Deltocephalus vulgaris Dash & Viraktamath

(Fig. 3; Plate I: C & D; Plate V: B; Plate VI: B) New record.

Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) vulgaris Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 4, Figs 1–11.

Material examined. China, Shaanxi Prov.: 1ɗ, Wugong, Sandaoyuan, 28 July 1964; Zhejiang Prov.: 1Ψ, Mt. Gutianshan, 18 August 2003, coll. Dai Wu; 1ɗ, Mt. Moganshan, 23 July 2005, coll. Duan Yani; Jiangxi Prov.: 1Ψ, Nanchang, Meiling, 50m, 25 May 2001, coll. Lin Yujian, at light; Hunan Prov.: 1ɗ, Mt. Hengshan, 2 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Fujian Prov.: 2ɗɗ, 1Ψ, Shanghang, 16 August 2003, coll. Duan Yani; 1ɗ, Mt. Wuyishan, Sangang, 19 July 2006, coll. Yang Meixia (BMNH); Hainan Prov.: 1ɗ, 3ΨΨ, Tongshen, 7 June 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin; 1Ψ, Qiongzhong, Dafeng Farm, August 2002, coll. Wang Zongqing & Wang Peiming; Guangdong Prov.: 1Ψ, Guangzhou, Conghuaaotou, Gaoping, 26 October 2005, coll. Li Jun (GDEI); Guangxi Prov.: 1ɗ, Shiwandashan Park, 30 November 2001, coll. Wang Zongqing; Yunnan Prov.: 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Mengna, Yaoqu, 7 May 1991, coll. Wang Yinglun & Tian Rungang. All NWAFU, except where indicated.

Distribution. India; China (Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan).

Remarks. This species is vector of glassy shoot disease in sugarcane. It is widely distributed in China. Both forms of the aedeagus recorded by Dash & Viraktamath (1998) from India are also found in the Chinese material (see Figs 3 E–H).