Taxonomic study of the planthopper genus Lacusa Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Lophopidae)

By

Xing, Jichun
Chen, Xiangsheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

405

Pages

139-148

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , Distribution , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.405.6981

 

Abstract

The planthopper genus Lacusa Stål, 1862 is reviewed. All species are illustrated and male genital characters are provided, and including two new species: L. digitata sp. n. and L. producta sp. n. from Yunnan Province, China. The species L. orientalis Liang, 2000 is removed from this genus based on the frons with median carina and fore femur and tibia flattened but not foliaceous. A key to species is also given. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).