Limassolla (Limassolla) ishiharai, Dworakowska, 1972

Oh, Sumin, Lim, Jongok, Lee, Gwan-Seok, Kim, Il-Kwon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, A new species of the genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with a new record and new synonymy, Zootaxa 4819 (3), pp. 582-588 : 586-587

L. (Limassolla) ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972

( Figs 24 ~36)

Limassolla ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972: 865 .

Limassolla macrobipunctata Choe 1986: 36 , (nom. nud.) syn. nov.

Limassolla macrobipunctata Hossain, Kwon, Suh & Kwon 2019: 552 syn. nov.

Specimens examined. [CNU] 4♂♂, 3♀♀, Korea, Gangwon-do, Sokcho-si, Mt. Seolak , 1974. coll. K.Y.Choe; [ CNU] 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Anseong-si, Gosam-myeon, Sangji-ri on Rhus javanica L, 9.vi. 2015. coll. S.Oh; [ CNU] 15♂♂, 4♀♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Yongsan-myeon, Yul-ri on Rhus javanica L, 19.vi.2015. coll. S.Oh; [ CNU] 1♂, 13♀♀, Korea, Chungcheongnam-do, Boryeong-si, Cheongso-myeon, Seongyeon-ri on Rhus javanica L, 27.vii.2015. coll. S.Oh; [ CNU] 1♀, Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Yanggang-myeon, Jichon-ri on Rosa multiflora Thunb. var. multiflora 17.vi.2015. coll. S.Oh.

Remarks. L. macrobipunctata was previously described by Choe (1986) in his Ph.D. thesis, but it was not published. Hossain et al. (2019) validated this taxon by providing a description and illustration adopting the same species name. Comparison of the original description and illustrations of L. macrobipunctata Hossain et al., 2019 ( Choe, 1986 nom. nud. & Hossain et al., 2019) and the specimens of the Choe’s collection at CNU with the descriptions and illustrations of L. ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972 ( Dworakowska, 1972) indicates that these two taxa are synonyms. Based on our examinations, this species vary intraspecifically in spotted patterns of forewings ( Figs 24-31 ) and male aedeagus apex ( Figs 32–35 ). Pygofer lobe of the species do not vary ( Fig 36 ).

Distribution. China, Japan, Korea.

Figures

FIGURES 24-36. L. (Limassolla) ishiharai (=L. macrobipunctata): 24~27. Habitus of L. macrobipunctata (coll. Choe). 28~31. Habitus of L. ishiharai (coll. Oh). 32~33. Aedeagus caudal view. 34~35. Aedeagus lateral view. 36. Pygofer lobe lateral view. Scales: 1mm (Fig. 24~31), 0.1mm (Fig. 32~36)