Greenideinae, Baker, 1920

Martin, Jon H. & Lau, Clive S. K., 2011, The Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha (Insecta) of Hong Kong, China-an annotated inventory citing voucher specimens and published records, Zootaxa 2847, pp. 1-122 : 27-28

Greenideinae — Greenideini

Allotrichosiphum cyclobalanopsidis Qiao, Jiang & Martin (2006)

Described from HK, type sample collected by Martin from Cyclobalanopsis neglecta at Stubbs Road, HK Island. Holotype and paratypes in BMNH .

Eutrichosiphum dubium (van der Goot, 1917)

Single HK sample in BMNH, from Lithocarpus glaber . Lee & Winney (1981) reported Metatrichosiphon ? lithocarpi (Takahashi, 1931) from the same host and this may refer to the BMNH material now determined as E. dubium —slides in BMNH were marked “ Metatrichosiphon ”, now struck out and replaced by E. dubium .

Greenidea artocarpi (Westwood, 1890)

see Greenidea ficicola Takahashi (1921)

Greenidea brideliae Takahashi (1928)

Two samples in BMNH from HK Island, from Bridelia tomentosa ; there is also a sample from the HK Wetland Centre, Tin Shui Wai (NT), on B. tomentosa .

Greenidea ficicola Takahashi (1921)

Blackman & Eastop (1994) gave the distribution of G. artocarpi (Westwood, 1890) as southern India and Sri Lanka only, attributing south-east Asian records to G. ficicola . The record of G. artocarpi in HK, reported by Tao (1999a) but without reference to vouchers, is therefore unsafe. Tao also reported G. ficicola from HK. Samples of G. ficicola are in BMNH from Ficus variegata var. chlorocarpa at HK University (probably the source of Lee & Winney’s, 1981, record), and from F. microcarpa at Pak Sha O (NT). G. ficicola was also reported from Ficus sp. in HK by van der Goot (1918) without reference to vouchers.

Greenidea formosana (Maki, 1917)

see Greenidea psidii van der Goot (1916)

Greenidea psidii van der Goot (1916)

Reported from HK by Tao (1999a), as G. formosana (Maki) , but no known vouchers. Three HK samples in BMNH, one from an undetermined tree sucker at TLF, the others from Psidium guajava on Sai Kung Peninsula (NT). Nymphs only were observed on guava by the authors at Tai O (Lantau I.) but not collected.

There has been confusion over the name of this species for many years. Halbert (2004) concluded that the often-quoted G. formosana (Maki, 1917) should be replaced by G. psidii van der Goot , and we give here a short synopsis of the reasons. G. psidii had also been listed as being described in 1917, but two libraries each have an “extrait” [reprint] that appears to have been distributed in 1916. Under the ICZN rules for pre-2000 publications, such “advance copies” would advance the effective date of publication to the date of this advance distribution. In this case the description of G. psidii van der Goot is now regarded as having been published in 1916, thereby becoming the senior synonym.

Greenidea undetermined sp. 1, [subgenus Trichosiphum ]

Three substantial samples in BMNH, all from Aporusa dioica , from TLF, Sai Kung Peninsula and Tai Mei Tuk (NT). This species, with shining black apterae, is almost certainly undescribed.

Metatrichosiphon ? lithocarpi (Takahashi, 1931)

see Eutrichosiphum dubium (van der Goot, 1917)

Mollitrichosiphum glaucae Takahashi (1962)

This species, originally described as a subspecies of M. nigrofasciatum (q.v., below), was raised to full species by Remaudière & Remaudière (1997). It is represented in HK by a single aptera collected from Cyclobalanopsis neglecta on Stubbs Road, HK Island and determined by Victor Eastop. This HK record was listed by Zhang & Qiao (2010).

Mollitrichosiphum nigrofasciatum (Maki, 1917)

BMNH vouchers from HK comprise a large population (coll. Martin), with alatae and apterae, collected from tree-base suckers of an undetermined host, probably a member of the Fagaceae , in Aberdeen Country Park, HK Island.

Mollitrichosiphum yamabiwae Suenaga (1934)

Single HK sample in BMNH, from Meliosma rigida at Pak Sha O (NT). This HK record was listed by Zhang & Qiao (2010).