Acothrura orientalis ( Liang, 2000 ), 2016

Wang, Menglin, Soulier-Perkins, Adeline, Wang, Yinglun & Bourgoin, Thierry, 2016, Taxonomic updates and descriptions of four new Lophopini planthopper species (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Lophopidae) from Yunnan province, South China, European Journal of Taxonomy 185, pp. 1-25 : 23

Acothrura orientalis ( Liang, 2000) comb. nov.

Lacusa orientalis Liang, 2000: 289 .

Note

The species Lacusa orientalis was described by Liang in 2000. Xing & Chen (2014) reviewed all the species of the genus Lacusa . According to their observations, this species should be removed from the genus Lacusa and placed in the genera Sarebasa Distant, 1909 or Acothrura Melichar, 1915 ( Xing & Chen 2014). After comparing habitus and phallic complexes of L. orientalis ( Liang 2000: figs 17, 23–27) and Acothrura fucizona Wang, Chou & Yuan, 2000 ( Figs 91–101 ), the very similar brown markings on vertex and thorax, shape of anal tube, pygofer with dorsal margin straight, posterior margin curved and gonostylus with apical margin concave at middle lead us to place L. orientalis in the genus Acothrura Melichar, 1915 . The following new combination is accordingly proposed: Acothrura orientalis ( Liang, 2000) comb. nov.

Material examined

Acothrura fucizona Wang, Chou & Yuan, 2000

CHINA: 1 ♂ (paratype), Xiaomengyang, Yunnan Province, 900 m, 4 Apr. 1957, coll. Shuyong Wang ( NWAFU); 1 ♂ (paratype), Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 620–650 m, 24 May. 1959, coll. Yiran Zhang ( NWAFU); 1 ♂, Damenglong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 650 m, 16 Apr. 1958, coll. Shuyong Wang ( NWAFU); 1 ♂, Jianghong, Yunnan Province, 1200 m, 6 Mar. 1957, coll. Bangfeiluofu ( NWAFU); 1 ♂, bamboo forest, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′380′′, E 101º16′815′′, 670 m, 21 Nov. 2009, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS); 3 ♂♂, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′380′′, E 101º16′815′′, 627 m, 22 Nov. 2009, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS); 2 ♂♂, bamboo forest, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′380′′, E 101º16′815′′, 622 m, 22 Nov. 2009, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS); 1 ♂, bamboo forest, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′386′′, E 101º16′803′′, 627 m, 22 Nov. 2009, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS).

VIETNAM: 1 ♂, Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, coll. A. de Cooman ( NWAFU); 2 ♂♂, Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, 1919, coll. A. de. Cooman ( MNHN); 2 ♂♂, Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, 1928, coll. A. de. Cooman ( MNHN).

THAILAND: 2 ♂♂, Chiangmni, Province Chiangdao, 450 m, 5–11 Apr. 1958, coll. T. C. Maa. ( MNHN); 1 ♂, Chiangmai, 500 m, 15 Apr. 1958, coll. T. C. Maa. ( MNHN).

LAOS: 1 ♂, Ban Van Eue, Vientiane Province, 30 Apr. 1966, light trap, native collector ( MNHN) .

Acothrura impunctata ( Jacobi, 1905)

CHINA: 1 ♀, Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 620–650 m, 2 Jun. 1959, coll. Fuji Pu ( NWAFU); 1 ♀, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan Province, 24 May. 1974, coll. Jiang Xiong ( NWAFU); 1 ♀, Damenglong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 9 Jun. 1981, coll. Huaping Lu ( NWAFU); 1 ♀, lvshilin, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′710′′, E 101º16′941′′, 652 m, 16 Nov. 2009, light trap, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS); 1 ♀, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, N 21º54′380′′, E 101º16′815′′, 620 m, 21 Nov. 2009, light trap, coll. Guo Tang & Zhiyuan Yao ( IZCAS).

VIETNAM: 6 ♀♀, Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, 1919, coll. A. de. Cooman ( MNHN).

Figures

Figs 91–101. Acothrura fucizona Wang, Chou & Yuan, 2000, paratype, ♂. 91. Habitus, dorsal view. 92. Habitus, lateral view. 93. Head, lateral view. 94. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 95. Frons and clypeus. 96. Male terminalia, lateral view. 97. Male terminalia, ventral view. 98. Phallic complex, ventral view. 99. Anal tube, dorsal view. 100. Gonostylus, lateral view. 101. Phallic complex and tectiform structure, lateral view. Scale bars: 91–95 = 1 mm; 96–101 = 0.5 mm.