Seven New Species of Kinnara Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Kinnaridae), with Notes on Antennal Sensilla and Wax Glands
Ai-Ping Liang (2002) Seven new species of the Oriental planthopper genus Kinnara Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Kinnaridae) are described and illustrated: K. albipennis sp. nov. (southwestern China: Yunnan); K. fusca sp. nov. (southern China: Hubei, Guangxi), K. ochracea sp. nov. (southern China: Hainan), K. sabahensis sp. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah), K. trimaculata sp. nov. (southern India), K. unimaculata sp. nov. (Thailand: Trang), and K. vientianensis sp. nov. (Laos: Vientiane). A diagnosis of the genus and a checklist of all known species are provided. New data on the ultrastructural morphology of the antennal sensilla, wax glands, rostral apex, and hind pretarsus of several species are given from scanning electron microscope observations. The autapomorphies and plesiomorphies of the genus are summarized.
Keywords
Kinnara, Kinnaridae, Antennal sensilla, Wax glands, Monophyly.
