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Longicornus Li & Song 2008

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China

Description

Checklist to species of Longicornus

L. biprocessus Fang & Xing, 2018 Distribution: China (Sichuan)

L. brevispinus Fang & Xing, 2019 Distribution: China (Yunnan)

L. concavus sp. nov. Distribution: China (Tibet)

L. nonprocessus sp. nov. Distribution: China (Tibet)

L. flavipuncatu s Li & Song, 2008 Distribution: China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan)

L. furcatus Fang & Xing, 2018 Distribution: China (Sichuan)

L. grossus Gou & Xing, 2022 Distribution: China (Yunnan)

L. longus Xing & Li, 2024 Distribution: China (Yunnan)

Key to species (males) of Longicornus (modified from Gou & Xing, 2022)

1. Aedeagus without processes.......................................................... L. nonprocessus sp. nov.

Aedeagus with processes............................................................................... 2

2. Aedeagus with pair of processes arising basally............................................................. 3

Aedeagus with pair of processes arising apically............................................................. 5

3. Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of processes medially on dorsal margin.................................. L. biprocessus

Aedeagus with pair of furcate processes arising from ventral margin near base..................................... 4

4. Long ventral branches of aedeagal processes approximately long spikes................................... L. furcatus

Long ventral branches of aedeagal processes approximately subtriangular, thin, and its outer margin with fine teeth............................................................................................ L. concavus sp. nov.

5. Aedeagal processes about as long as shaft.................................................................. 6

Aedeagal processes shorter than shaft..................................................................... 7

6. Aedeagus with furcate process arising apically in lateral view.......................................... L. grossus

Aedeagus with simple, slender process arising apically in lateral view................................ L. flavipuncatus

7. Aedeagus long, with apical processes about 1/2 length of shaft.......................................... L. longus

Aedeagus short and stout, with apical processes shorter than ¼ length of shaft........................... L. brevispinus

Taxonomy

Longicornus Li & Song

Longicornus Li & Song, 2008: 27; Li et al. 2011: 110; Zahniser & Dietrich 2013: 152; Fang & Xing 2018: 435; Fang & Xing 2019: 68; Gou & Xing 2022: 251; Dmitriev et al. 2024: 275.

Type species: Longicornus flavipuncatus Li & Song, 2008

Remarks. For the relationship and diagnosis of Longicornus see Fang & Xing (2018: 436).

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet)

Notes

Published as part of Hu, Shangmi & Xing, Jichun, 2024, Description of two new species of the leafhopper genus Longicornus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 571-578 in Zootaxa 5477 (5) on page 572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/12733429

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Li & Song
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Longicornus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Longicornus Li, 2008 sec. Hu & Xing, 2024

References

  • Fang, Y. Q. & Xing, J. C. (2018) Review of the leafhopper genus Longicornus Li & Song (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4462 (3), 435 - 442. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4462.3.9
  • Fang, Y. Q. & Xing, J. C. (2019) Description of a new leafhopper species of the genus Longicornus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China, with a revised key to species. ZooKeys, 888, 67 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 888.34799
  • Li, Z. Z. & Song, Y. H. (2008) A new genus and species of Euecelinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33 (1), 27 - 28.
  • Gou, G. L. & Xing, J. C. (2022) Key to species of the genus Longicornus Li & Song (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5129 (2), 250 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5129.2.5
  • Li, Z. Z., Dai, R. H. & Xing, J. C. (2011) Deltocephalinae from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Popular Science Press, Beijing, 336 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]
  • Zahniser, J. N. & Dietrich, C. H. (2013) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1 - 211. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2013.45
  • Dmitriev, A. D., Li, Z. Z., Dai, R. H. & Xing, J. C. (2024) Validation of taxon names described in " Deltocephalinae from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) ". Zootaxa, 5403 (2), 269 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5403.2.5