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Limois Stal 1863

  • 1. Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276000, China & College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier Street 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • 3. Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276000, China
  • 4. College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China

Description

Limois Stål, 1863

Limois Stål, 1863: 230; Metcalf 1947: 170; Lallemand 1963: 54; Chou & Lu 1981: 221; Chou et al. 1985a: 30; Chou et al. 1985b: 108; Nagai & Porion 1996: 22; Wang et al. 2020: 36; Constant & Pham 2022: 10.

Type species: L. westwoodii (Hope, 1843).

Description. For diagnosis of the genus see Wang et al. (2020).

Supplementary description. Female terminalia. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophysis VIII with one tooth at apex (Fig. 3B). Gonapophysis IX sclerotized, fused basally but separated apically (Fig. 3C). Gonoplac with two slits (Fig. 3D). Epiproct short and wide, apex sharp, paraproct slender and conical, surpassing the end of anal tube in dorsal view (Fig. 3A, E).

Distribution. China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Gansu, Ningxia, Xizang, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan), Korea, Russia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Wenqian, Constant, Jérôme, Chen, Jun, Zheng, Yan & Qin, Daozheng, 2025, Two new species of the genus Limois (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) from China, pp. 268-278 in Zootaxa 5716 (2) on page 270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/17889307

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Fulgoridae
Genus
Limois
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Limois Stal, 1863 sec. Wang, Constant, Chen, Zheng & Qin, 2025

References

  • Stal, C. (1863) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fulgoriden. Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, 24, 230-251.
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1947) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV Fulgoroidea. Part 9 Fulgoridae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 280 pp.
  • Lallemand, V. (1963) Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxieme partie. Faunes asiatique et australienne. Memoires de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. 2 e Serie. Vol. 75. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, 99 pp.
  • Chou, I. & Lu, J. S. (1981) Homoptera: Fulgoroidea. In: Chen, S. X. (Ed.), Insects of Xizang. The Series of the Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 225-226.
  • Chou, I., Wang, S. Z. & Huang, J. (1985 a) Description of new species of Fulgoroidea from China (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Entomotaxonomia, 7, 30-38.
  • Chou, I., Lu, J. S., Huang, J. & Wang, S. Z. (1985 b) Economic Insect Fauna of China. Vol. 36: Homoptera: Fulgoroidea. Science Press, Beijing, 137 pp.
  • Wang, W. Q., Xu, S. L., Constant, J. & Qin, D. Z. (2020) Revision of the lanternfly genus Limois Stal, 1863 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) with description of a new species from China. European Journal of Taxonomy, 720, 35-61. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1113
  • Constant, J. & Pham, H. T. (2022) First record of the lanternfly genus Limois Stal, 1863 in Vietnam with a new species, L. sonlaensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 71 (1), 9-17.
  • Hope, F. W. (1843) On some rare and beautiful insects from Silhet, chiefly in the collection of Frederick John Parry, Esq. F. L. S. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19 (2), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1842.tb00358.x