Idiocerus apicalis Matsumura, 1912

Wang, Xian-Yi, Wang, Jia-Jia, Dai, Ren-Huai & Webb, Mick D., 2022, Descriptions of two new Idiocerini leafhoppers of the genus Idioscopus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) from China, ZooKeys 1095, pp. 97-110 : 97

Idiocerus apicalis Matsumura

Fig. 5A, B

Idiocerus apicalis Matsumura, 1912: 323- Huang and Maldonado-Capriles 1992: 4 (listed); Xue et al. 2017: 407 (listed).

Remarks.

This species was described from a single female specimen (holotype) from Taiwan. Both Andy Hamilton and Masami Hayashi (pers. comm.) examined the type (Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan) and the latter’s photographs of the type are reproduced here (Fig. 5A, B ). The holotype bears a determination label by Andy Hamilton indicating the species belongs to Balocerus but this needs to be confirmed, particularly as the specimen is female. The label information on the specimen is as follows (hw = handwritten, pr = printed):

I. apicalis sp. nov. (hw), det. Matsumura (pr)

Formosa, Matsumura (printed), (underside) Toroen, 19/4 '07 (hw)

Holotype (red label, printed), Idiocerus apicalis Matsumura (hw)

Balocerus apicalis (Matsum.), Det. KGAH '76 (hw; label with red frame)

Figures

Figure 5. Matsumura Taiwan Idiocerine species A, B Idiocerus apicalis, dorsal and lateral, habitus respectively (holotype) C, D I. formosanus, dorsal and lateral, habitus respectively (syntype). Photographs by Masami Hayashi.