Pseudochoutagus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2011

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong Thai, 2024, Issid planthoppers from Bach Ma and Phong Dien in Central Vietnam. I. Tribe Parahiraciini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 975, pp. 1-64 : 42

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):

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

(2) vertex and distal half of frons with moderate median carina;

(3) sides of body rounded;

(4) metatibiae with seven apical spines;

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

(6) aedeagus with pair of long asymmetrical, basiventral processes projecting cephalad then reflexed and distally sinuate;

(7) pygofer subrectangular in lateral view, without posterior process.

Note

The genus was described by Che et al. (2011) to include a species from Hainan Island in China. An additional species was described shortly after from North Vietnam ( Gnezdilov & Constant 2012). The two new species described hereafter greatly extend the distribution of the genus to the south.

Species included (distribution)

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

Pseudochoutagus rubens Gnezdilov & Constant, 2012 ( Vietnam – Gnezdilov & Constant 2012) Pseudochoutagus trungi sp. nov.