A review of the planthopper genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with descriptions of four new species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
1Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West
Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R.China
2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P.R. China
3Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
Abstract
The genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) is reviewed taxonomically. Four new species of the genus are described and illustrated from West-Pacific region: A. madangensis sp. nov. (Papua New Guinea), A. rubilimba sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. spinae sp. nov. (Indonesia) and A. vigorata sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. albipes (Walker 1868), A. clara (Stål 1859), A. divisura (Walker 1868), A. fusca Melichar 1898, A. hyalinata (Donovan 1805), A. latipennis (Walker 1868), A. nigrifrons (Walker 1858), A. simaethis Fennah 1956, and A. spatiosa (Walker 1868) are redescribed and illustrated. A checklist of all known species and a diagnosis of the genus are provided. A key to all species in the genus is provided.
Keywords: biodiversity, distribution, Fulgoroidea, taxonomy
Abbreviations: BL, body length (from apex of cephalic process to tip of fore wing); FWL, forewing length
Correspondence:
a bucuiping3703@163.com,
b murray.fletcher@industry.nsw.gov.au,
c* liangap@ioz.ac.cn, *Corresponding author
Received: 10 July 2010 | Accepted: 7 September 2010 | Published: 17 July 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 89
Bu C-P, Fletcher MJ, Liang A-P. 2011. A review of the planthopper genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with descriptions of four new species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Journal of Insect Science 11:89 available online: insectscience.org/11.89
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