Tetricodes polyphemus Fennah, 1956

Chang, Zhi-Min, Yang, Lin, Long, Jian-Kun & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2017, Three new species of the Chinese planthopper genus Tetricodes Fennah (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae, Parahiraciini), ZooKeys 698, pp. 1-15 : 9

Tetricodes polyphemus Fennah, 1956

Tetricodes polyphemus Fennah, 1956: 514.

Tetricodes songae Zhang & Chen, 2009:19, figs 11-19, 23-27; Chen et al. 2014: 120, figs 2-62.

Material examined.

Tetricodes polyphemus : 1♀, China: Hubei Province, Lichuan, Maoba, Xingdoushan National Natural Reserve (30°01'N, 109°02'E), 4 Aug. 2010, X.- F. Yu; 2♂♂, 1♀, Hunan Province, Badagongshan National Natural Reserve (29°39'N, 109°49'E), 3 Aug. 2013, Z.-M. Chang and L. Qun. Tetricodes songae : ♂ (holotype), Guizhou Province, Leishan, Leigongshan National Natural Reserve (26°28'N, 108°17'E), 1 Aug. 2004, Q.-Z. Song; 2♂♂, 1♀ (paratypes), same data as holotype.

Diagnosis.

Frons with big black protuberance with light median line running from the upper margin, with broad pale transverse band under black protuberance, to nearly basal 2/3 of face, reaching or surpassing ventrally level of eyes, and pale spots near lateral margins of frons.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan).

Remarks.

The above synonymy is based on examination of the type specimens (male and female) of Tetricodes songae (from Guizhou Province) and the specimens of T. polyphemus collected from the type locality (Hubei Province, 1 female) and Hunan Province (male and female). Although Hunan, to which the locality of collecting the male material of T. polyphemus belongs, is different from the type locality (Hubei), the distance between the above localities is very close. The male genitalia of T. songae and T. polyphemus are identical.