Dai W, Zahniser J N, Viraktamath C A, Webb M D
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China..
Zootaxa. 2017 Jan 26;4226(2):zootaxa.4226.2.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.4.
A new tribe of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae, Punctulini tribe nov., from China, India, Thailand, and Fiji is described and includes three new genera and five new species: Punctulus gen. nov. includes P. tumidifrons sp. nov. from China, P. manipurensis from India, and P. lobatus sp. nov. from Thailand; Hirsutula gen. nov. includes H. rubrifrons sp. nov. from Thailand; and Taveunius gen. nov. includes T. megapunctatus sp. nov., from Fiji. A key to the genera of Punctulini is provided. Observations on the shared morphological characters of Punctulini with the superficially similar tribe Magnentiini, and with Vartini to which it is found to be related based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological and molecular data including newly available sequences and analyses, are made and discussed. Afrovarta Zahniser 2013 is removed from Vartini and placed in Athysanini, placement nov.
描述了叶蝉亚科广头叶蝉亚族的一个新族——刻点叶蝉族（Punctulini tribe nov.），该族分布于中国、印度、泰国和斐济，包括三个新属和五个新物种：刻点叶蝉属（Punctulus gen. nov.）包括来自中国的膨额刻点叶蝉（P. tumidifrons sp. nov.）、来自印度的曼尼普尔刻点叶蝉（P. manipurensis）和来自泰国的叶状刻点叶蝉（P. lobatus sp. nov.）；多毛叶蝉属（Hirsutula gen. nov.）包括来自泰国红额多毛叶蝉（H. rubrifrons sp. nov.）；塔韦叶蝉属（Taveunius gen. nov.）包括来自斐济的巨刻点塔韦叶蝉（T. megapunctatus sp. nov.）。提供了刻点叶蝉族各属的检索表。基于包括新获得序列和分析在内的形态学和分子数据的系统发育分析，对刻点叶蝉族与表面相似的马格南叶蝉族（Magnentiini）以及与其相关的瓦氏叶蝉族（Vartini）共有的形态特征进行了观察和讨论。2013年的非洲瓦氏叶蝉（Afrovarta Zahniser）从瓦氏叶蝉族中移出，归入阿氏叶蝉族（Athysanini），新分类位置。
