to pronotum ................................................................ 20</p><p>17. Medioventral process of pygofer long ............................................................................................ 18</p><p>– Medioventral process of pygofer short ........................................................................................... 19</p><p>18. Genital styles simple, S-shaped; medioventral process of pygofer long rod shaped (Guo et al. 2005: figs 17, 19) ..........................................................................................  T. prolixa Guo &amp; Liang, 2005</p><p>– Outer margin of genital styles strongly arched at supra-median part, inner margin with fingerlike process at middle part, not S-shaped; medioventral process of pygofer long spiny (Ding 1982: figs 11–13) ..................................................................................................  T. longiapina Ding, 1982</p><p>19. Apical part of forewing with big black spot, middle part of corium with a diagonal brown line (Matsumura 1907: table ii, fig. 7) ....................................................  T. flavovittata Matsumura, 1907</p><p>– Apical part of forewing M 2, M 3 and Cu 1 veins with dark brown stripes, middle part of Rs+M 1 with a brown spot (Matsumura 1907: table ii, fig. 12) ........................  T. saccharivorella Matsumura, 1907</p><p>20. Vertex, pro- and mesonotum with median carina bordered with dark lines on both sides ............. 21</p><p>– Vertex, pro- and mesonotum with median carina not bordered with dark lines on both sides or only mesonotum ...................................................................................................................................... 25</p><p>21. Genital styles small, long and narrow, slightly wavy ..................................................................... 22</p><p>– Genital styles wider, not wavy ........................................................................................................ 23</p><p>22. Anal segment short, ring-like, apical margin of two lateral angle triangular; pygofer without medioventral process (Kuoh 1979: figs 3, 5–6) ................................................  T. touchi Kuoh, 1979</p><p>– Anal segment (Fig. 10C–D) wider, cylindric, apical margin of two lateral angle round; medioventral process of pygofer (Fig. 10C–D) small, triangular .......................................  T. yunnanensis sp. nov.</p><p>23. Forewing (Fig. 21F) without transparent spots; genital styles (Fig. 22F–G) without large process on basal angle ..........................................................................................................  T. lamellata sp. nov.</p><p>– Forewing with transparent spots; genital styles with large process on basal angle ........................ 24</p><p>24. Inner side of forewing crossveins without small black spots; apical margin of genital styles with dense small protrusions, outer margin of basal process smooth (Ding 2006: fig. 73e–f, k) ......................................................................................................  T. formosana Matsumura, 1910 – Inner side of forewing crossveins with many small black spots; apical margin of genital styles without dense small protrusions, outer margin of basal process with dentate processes (Ding 2006: fig. 88e, h, l) ........................................................................................................  T. russa Ding, 2006</p><p>25. Vertex, pro- and mesonotum with median carina not bordered with dark lines; basal ⅓ of forewing and terminal area with dark brown spots; pygofer with 3 dentate medioventral processes (Ding 2006: fig. 77c, k) ..................................................................................................  T. simaoensis Ding, 2006</p><p>– Both sides of middle carinae with dark lines only at mesonotum; corium of forewing with large oblong spot, with dark brown stripes along crossveins and posterior margin of proximal region; pygofer with single medioventral process (Ding 2006: fig. 86c, j) ..............  T. orientalis Ding, 2006</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822267B9069C0DF928A725D214	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822263B90B9C52FD7BA35DD3F9.text	D64A87822263B90B9C52FD7BA35DD3F9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret 1860	<div><p>Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860</p><p>Figs 1–2, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860: 185, pl. 5 figs 2, 2a–c.</p><p>Conicoda graminea Matsumura, 1900: 259 .</p><p>Ectopiopterygodelphax eximius Kirkaldy, 1906: 412 .</p><p>Tropidocephala philippina Melichar, 1914: 273 .</p><p>Tropidocephala brunnipennis – Matsumura 1907: 59, pl. 1 figs 3, 9. — Muir 1929: 190. — Matsumura &amp; Ishihara 1945: 60, fig. 25. — Ishihara 1949: 12, figs 22–25. — Kuoh et al. 1983: 32, fig. 13. — Yang &amp; Yang 1986: 18, fig. 7. — Ding &amp; Wang 1996: 18, fig. 11. — Ding 2006: 161, fig. 74.</p><p>Tropidocephala graminea – Oshanin 1907: 300.</p><p>Tropidocephala eximius – Kirkaldy 1907: 142, pl. 12 figs 5–7, pl. 17 figs 15–16.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 16 Apr. 2013; Jian-Kun Long and Yu-Bo Zhang leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.566666/lat 19.033333)">Yinggeling National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°02′ N, 109°34′ E; 10 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest</a> Park; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 13 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Qiang Luo and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.566666/lat 19.033333)">Yinggeling National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°02′ N, 109°34′ E; 7 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂, 1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 29 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.28333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.9" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.28333/lat 21.9)">Chinese Academy of Sciences</a>; 21°54′ N, 101°17′ E; 27 Sep. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.916666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.25/lat 21.916666)">Menglun Town</a>; 21°55′ N, 101°15′ E; 1 Dec. 2016; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.2–3.4 mm (N = 14), female 3.5–3.7 mm (N = 7).</p><p>COLORATION. General color yellowish brown with green (Fig. 1A–B). Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 1A–D) pale yellowish brown with verdant green.Apical part of frons (Fig. 1E) dark brown. Clypeus (Fig. 1E) dark brown. Genae (Fig. 1B, D) black. First segment of antennae (Fig. 1A–E) with black brown stripe at apical part, second segment with a black brown stripe oblique from base to center, apical part with dark brown ring-like marking. Forewings (Fig. 1F) light yellowish brown, 2 large transparent spots near basal and middle parts, apex of each apical cells with transparent spot, inner side of crossveins with 3 dark brown burl spots, burl spot with lateral sides small, middle part big, Sc 2, R 1, Rs of apical part with small dark brown spots.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 1C, 2A) triangular, longer in midline than wide at base (1.4:1). Frons (Figs 1E, 2B) fusiform, base obviously narrower than end, widest at middle level of eyes, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (1.8:1), with obvious median carinae, slightly concave near base. Antennae (Figs 1E, 2B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.0. Pronotum (Figs 1C, 2A) shorter than vertex about 0.9: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 1C, 2A) longer than 0.9× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 1F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.5:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 2C–D) ventral margin slightly longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with rod-like medioventral process, lateroventral processes lamellar. Anal segment (Fig. 2C–E) short, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 2F–G) lamellar, broad, basal and near middle parts each with long spiny process, basal one with several small dentate processes; apical part of inner side with short thick process; outer margin broadened abruptly at apex, outer apical angle arc-shaped, with several small toothlike processes. Aedeagus (Fig. 2E, H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, apical part cuspidal; phallobase wide and long, bend accordingly to phallus, apical part cuspidal.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae),  Miscanthus sinensis Anderss. ( Poales,  Poaceae),  Oryza sativa L. ( Poales,  Poaceae),  Saccharum officinarum L. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces), Australia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, North America, Philippines, South Africa, southern Europe, Sri Lanka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822263B90B9C52FD7BA35DD3F9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A8782226EB9089C5CFC1EA009D2C0.text	D64A8782226EB9089C5CFC1EA009D2C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala dingi Sun, Yang & Chen 2014	<div><p>Tropidocephala dingi Sun, Yang &amp; Chen, 2014</p><p>Figs 3–4, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala speciosa Ding, 2006: 167, fig. 78.</p><p>Tropidocephala dingi Sun, Yang &amp; Chen, 2014: 44, figs 1–12.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 2 ♂♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest</a> Park; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 13 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Qiang Luo and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂, 1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 24 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.566666/lat 19.033333)">Yinggeling National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°02’N, 109°34′ E; 7 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest</a> Park; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 14 Apr. 2017; Yong-Shun Ding leg.; IEGU  •   7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Baisha Li autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.316666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.316666/lat 19.25)">Qifang Town</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.316666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.316666/lat 19.25)">Xinjian Village</a>; 19°15′ N, 109°19′ E; 16 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.1–3.5 mm (N = 11), female 3.5–3.8 mm (N = 4).</p><p>COLORATION. General color deep yellow (Fig. 3A–B). Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 3A–D) deep yellow, outer margins of vertex turquoise, median carinae of vertex, pronotum and mesonotum foul-white, lateral carinae of pronotum foul-white, each carinae with dark brown stripes on both sides. Frons (Fig. 3E) orange-red, apical part turquoise, outer margin and median carinae foul-white. Clypeus (Fig. 3E) yellowish. Genae (Fig. 3B, D) dark red. Eyes (Fig. 3A–D) dark brown, ocelli reddish brown. Antennae (Fig. 3A–E) light yellowish brown, apical part of first segment, apical and near middle parts of second segment with black brown ring-like stripes. Forewings (Fig. 3F) light yellowish brown, basal ⅓ with large dark brown spot, 2 large transparent spots near basal and middle parts, apex of each apical cells with transparent spot, 3 dark brown burl spots in central crossveins, burl spots with several white granular processes, Sc 2, R 1, Rs of terminal part with small dark brown spots. Front and middle legs coxa (Fig. 3B, D) light yellow, rest orange yellow, hind legs dark yellowish-white.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 3C, 4A) triangular, longer in midline nearly equal to base width. Frons (Figs 3E, 4B) elliptic, base obviously narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (1.9:1), median carinae simple. Antennae (Figs 3E, 4B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.0. Pronotum (Figs 3C, 4A) shorter than vertex about 0.8: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 3C, 4A) longer than 1.3× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 3F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.8:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 4C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, posterior margin undulant, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with broad lamellar medioventral process. Anal segment (Fig. 4C–E) ring-like, dorsal margin concave, without anal process, two lateral angles wide and convex, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 4F–G) broad lamellar, dorsal side with a long fingerlike process, directed outward, inner apical angle with a small angular process, outer apical angle broad and round, basal angle with long fingerlike process, tapering to apex. Aedeagus (Fig. 4H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, apical part cuspidal; phallobase wide and long, apical ⅔ ventrally curved, bend accordingly to phallus, apical part round.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Miscanthus sp. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Hainan, Yunnan provinces).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A8782226EB9089C5CFC1EA009D2C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A8782226DB90D9C6AFD34A619D4E9.text	D64A8782226DB90D9C6AFD34A619D4E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala festiva (Distant 1906)	<div><p>Tropidocephala festiva (Distant, 1906)</p><p>Figs 5–6, Table 1</p><p>Smara festiva Distant, 1906: 478, fig. 264.</p><p>Tropidocephala festiva – Matsumura 1907: 62, pl. 1 figs 6, 12. — Muir 1913: 244, pl. 6 figs 9, 9a. — Matsumura &amp; Ishihara 1945: 60, fig. 27. — Ishihara 1949: 13, fig. 27. — Kuoh et al. 1983: 33, fig. 14. — Yang &amp; Yang 1986: 19, fig. 8. — Ding 2006: 158, fig. 72.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 27 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀; Guizhou Province, Libo County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.9/lat 25.25)">Wengang Town</a>; 25°15′ N, 107°54′ E; 23~ 26 Jul. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Yang-Yang Liu, Yuan Liu and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂; Guizhou Province, Ziyun County, Shuitang Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.26667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.666666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.26667/lat 25.666666)">Getu River Scenic Area</a>; 25°40′ N, 106°16′ E; 18 Jul. 2016; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   14 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; Guizhou Province, Anlong County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.61667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.61667/lat 24.983334)">Xianheping State Level Natural Reserve</a>; 24°59′ N, 105°37′ E; 23 Jul. 2016; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   2 ♂♂; Guizhou Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.966667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.25/lat 27.966667)">Tongren City</a>, Sinan County; 27°58′ N, 108°15′ E; 24 Jul. 2016; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂; Guizhou Province, Ceheng County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.666664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.666664/lat 25.233334)">Pomei Town</a>; 25°14′ N, 105°40′ E; 30 Jul. 2016; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂, 1 ♀; Guizhou Province, Changshun County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.38333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.183332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.38333/lat 26.183332)">Guangshun Town</a>; 26°11′ N, 106°23′ E; 22 Jul. 2018; Qiang Luo leg.; IEGU  •   10 ♂♂; Guizhou Province, Dushan County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.816668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.5/lat 25.816668)">Cuiquan Forest</a> Park; 25°49′ N, 107°30′ E; 29 Jul. 2018; Hong-Xing Li, Feng-E Li and Zhe-Zhe Wang leg.; IEGU  •   4 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀; Guangxi Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.26667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.26667/lat 24.833334)">Mulun National Natural Reserve</a>; 24°50′ N, 108°16′ E; 18–22 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Yang-Yang Liu and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.716667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.9/lat 18.716667)">Jianfengling National Forest</a> Park; 18°43′ N, 108°54′ E; 9 Apr. 2013; Jian-Kun Long leg.; IEGU  •   5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 16 Apr. 2013; Jian-Kun Long and Yu-Bo Zhang leg.; IEGU  •   2 ♂♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest</a> Park; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 13 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Qiang Luo and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   15 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 24 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Qiang Luo and Ying-Jian Wang leg.; IEGU  •   8 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.566666/lat 19.033333)">Yinggeling National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°02′ N, 109°34′ E; 7 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li and Yong-Shun Ding leg.; IEGU  •   17 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest</a> Park; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 15 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li and Yong-Shun Ding leg.; IEGU  •   12 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest</a> Park; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 29 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂, 1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.05&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.933332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.05/lat 18.933332)">Houmiling Nature Reserve</a>; 18°56′ N, 109°03′ E; 10 May 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂, 19 ♀♀; Hunan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.2&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.8" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.2/lat 28.8)">Xiaoxi National Natural Reserve</a>; 28°48′ N, 110°12′ E; 21 Aug. 2016; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.7/lat 21.233334)">Mohan Town</a>; 21°14′ N, 101°42′ E; 30 Nov. 2016; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.0– 3.3 mm (N = 134), female 3.5–4.0 mm (N = 80).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 5A–D) yellow-green, lateral sides of median carinae, outer side of lateral carinae each with a dark brown stripe, proximal lateral region of pronotum with dark brown diagonal stripe. Basal and apical parts of frons (Fig. 5E) black, middle part turquoise. Clypeus (Fig. 5E) and genae (Fig. 5B, D) black. Rostrum (Fig. 5E) yellowish brown, apical part dark brown. Antennae (Fig. 5A–E) light yellowish brown, apical part of first segment and middle part of second segment with black brown ring-like spot, apical part of second segment with dark brown ringlike spot. Forewings (Fig. 5F) yellowish brown, basal part with 2 yellowish-green diagonal stripes, apex of apical and postcostal cells with 8–9 different-sized transparent spots, inner side of crossveins with 3 dark brown burl spots, burl spot with lateral sides small, middle part big.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 5C, 6A) triangular, longer in midline than wide at base (1.8:1). Frons (Figs 5E, 6B) oblong, widest at middle level of eyes, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.5:1), median carinae simple, slightly concave near base. Antennae (Figs 5E, 6B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:1.7. Pronotum (Figs 5C, 6A) shorter than vertex about 0.6: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 5C, 6A) longer than 0.8× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 5F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.4:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 6C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, medioventral process lamellar, apical part widened, middle part concave, lateroventral spinous process cuspidal at apex. Anal segment (Fig. 6C–E) short, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 6F–G) broad lamellar, outer apical angle slightly rounded, with several small toothed processes; inner apical part with thick process, apical margin truncate; basal part with broad long lamellar process, base wider, with several toothed processes. Aedeagus (Fig. 6H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, apical part slender, apex pointed, phallobase wide and long, bend accordingly to phallus, with finger-like protrusion at bend.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv . ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A8782226DB90D9C6AFD34A619D4E9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822268B9129C69FB0EA039D30E.text	D64A87822268B9129C69FB0EA039D30E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala jiawenna Kuoh 1979	<div><p>Tropidocephala jiawenna Kuoh, 1979</p><p>Figs 7–8, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala jiawenna Kuoh, 1979: 175, fig. 1.</p><p>Tropidocephala jiawenna – Kuoh et al. 1983: 34, fig. 15. — Ding 2006: 170, fig. 80.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 6 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Hekou County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.96667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.96667/lat 22.5)">Hekou Town</a>; 22°30′ N, 103°58′ E; 24 Nov. 2016; Hong-Xing Li, Yong-Shun Ding and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.1–3.2 mm (N = 6), female 3.2–3.5 mm (N = 16).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex (Fig. 7A, C) turquoise, lateral carinae dark brown, median carinae with 2 blackish brown stripes on both sides. Frons (Fig. 7E) cyan, apical part black. Genae (Fig. 7B, D) and clypeus (Fig. 7E) black. Rostrum (Fig. 7E) dark yellow. Ventral side of eyes (Fig. 7A–E) blackish brown, dorsal side tawny. Antennae (Fig. 7A–E) yellowish, apical part of first segment with dark brown ringlike marking, second segment with black brown stripe oblique from base to center, apical part with dark brown ringlike marking. Pronotum (Fig. 7A, C) bluish green with dark yellow, tricarinate with blackish brown stripe on both side, lateral posterior margin with black brown short oblique spot on both sides. Mesonotum (Fig. 7A, C) dark yellow with turquoise, median carinae with blackish brown stripe on both sides, outer side of lateral carinae each with 2 dark brown stripes, scutellum blackish brown. Forewings (Fig. 7F) straw-yellow, semi-transparent, basal and proximal parts each with blackish brown spot, inner side of crossveins with 3 dark brown burl spots, burl spot with lateral sides small, middle part big, apex of apical and postcostal cells with several different-sized transparent spots.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 7C, 8A) triangular, longer in midline than wide at base (1.4:1). Frons (Figs 7E, 8B) oblong, base obviously narrower than the end, widest at middle level of eyes, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.0:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 7E, 8B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.1. Pronotum (Figs 7C, 8A) shorter than vertex about 0.8: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 7C, 8A) longer than 0.9 × pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 7F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.8:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 8C–D) ventral margin slightly longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with lamellar medioventral process, lateroventral process finger-like, directed inward. Anal segment (Fig. 8C–E) short, ringlike, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 8F–G) wide, outer margin suddenly narrowed at basal ⅔, with small process; inner apical part with long rod-like process; basal part with slender fingerlike process, inner margin with serrated processes. Aedeagus (Fig. 8H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, apical part cuspidal; phallobase bend accordingly to phallus, basal part thick, tapering at apex, with fingerlike process at base ⅓.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Guizhou, Yunnan provinces).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822268B9129C69FB0EA039D30E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822277B9179C10FC65A304D449.text	D64A87822277B9179C10FC65A304D449.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala lamellata Lv & Li & Zhang & Yang & Chen 2025	<div><p>Tropidocephala lamellata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B622B879-B42B-4FC6-BE8F-3E7E0F0CD292</p><p>Figs 9–10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The salient features of the new species include: vertex (Figs 9C, 10A) slightly longer than pronotum; middle carinae of vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 9A, C) with short dark lines on both sides; forewing (Fig. 9F) without transparent spots, inner side of forewing crossveins without dark brown burl spots; genital styles (Fig. 10E, F) broad and lamellar, with a lamellar process; phallobase (Fig. 10G–H) with a fingerlike process at basal ⅓.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word  ‘ lamellata ’, referring to genital styles with a lamellar process.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>CHINA • ♂; Hainan Province, Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.9/lat 19.016666)">Yinggen Town</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.9/lat 19.016666)">Xinjian Village</a>; 19°01′ N, 109°54′ E; 14 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>CHINA • 1 ♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.11667/lat 19.066668)">Bawangling National Forest Park</a>; 19°04′ N, 109°07′ E; 24 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU •   2 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.9/lat 19.016666)">Yinggen Town</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.9/lat 19.016666)">Xinjian Village</a>; 19°01′ N, 109°54′ E; 14 Apr. 2017; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.833336/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan National Forest Park</a>; 18°44′ N, 109°50′ E; 14 Apr. 2017; Yong-Shun Ding leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Description</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.2–3.4 mm (N = 4), female 3.6–3.9 mm (N = 9).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 9A–D) greenish-yellow, median carinae of vertex and mesonotum and tricarinate of pronotum each with short dark brown stripe on both sides. Frons (Fig. 9E) yellowish greenish or pale yellowish greenish, apical part brownish black, each side of middle carinae with long dark brown spot near base. Clypeus (Fig. 9E) and genae (Fig. 9B, D) dark brown or black. Antennae (Fig. 9A–E) light yellowish brown, apex of first segment and basal ½ of second segment with dark brown ringlike spot. Outer side of tegula (Fig. 9A, C) dark brown, inner side yellowish-white. Forewings (Fig. 9F) brown-black, base with turquoise yellow-green diagonal stripe.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 9C, 10A) triangular, apical part round, longer in midline than wide at base (2.0:1). Frons (Figs 9E, 10B) oblong, widest in middle, base obviously narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.0:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 9E, 10B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:1.9. Pronotum (Figs 9C, 10A) shorter than vertex about 0.7: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 9C, 10A) approximately equal length to pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 9F) slightly narrowed apically, longer than maximal width (2.5:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 10C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening slightly wider than long, outer margins each with triangular lamellar process, medioventral process round, lamellar. Anal segment (Fig. 10C–D) cylindric, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, posterior margin oblique, anal style long and large. Genital styles (Fig. 10E–F) broad and lamellar, with lamellar process, apex wider, lateral margins curved; basal part with broad long lamellar process, tapering to apex, base wide and flat with many dentate processes. Aedeagus (Fig. 10G– H) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally near middle, apical part cuspidal, basal part slightly broad; phallobase long, bend accordingly to phallus, basal ⅓ with fingerlike process.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Hainan Province).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species is similar to  Tropidocephala jiawenna, but differs from the latter in: (1) mesonotum with outer side of lateral carinae without dark brown stripes, scutellum greenish-yellow (mesonotum with outer side of lateral carinae with dark brown stripes, scutellum dark brown in  T. jiawenna); (2) forewing without transparent spots (forewing with many different-sized transparent spots in  T. jiawenna); (3) genital styles broad and lamellar, apical part lamellar (genital styles slender, apical part fingerlike in  T. jiawenna).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822277B9179C10FC65A304D449	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822272B9149C6CFBAEA039D219.text	D64A87822272B9149C6CFBAEA039D219.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala longispina Ding 1982	<div><p>Tropidocephala longispina Ding, 1982</p><p>Figs 11–12, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala longispina Ding, 1982: 42, figs 7–14.</p><p>Tropidocephala longispina – Ding 2006: 174, fig. 83.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.916666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.25/lat 21.916666)">Menglun Town</a>; 21°55′ N, 101°15′ E; 12 Mar. 2017; Ying-Jian Wang leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.933334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.683332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.933334/lat 24.683332)">Yingjiang National Wetland Park</a>; 24°41′ N, 97°56′ E; 16 Aug. 2018; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   2 ♂♂; Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.583334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.683334/lat 21.583334)">Menglong Town</a>; 21°35′ N, 100°41′ E; 21 Jun. 2019; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •  7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Guizhou Province, Wangmo County; 25°11′ N, 106°06′ E; 10–13 Aug. 2020; Sha-Sha Lv, Feng-E Li and Jian-Kun Long leg.; IEGU .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.4–3.5 mm (N = 19), female 3.5–3.8 mm (N = 14).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 11A–D) golden-yellow. Middle carinae of vertex and mesonotum, tricarinate of pronotum with dark brown stripe on both side, lateral margins of vertex dark brown, lateral border area of pronotum with dark brown oblique band, lateral carinae of mesonotum with 2 blackish brown bands on outer side, dark brown near base of tegula. Frons (Fig. 11E) grayish brown, large blackish brown spot near base, apical part blackish brown. Genae (Fig. 11B, D) and clypeus (Fig. 11E) dark brown. Antennae (Fig. 11A–E) yellowish brown, with dark brown ringlike spot on end of first segment and on base to middle of second segment. Forewings (Fig. 11F) grey brown, 3 transparent spots of different sizes near anterior margin of apex, and narrow transparent bands along transverse vein at apex.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 11C, 12A) long, longer in midline than wide at base (2.6:1). Frons (Figs 11E, 12B) oblong, widest in the middle, base obviously narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.4:1), median carinae simple. Antennae (Figs 11E, 12B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.5. Pronotum (Figs 11C, 12A) shorter than vertex about 0.5:1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 11C, 12A) longer than 0.9× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 11F) slightly narrowed apically, longer than maximal width (2.7:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 12C–D, F) ventral margin slightly longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with long spiny medioventral process, extends to base of anal segment, lateroventral process toothlike. Anal segment (Fig. 12C–E) short, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long and large. Genital styles (Fig. 12G–H) lamellar and broad, outer margin strongly arched above middle, middle of inner margin with fingerlike process. Aedeagus (Fig. 12I–J) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally near the middle, apical part cuspidal; phallobase wide and long, bend accordingly to phallus, tapered end.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Guizhou, Yunnan provinces).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822272B9149C6CFBAEA039D219	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822271B9199C7CFD7EA6C4D102.text	D64A87822271B9199C7CFD7EA6C4D102.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala nigra (Matsumura 1900)	<div><p>Tropidocephala nigra (Matsumura, 1900)</p><p>Figs 13–14, Table 1</p><p>Conicoda nigra Matsumura, 1900: 251 .</p><p>Tropidocephala maculosa Matsumura, 1907: 63, pl. 2 figs 3, 9.</p><p>Tropidocephala nigra – Matsumura &amp; Ishihara 1945: 60, fig. 26. — Ishihara 1949: 14, fig. 26. — Ding &amp; Zhuo 1985: 17, figs 1–4. — Ding 2006: 175, fig. 84.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Henan Province, Luanchuan County; 33°47′ N, 111°37′ E; 19 Aug. 2008; Hong-Rong Li leg.; IEGU •   4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Shandong Province, Fei County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=118.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=35.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 118.11667/lat 35.4)">Daqing Mountain</a>; 35°24′ N, 118°07′ E; 22 Aug. 2011; Wei-Bin Zheng leg.; IEGU  •   2 ♂♂; Hubei Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=115.78333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.083334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 115.78333/lat 31.083334)">Dabieshan National Natural Reserve</a>; 31°05′ N, 115°47′ E; 20 Jun. 2014; Zheng-Xiang Zhou leg.; IEGU  •   2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Guizhou Province, Longli County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.466667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.95/lat 26.466667)">Longjiashan National Forest</a> Park; 26°28′ N, 106°57′ E; 27 Jul. 2014; Qiang Luo leg.; IEGU  •   3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Guizhou Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.183334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.95" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.183334/lat 27.95)">Zunyi City</a>, Suiyang County; 27°57′ N, 107°11′ E; 30 Jul. 2014; Hai-Yan Sun leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.4–3.6 mm (N = 18), female 3.6–3.9 mm (N = 10).</p><p>COLORATION. General color dark yellowish brown (Fig. 13A–B). Apical part of vertex (Fig. 13A, C) with long black spot along each side of middle carinae. Antennae (Fig. 13A–E) with apical part of first segment, middle and apical parts of second segment with dark brown ringlike markings. Forewings (Fig. 13F) light yellowish brown, inner side of crossveins with 3 dark brown burl spots, burl spot with lateral sides small, middle part big, many transparent spots of different sizes in middle to apex, posterior of apical part with large dark brown spot.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 13C, 14A) triangular, longer in midline than wide at base (2.0:1). Frons (Figs 13E, 14B) rhomboid, base obviously narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.4:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 13E, 14B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.5. Pronotum (Figs 13C, 14A) shorter than vertex about 0.5: 1 in midline, with 5 carinae. Mesonotum (Figs 13C, 14A) longer than 0.7 × pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 13F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.5:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 14C–D) ventral margin slightly longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with lamellar medioventral process, lateroventral process broad and round. Anal segment (Fig. 14C–E) without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 14F–G) slender, apical part slightly wider, inner and outer margins curved, inner basal angle with long spinous process, outer margin toothed. Aedeagus (Fig. 14H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally near middle, apical part cuspidal; phallobase broad and long, apical ⅔ curved at right angle to abdomen, apex pointed.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Miscanthus sp. ( Poales,  Poaceae),  Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Shandong, Zhejiang provinces), Korea, Japan.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822271B9199C7CFD7EA6C4D102	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A8782227CB91F9C48FE76A032D5AC.text	D64A8782227CB91F9C48FE76A032D5AC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala serendiba (Melichar 1903)	<div><p>Tropidocephala serendiba (Melichar, 1903)</p><p>Figs 15–16, 23, Table 1</p><p>Orchesma serendiba Melichar, 1903: 95, pl. 2 fig. 5.</p><p>Orchesma signata Distant, 1912: 192 .</p><p>Tropidocephala signata – Muir 1921: 480.</p><p>Orchesma serendiba – Metcalf 1943: 98.</p><p>Tropidocephala serendiba – Fennah 1975: 85.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.916666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.25/lat 21.916666)">Menglun Town</a>; 21°55′ N, 101°15′ E; 12 Mar. 2017; Ying-Jian Wang leg.; IEGU  •   6 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.933334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.683332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.933334/lat 24.683332)">Yingjiang National Wetland Park</a>; 24°41′ N, 97°56′ E; 16 Aug. 2018; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  •   1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.583334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.683334/lat 21.583334)">Menglong Town</a>; 21°35′ N, 100°41′ E; 21 Jun. 2019; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 4.0– 4.2 mm (N = 8), female 4.2–4.5 mm (N = 9).</p><p>COLORATION. General (Fig. 15A–B) color rust yellow or rust brown. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 15A–D) rust yellow. Middle carinae of vertex grayish yellow, with black fine line on both sides. Frons, genae and clypeus (Fig. 15D–E) rusty yellow with reddish. Eyes (Fig. 15A–E) dark brown, ocelli reddish brown. Antennae (Fig. 15A–E) light yellowish brown, apical part of first segment and middle part of second segment each with black brown ring-like stripe. Pronotum (Fig. 15A, C) yellowish-white near tegula, carinae gray, each with fine line on both sides. Middle carinae of mesonotum (Fig. 15A, C) light brown, with fine line on both sides, lateral carinae brown. Forewings (Fig. 15F) yellowish brown, 2 large transparent spots near basal and middle parts, apical ½ with multiple transparent spots, apical posterior area with dark gray marking, inner side of crossveins with 2 dark brown burl spots, burl spots with yellowish-white particles.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 15C, 16A) triangular, longer in midline nearly equal to base width. Frons (Figs 15E, 16B) elliptic, widest in middle, base narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.2:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 15E, 16B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.0. Pronotum (Figs 15C, 16A) shorter than vertex about 0.9: 1 in midline, with 5 carinae. Mesonotum (Figs 15C, 16A) longer than 1.4× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 15F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.6:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 16C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with rod-like medioventral process, simple. Anal segment (Fig. 16C–E) cylindric, without anal process, lateral margins deep concave in the middle, wider than long in lateral view, anal style long. Genital styles (Fig. 16F–G) broad lamellar, apex slightly wider than base, inner margin concave, inner apical angle with slender process toward inner side, basal angle with large process, tapering to apex, outer margin with many serrated processes. Aedeagus (Fig. 16H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, apical part cuspidal, protruding from dorsal of phallobase; phallobase wide and long, bend accordingly to phallus.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Yunnan Province), Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A8782227CB91F9C48FE76A032D5AC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A8782227AB91C9C10F9C0A008D2E3.text	D64A8782227AB91C9C10F9C0A008D2E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala sinica Ding 2006	<div><p>Tropidocephala sinica Ding, 2006</p><p>Figs 17–18, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala sinica Ding, 2006: 164, fig. 76.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.78333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.1" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.78333/lat 19.1)">Datian National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°06′ N, 108°47′ E; 12–13 Apr. 2013; Bin Li, Yu-Bo Zhang and Jian-Kun Long leg.; IEGU  •   6 ♂♂; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.566666/lat 19.033333)">Yinggeling National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°02′ N, 109°34′ E; 10–12 Aug. 2015; Zheng-Xiang Zhou, Qiang Luo and Ya-Lin Yao leg.; IEGU  •   5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.76667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.76667/lat 19.2)">Limushan National Forest</a> Park; 19°12′ N, 109°46′ E; 4 May 2017; Yong-Shun Ding leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 2.9–3.1 mm (N = 15), female 3.2–3.4 mm (N = 4).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 17A–D) bluish-yellow. Middle carinae of vertex with blackish brown striped spot on both sides. Lateral border areas of pronotum and mesonotum slightly dark brown. Frons (Fig. 17E) brown-blue. Apical part of frons, clypeus (Fig. 17E) and genae (Fig. 17B, D) black. Antennae (Fig. 17A–E) yellowish brown, circular spot at apex of first segment, second segment with oblique spot from base to middle, circular spot at apex dark brown. Forewings (Fig. 17F) dark brown, apex of apical and postcostal cells with 5–6 different-sized transparent spots, inner side of crossveins with 3 dark brown burl spots, middle part big.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 17C, 18A) triangular, longer in midline slightly than wide at base (1.1:1). Frons (Figs 17E, 18B) elliptic, widest in the middle, base narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.0:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 17E, 18B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.0. Pronotum (Figs 17C, 18A) same length as vertex. Mesonotum (Figs 17C, 18A) longer than 1.2 × pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 17F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.4:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 18C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, lateral margin each with triangular process, medioventral process lamellar, apical margin truncate. Anal segment (Fig. 18C–E) long and large, without anal process, anal style small. Genital styles (Fig. 18F–G) slender, apical part round, inner and outer margins concave. Aedeagus (Fig. 18H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally near middle, apical part cuspidal, phallobase equal in length to phallus, apical part round.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Hainan, Yunnan provinces).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A8782227AB91C9C10F9C0A008D2E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822279B9239C4CFD09A005D101.text	D64A87822279B9239C4CFD09A005D101.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala sinuosa Yang & Yang 1986	<div><p>Tropidocephala sinuosa Yang &amp; Yang, 1986</p><p>Figs 19–20, Table 1</p><p>Tropidocephala sinuosa Yang &amp; Yang, 1986: 28, fig. 14.</p><p>Tropidocephala sinuosa – Ding 2006: 176, fig. 85.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.78333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.1" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.78333/lat 19.1)">Datian National Natural Reserve</a>; 19°06′ N, 108°47′ E; 14 Apr. 2013; Bin Li and Ji-Chun Xing leg.; IEGU  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 3.5–3.7 mm (N = 4), female 3.9–4.2 mm (N = 2).</p><p>COLORATION. General color light yellow to orange (Fig. 19A–B). Forewings (Fig. 19F) transparent, yellowish brown, with large yellow spot near the middle, smoky brown band near apex.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 19C, 20A) triangular, apex far out in front of eyes, longer in midline than wide at base (2.8:1). Frons (Figs 19E, 20B) nearly diamond-shaped, widest in middle, base obviously narrower than end, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (2.7:1), with obvious median carinae. Antennae (Figs 19E, 20B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:2.1. Pronotum (Figs 19C, 20A) shorter than vertex about 0.3: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 19C, 20A) longer than 0.6× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 19F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.6:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 20C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view medioventral process small, lamellar, lateral margins with long spiny process. Anal segment (Fig. 20C–E) large, without anal process, longer than wide in lateral view, anal style long and large. Genital styles (Fig. 20F–G) slender, undulant, apical part cuspidal, with triangular process at basal ⅓. Aedeagus (Fig. 20H–I) with phallobase, phallus slender, tubular, curved ventrally medially, tapering to apex; phallobase wide and long, bend accordingly to phallus, basal part with slender process, apex of right side with lobate process toward ventrally.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poales,  Poaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Hainan, Taiwan provinces).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822279B9239C4CFD09A005D101	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
D64A87822247B9269C64FEF1A16BD51C.text	D64A87822247B9269C64FEF1A16BD51C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropidocephala yunnanensis Lv & Li & Zhang & Yang & Chen 2025	<div><p>Tropidocephala yunnanensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 346FF81C-9BBC-44B5-8655-0B470B8F4E1E</p><p>Figs 21–22</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The salient features of the new species include: vertex (Figs 21C, 22A) slightly longer than pronotum; middle carinae of vertex, pronotum and mesonotum (Fig. 21A, C) with dark lines on both sides; inner side of forewing (Fig. 21F) crossveins without dark brown burl spots; medioventral process of pygofer (Fig. 22C) small, triangular; anal segment (Fig. 22C) with apical margin of two lateral angle round; genital styles (Fig. 22F–G) long and narrow, slightly wavy.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet name is derived from the name of the type locality, Yunnan Province.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>CHINA • ♂; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.183332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.683334/lat 21.183332)">Mohan Town</a>; 21°11′ N, 101°41′ E; 31 Aug. 2017; Yan Zhi leg.; IEGU.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>CHINA • 16 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.566666/lat 24.75)">Nabang Town</a>; 24°45′ N, 97°34′ E; 18 Aug. 2018; Hong-Xing Li leg.; IEGU •   2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.183332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.683334/lat 21.183332)">Mohan Town</a>; 21°11′ N, 101°41′ E; 16 Jun. 2019; Feng-E Li leg.; IEGU  •   7 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.1&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.6" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.1/lat 22.6)">Sun River National Forest Park</a>; 22°36′ N, 101°06′ E; 27 Jun. 2019; Hong-Xing Li; IEGU  .</p><p>Description</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length including forewing: male 2.4–2.5 mm (N = 25), female 2.6–2.8 mm (N = 9).</p><p>COLORATION. Vertex and pronotum (Fig. 21A–D) deep tawny with greenish, mesonotum (Fig. 21A–D) deep tawny, median carinae of vertex, pro- and mesonotum each with dark brown stripe on both sides. Frons (Fig. 21E) light brownish yellow with virescent. Clypeus (Fig. 21E) yellowish. Apical part of rostrum (Fig. 21E) brown-black. Antennae (Fig. 21A–E) grayish yellow, apical part of first segment and apical and middle of second segment each with dark brown ring-like marking. Outer side of tegula dark brown, inner side tawny. Forewings (Fig. 21F) grayish white, transparent, faint yellowish brown spots or stripes along the longitudinal and transverse veins, a small dark brown spot on tip of each terminal cells.</p><p>HEAD AND THORAX. Vertex (Figs 21C, 22A) longer in midline than wide at base (1.3:1). Frons (Figs 21E, 22B) oblong, longer in middle line than wide at widest part (1.6:1), basal margin triangular, median carinae simple. Antennae (Figs 21E, 22B) with first segment shorter than second segment about 1:1.6. Pronotum (Figs 21C, 22A) shorter than vertex about 0.8: 1 in midline. Mesonotum (Figs 21C, 22A) longer than 1.6× pronotum and vertex combined, median carinae extend to terminal part of scutellum. Forewings (Fig. 21F) slightly broadened apically, longer than maximal width (2.5:1).</p><p>MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer (Fig. 22C–D) ventral margin longer than dorsal margin in lateral view, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, with short and triangular medioventral process, without lateroventral process. Anal segment (Fig. 22C–E) cylindric, without anal process, wider than long in lateral view, apical margin of two lateral angle round, anal style long and big. Genital styles (Fig. 22F– G) small, long and narrow, basal part wide, apical part narrow, apical margin serrated, convex outward at basal ½. Aedeagus (Fig. 22H–I) with phallobase, phallus wide and long, tubular, basal ⅓ wider, curved ventrally; phallobase slender, basal ⅔ wider, bend accordingly to phallus.</p><p>Host plant</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Yunnan Province).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species is similar to  Tropidocephala touchi Kuoh, 1979, but differs from the latter in: (1) anal segment broad, cylindric, apical margin of two sides rounded in posterior view (anal segment small, annular, apical margin of two sides triangular in posterior view in  T. touchi); (2) pygofer with short and triangular medioventral process (pygofer without short and triangular medioventral process in  T. touchi); (3) basal part of aedeagus without a arcuate slender process directed dorsad (basal part of aedeagus with a arcuate slender process directed dorsad in  T. touchi).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64A87822247B9269C64FEF1A16BD51C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lv, Sha-Sha;Li, Hong-Xing;Zhang, Yu-Bo;Yang, Lin;Chen, Xiang-Sheng	Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Zhang, Yu-Bo, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng (2025): Review of the Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae), with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 114-154, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2815, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2815/12843
