Pseudochoutagus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011

Constant, Jérôme, Pham, Thai-Hong & Nguyen, Hoai Thu Thi, 2025, Two new Parahiraciini planthoppers from Central Vietnam in the genera Gelastyrella and Pseudochoutagus (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae), ZooKeys 1257, pp. 1-24 : 1-24

Genus Pseudochoutagus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011

Pseudochoutagus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011: 63. Type species: Pseudochoutagus curvativus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

The genus Pseudochoutagus can be differentiated from all other genera of Parahiraciina by the following combination of characters ( Che et al. 2011; Constant 2021):

head prolongated anteriorly by an elongate, straight, acutely pointed cephalic process;

vertex and distal half of frons with moderate median carina;

sides of body rounded;

metatibiae with seven apical spines;

anal tube of male spatulate and with apical margin weakly emarginate;

aedeagus with pair of long basiventral processes projecting cephalad then reflexed and distally sinuate;

pygofer subrectangular in lateral view, without posterior process.

Species included (distribution).

Pseudochoutagus curvativus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011 ( China ( Hainan) – Che et al. 2011).

Pseudochoutagus lindae Constant & Pham, 2024 ( Vietnam – Constant and Pham 2024 b)

Pseudochoutagus nuichuanus sp. nov. ( Vietnam).

Pseudochoutagus rubens Gnezdilov & Constant, 2012 ( Vietnam – Gnezdilov and Constant 2012).

Pseudochoutagus trungi Constant & Pham, 2024 ( Vietnam – Constant and Pham 2024 b).