Taxonomic revision of family Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Korea

• Published in: Entomological research Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 247 - 256
• Main Authors: RAHMAN, Mohammad Atikur, KWON, Yong Jung, SUH, Sang Jae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.11.2011; 한국곤충학회
• Subjects: Achilidae; Auchenorrhyncha; Fulgoroidea; Genitalia; Hemiptera; Korean Peninsula; male genitalia; Taxonomic revision; taxonomy; tropiduchid plant hopper; Tropiduchidae; 생물학; Korean Peninsula
• ISSN: 1738-2297; 1748-5967; 1748-5967
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2011.00349.x

The family Tropiduchidae is revised taxonomically comprising five genera and five species from Korea. Catullia vittata Matsumura is redescribed here on the basis of a series of males recently collected in Korea. Cixiopsis punctatus Matsumura and Catullia vittata Matsumura were transferred from Achilidae to Tropiduchidae and are redescribed here with male genitalia for the first time from Korea. Ommatissus binatatus Fieber previously reported was an incorrect identification of Ommatissus lofouensis Muir. Another species, Trypetimorpha koreana Kwon and Lee, is the macropterous form of Trypetimorpha japonica Ishihara. All Korean species of the Tropiduchidae are redescribed and illustrated, and an identification key to the genera of Tropiduchidae is provided.