Goniopsara Metcalf, 1952

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2024, Revision of the genus Goniopsara Metcalf, 1952 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae), with the description of a new species from Laos, Zootaxa 5523 (5), pp. 564-572 : 565

Genus Goniopsara Metcalf, 1952

Goniopsara Metcalf, 1952: 226 (nomen novum pro Goniopsis Melichar, 1899 , preoccupied). Type species: Goniopsis mystica Melichar, 1899 .

Goniopsara : Meng et al. 2014: 86 (diagnosis).

Emended diagnosis. Metope elongate, with distinctly concave lateral margins below the eyes and with strong Vshaped median carina above metopoclypeal suture. Postclypeus with median and lateral carinae. Coryphe concave, transverse, 4–6 times as wide as long at midline. Metope and coryphe joint at obtuse angle in lateral view. Forewings elongate, without hypocostal plate, not narrowing apically, with narrow precostal area bearing few transverse veins in its proximal half; clavus long, 4/5–9/10 of whole wing length, opened, Pcu + A 1 running to its apex; main veins multibranched apically, with radius firstly furcating closely to basal cell. Hind wings well developed, tri-lobed, with weak cubital and vannal clefts. Hind margin of female sternite VII with a pair of rounded lobes medially. Hind tibia with two lateral spines subapically. First metatarsomere large and wide, with two large latero-apical spines and 6–8 intermediate spines arranged in strongly curved horse-shoe shape. Second metatarsomere smaller than first one, with only two large latero-apical spines. First and second metatarsomeres with dense long setae ventrally.

Composition and distribution. Two species known from Singapore and Laos.