Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Zhang, Pei & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2013, Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Eucarpiini) from Guizhou Province, China, Zootaxa 3641 (1), pp. 41-48 : 42

Genus Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, 2003: 440 ; Löcker et al., 2010: 17. Type speicies: Necocarpia maai Tsaur & Hsu, 2003.

Diagnostic characters. The distinctive characters were used by Tsaur and Hsu (2003) and Löcker et al. (2010) are modified as follows.

Body siz e. Pint-sized species. Body moderately compressed. Total length varying from 4.0– 6.7mm.

Head. Head including eyes slightly narrower than pronotum. Median ocellus absent; lateral ocelli with or without red borders. Vertex widening towards basal emargination; disc compressed or hollowed; lateral and median carinae moderately elevated; subapical carina absent. Frons slightly wider at apex than at base, widest across level of antennae or more or less around the peak of frontoclypeal suture; median carina present; frontoclypeal suture generally angled. Clypeus with strongly elevated median carina, moderately elevated lateral carinae. Rostrum distinctly surpassing hind coxae.

Pronotum and mesonotum. Pronotum short chevron-shaped, with or without median carina, intermediate carinae curved following posterior margins of eyes. Mesonotum tricarinae.

Wings. Forewing steeply tectiform, widening towards apex, apical margin rounded, with 10 apical cells, and with speckles at ends of longitudinal veins; Sc+R fused, forming common stem Sc+R, M emerging separately from basal cell; Sc+R forking slightly basad or at same level as fork CuA1+CuA2; first veinlet MP-CuA1 about as long as or longer than vein MP from M fork to this veinlet, subapical cell MP with upper margin (vein MP) finely concave; no transverse vein between CuA1 and CuA2; position of first veinlet MP-CuA1 almost at same level as first veinlet r-m.

Legs. Hind tibia without lateral spine; chaetotaxy of hind tarsi 6–7/6–8.

Abdomen. Pygofer symmetrical, prolonged, lateral lobes symmetrical. Medioventral process thumb-like in lateral view. Anal segment tubular, short and stout. Genital styles symmetrical. Flagellum of aedeagus with spines.

Distribution. Oriental and Australian regions.

Remarks. This genus may be easily distinguished from other genera of Eucarpiini by the follow features: frontoclypeal suture generally angled; rostrum distinctly surpassing hind coxae; forewing with 10 apical cells, Sc+R forking slightly basad or at same level as fork CuA1+CuA2, first veinlet MP-CuA1 about as long as or longer than vein MP from M fork to this veinlet, subapical cell MP with upper margin (vein MP) fine concave, no transverse vein between CuA1 and CuA2, position of first veinlet MP-CuA1 almost at same level as first veinlet rm. The two new species, N. bidentata sp. nov. and N. hamata sp. nov., fit into the genus by the presence of features as above.