Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850

Constant, Jérôme & Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, 2016, A strikingly coloured new species of Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850 from Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 98, pp. 1-16 : 4-5

Genus Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850

Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850: 71 . Type species: Hemisphaerius coccinelloides ( Burmeister, 1834) .

The definition of the genus given by GNEZDILOV (2017) is followed here, with as main diagnostic characters: frons flat, smooth, widened above clypeus, with lateral margins slightly projecting on sides; frons and clypeus without carinae; vertex wider than long; pro- and mesonotum without carinae; costal margin of tegmina not strongly projecting anteriorly under eye; posterior wings rudimentary; metatibiae with 2 lateral spines. Male terminalia: phallobase asymmetric; aedeagus without ventral hooks; posterior margin of pygofer rounded in lateral view; gonostyli with short and wide capitulum; anal tube wide in dorsal view.

DISTRIBUTION. China, Japan, Taiwan Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands (FLOW – BOURGOIN, 2020).

CHECKLIST OF THE SPECIES OF HEMISPHAERIUS FROM THAILAND

H. binduseni sp. nov.

H. cassidoides Walker, 1862 DISTRIBUTION: Thailand *.

H. interclusus Noualhier, 1896 DISTRIBUTION: Cambodia *, Thailand (new record), Vietnam.

H. rufovarius Walker, 1858 DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, China, Myanmar *, Thailand, Vietnam.

= H. scymnoides Walker, 1862 , synonymised by LIANG (2001) DISTRIBUTION: Thailand *.

= H. testaceus Distant, 1906 , synonymised by LIANG (2001) DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar *.

= H. virescens Distant, 1906 , synonymised by LIANG (2001) DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar *.

* = type locality