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Macrosteles nabiae Kwon, sp. nov.
<i>Macrosteles nabiae</i> Kwon, sp. nov. <p>(Plate 3, figs. 10–19)</p> <p> <b>Length (including tegmen).</b> Male: 3.0– 3.4 mm; female: 3.5–4.0 mm.</p> <p>Pale yellow; head with 3 pairs of black spots, not merged; a short black longitudinal band between ocelli and eyes. Ocelli red and large, 0.5 times own diameter from corresponding eye.</p> <p>Male abdomen. 2nd acrotergite with trunk comparatively small and near horizontal, comparatively small, lateral processes usually longer than trunk width; neck very slender, about as long as trunk width. 2nd tergal apodeme reaching near 2/3 of tergite posteriorly. 1st sternal apodeme with posterior lobes slightly longer than wide. 2nd sternal apodeme with posterior lobes about 1.5 times as long as basal width.</p> <p>Male genitalia. Aedeagus with long apical appendages, nearly parallel, strongly curved dorsad in ventral view.</p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> Korea, Daegu, 13.vii. 1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU). Paratype: 4 males, 10 females, same data as holotype; 1 male, same locality, 8.x.1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU); 2 males, same locality, 10.x.1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU); 1 male, Japan, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Tajima, 29.v.1958, Coll. Y. Miyatake (BMNH); CHINA: 1 male, 2 females, <b>Shanxi Prov.</b>, Jiaocheng County, Pangquangou Township, 26.vii.2006, Coll. Yang Zhaofu; 1 male, <b>Heilongjiang Prov.</b>, Mt. Mi, Peide County, 100m, 2.ix.2001, Coll. Sun Qiang; 2 males, 4 females, <b>Shandong Prov.</b>, Yantai City, Mt. Kunyu, 11.vii.2001, Coll. Qin Daozheng & Liu Zhenjiang; 2 males, 3 females, <b>Shaanxi Prov.</b>, Yangling County, vi.1986, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, <b>Xinjiang Autonomous Region</b>, Zhaosu City, Mohe Landscape, 30.vii.2006, Coll. Kang Juxia; 9 males, 20 females, <b>Xinjiang Autonomous Region</b>, 187 Corps, 7.viii.2002, Coll. Huang Min (NWAFU).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> China, Korea and Japan.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species has been confused with <i>M. laevis</i>, but can be differentiated from the latter by the characters of the male abdomen: 2nd acrotergite with trunk horizontal and 2nd tergal apodemes with posterior lobes not extending beyond posterior margin of tergite.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet “ <i>nabi</i> ” is derived from the name of Dr. Kwon’s daughter, Nabi.</p>Published as part of <i>Yalin, Zhang, Lin, Lu & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2013, Review of the Leafhopper Genus Macrosteles Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 361-392 in Zootaxa 3700 (3)</i> on page 373, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/248993">http://zenodo.org/record/248993</a>
Bactericera koreostriola Kwon 1983
Bactericera koreostriola Kwon, 1983 (Figs. 152–153) Bactericera (Smirnovia) koreostriola Kwon, 1983: 90. Eubactericera koreostriola; Park (1996: 274). Bactericera koreostriola; Burckhardt & Lauterer (1997a: 127). Bactericera (Klimaszewskiella) koreostriola; Kwon et al. (2016: 135), Kwon & Kwon (2020: 210). Distribution in Korea. CB, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JN (Kwon & Lee 1981, as B. (Smirnovia) striola; Kwon 1983, as B. (S.) koreostriola; Park 1996, as Eubactericera koreostriola; Paek et al. 2010, as E. koreostriola; Kwon et al. 2016, as B. (Klimaszewskiella) koreostriola; Kwon & Kwon 2020, as B. (K.) koreostriola) (NAAS, SNU). Host plant. Salix gracilistyla Miq., S. koriyanagi Kimura ex Goerz (Salicaceae) (Kwon 1983).Published as part of Cho, Geonho, Burckhardt, Daniel & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, Check list of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Korean Peninsula, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 5177 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5177.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/702193
Macropsis (Macropsis) sophieae Kwon & Suh & Kwon 2021, sp. nov.
7. <i>Macropsis</i> (<i>Macropsis</i>) <i>sophieae</i> sp. nov. <p>Fig. 7.</p> <p> <b>Male.</b> Overall coloration brown to pale brown. Head in dorsal aspect anterior margin broadly obtuse, in facial aspect generally pale brown with two large dark brown patterns and dark brown spots on frontoclypeus, vertex usually darker, apical margin of crown without black spot, vertex with two spots. Face in lateral aspect bowed, ventral part of frontoclypeus strongly inflated in male, posterior margin of antennal ledge almost half-way between apical margin of crown and apical margin of anteclypeus. Pronotum generally pale brown to ocher, fore margin with brown patch behind each eye and two tiny brown spots nearby crown, first plural sclerite in lateral aspect subpentagonal, without black spots. Scutellum with washed brown scutellar spots, between scutellar spots with parallel margined washed brown stripes. Hind tibia in lateral aspect without patterns. Forewing dark brown with hyaline brown veins. Tergal apodemes of 2nd abdominal base short, divided by rounded triangular notch. Sternal apodemes comparatively long, convergent, divided by rounded notch.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> Pygofer appendage narrow, slightly bent inwards, apical margin not bent. Style narrow, elongated, before apical margin slightly narrow, apical teeth bent inwards. Aedeagus in lateral aspect more or less narrow, 1.05 times wider than length, parallel margined.</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Usually body coloration ocher to bright ocher in female, and comparatively brighter in male. Head in facial aspect generally ocher to bright ocher with two large dark brown patterns and dark brown spots on frontoclypeus, apical margin of crown without black spot, vertex with two spots. Face in lateral aspect distinctly bowed, center of eye almost half-way between apical margin of crown and apical margin of lorum. Pronotum uniformly ocher to bright ocher, fore margin slightly more strongly produced than in male, with dark ocher patch behind each eye, posterior margin slightly brighter, first plural sclerite in lateral aspect subpentagonal, without black spots. Scutellum with washed pale brown scutellar spots, between scutellar spots with pale concave spots. Forewing usually pale brown with pale ocher veins.</p> <p> <b>Female genitalia.</b> Valvulae-II with 3–4 preapical teeth each.</p> <p> <b>Length</b>. Male 4.0− 4.2mm, female 4.7–5.0mm.</p> <p> <b>Type materials.</b> Holotype: male, Hallasan Jeju-do province, Korea, 22.vii.1981, Y.J. Kwon (KNU). Paratypes: 14 males, 15 females, same data as holotype.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Korea (Jeju-do).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named the species after the first author's daughter Sophie.</p> <p> <b>Host plant.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species can be easily distinguished from other species of this group by broadly obtuse anterior margin of the head in dorsal view.</p>Published as part of <i>Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2021, Taxonomic Revision of the Leafhopper Genus Macropsis Lewis from Korea (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), pp. 215-230 in Zootaxa 5060 (2)</i> on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.2.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5627197">http://zenodo.org/record/5627197</a>
Limassolla koreana Hossain & Kwon & Suh & Kwon 2019, sp. nov.
<i>Limassolla koreana</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 12 ‾23, 47‾50)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body slender, general coloration milky white to yellowish white, mottled with conspicuous orange to yellowish orange patches on crown, pronotum, scutellum and forewing. Crown subtriangularly produced anterad, with two yellowish white stripes on anterior margin, and prominent stripe along midline. Face shiny, pale yellow to whitish, without any spot or streak; rostrum orange, with dark brown apex. Pronotum and scutellum with irregular whitish stripes; scutellum with dark brown spot near apex, with big triangular white stripe, two distinct whitish longitudinal patches at posterior corners. Forewing subhyaline, with orange to yellowish orange patterns, and several black to dark brown spots on costal margin. Hindwing subhyaline. Venter and legs concolorous, whitish. Second sternal apodeme with posterior lobes large, parallel sided, ovoid at apex, reaching to hind margin of 5th sternite.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> Pygofer with apical margin dorso-caudad; dorsal margin slightly concave; ventral margin armed with long slender process, arising from caudoventral side, directed dorsally, gently tapered apically. Subgenital plate short and broad, with small apical part, with 2 macrosetae subbasally. Aedeagal shaft almost straight, narrowing terminally, armed with 3 apical slender processes, comprising terminal one directing apically, and two subterminal ones directing basally; gonopore subapical on ventral surface. Style long, slightly curved, with several microsetae medially; apex with sharp angled edge subapically. Connective Y-shaped, with small central lobe.</p> <p> <b>Body length.</b> Male 2.8‾ 3.1mm, female 3.0‾ 3.3mm.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male, Korea: Chungbuk Province, Jincheon, on <i>Diospyros kaki</i>, 14.VIII.2008, Y.J. Kwon; Paratypes, 8 males & 14 females, same data as holotype; Gyeonggi Province: 2 males, Camp Humphreys, 23. VI.2016, H.C. Kim; Jeonnam Province: 9 males & 6 females, Illimsan, on <i>Diospyros kaki</i>, 23.VIII.2018, Y.J. Kwon.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Korea (South, Central).</p> <p> <b>Host plant.</b> <i>Diospyros kaki</i> (Persimmon).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species is similar to <i>L. kakii</i> Chou et Ma, 1981, but differs in having the aedeagus shaft with 3 apical processes. The new species is the second one known to dwell on persimmon trees in Asia, and it is considered as an occasional pest with sporadic occurrence in Korea so far.</p>Published as part of <i>Hossain, Md. Shamim, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the microleafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola from Korea (Hemiptrea: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 549-558 in Zootaxa 4603 (3)</i> on page 552, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2702383">http://zenodo.org/record/2702383</a>
Bactericera breviatiformis Kwon 1983
Bactericera breviatiformis Kwon, 1983 Bactericera (Smirnovia) breviatiformis Kwon, 1983: 87. Eubactericera breviatiformis; Park (1996: 274). Bactericera breviatiformis; Burckhardt & Lauterer (1997a: 116). Bactericera (Klimaszewskiella) breviatiformis; Kwon et al. (2016: 134), Kwon & Kwon (2020: 205). Distribution in Korea. GG (Kwon 1983, as B. (Smirnovia) breviatiformis; Park 1996, as Eubactericera breviatiformis; Paek et al. 2010, as E. breviatiformis; Kwon et al. 2016, as B. (Klimaszewskiella) breviatiformis; Kwon & Kwon 2020, B. (K.) breviatiformis). Host plant. Unknown. Comments. Bactericera breviatiformis is known only from a single female. More material, in particular males and immatures, is necessary to diagnose this species properly.Published as part of Cho, Geonho, Burckhardt, Daniel & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, Check list of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Korean Peninsula, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 5177 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5177.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/702193
Bactericera miyatakei Kwon & Lee 1981
Bactericera miyatakei Kwon & Lee, 1981 Bactericera (Smirnovia) miyatakei Kwon & Lee, 1981: 158. Eubactericera miyatakei; Li (1995: 321, 325). Bactericera miyatakei; Burckhardt & Lauterer (1997a: 116). Bactericera (Klimaszewskiella) miytakei; Kwon et al. (2016: 135), Kwon & Kwon (2020: 211). Distribution in Korea. GB, JB (Kwon & Lee 1981, as B. (Smirnovia) miyatakei; Kwon 1983, as B. (S.) miyatakei; Park 1996, as Eubactericera miyatakei; Paek et al. 2010, as E. miyatakei; Kwon et al. 2016, as B. (Klimaszewskiella) miyatakei; Kwon & Kwon 2020, as B. (K.) miyatakei). Host plant. Salix L. (Salicaceae) (Kwon & Lee 1981).Published as part of Cho, Geonho, Burckhardt, Daniel & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, Check list of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Korean Peninsula, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 5177 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5177.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/702193
Bactericera nobilis Kwon 1983
Bactericera nobilis Kwon, 1983 Bactericera (Smirnovia) nobilis Kwon, 1983: 90. Eubactericera nobilis; Park (1996: 274). Bactericera nobilis; Burckhardt & Lauterer (1997a: 129). Bactericera (Klimaszewskiella) nobilis; Kwon et al. (2016: 135); Kwon & Kwon (2020: 213). Distribution in Korea. GB (Kwon 1983, as B. (Smirnovia) nobilis; Park 1996, as Eubactericea nobilis; Paek et al. 2010, as E. nobilis; Kwon et al. 2016, as B. (Klimaszewskiella) nobilis; Kwon & Kwon 2020, as B. (K.) nobilis). Host plant. Unknown. Comments. Bactericera nobilis is known from a single female only (Kwon 1983). More material is required to elucidate the identity of this species.Published as part of Cho, Geonho, Burckhardt, Daniel & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, Check list of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Korean Peninsula, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 5177 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5177.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/702193
Ziczacella spinosa Hossain & Kwon & Suh & Kwon 2019, sp. nov.
<i>Ziczacella spinosa</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 23–33)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> General coloration white. Crown pale brown, with two dark brown round spots on laterad of coronal suture, surrounded by irregular milky white patch. Face with frontoclypeus, lora, genae and anteclypeus rather ivory in tint, not clearly distinguishable by color. Pronotum mainly subhyaline, with light ivory patches along anterior and lateral margins, with two large irregular milky white patches medially, and a broad irregular stripe posteriorly. Scutellum pale brownish, with pair of subtriangular dark brown patches basally; apex with a round dark brown patch; scutellar suture prominant. Forewing subhyaline, with pale whitish veins, and pale brown irregular zigzag pattern concentrated on clavus and apical cells; hindwing hyaline. Second sternal apodeme in male with posterior lobes not well developed, extended beyond second sternite.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> Pygofer lobes reaching 2/3 of subgenital plate posteriorly in lateral view; dorsal margin slightly concave; caudodorsal margin roundly produced without macrosetae on surface; dorsal processes elongate, gently curved downwards, gradually narrowed apically, with 5 sharp spines at outer surface distally. Subgenital plate with 3 macrosetae on outer base, more or less upcurved laterally. Style with inner apical process slender and sharply pointed, about 1.5 times as long as outer one. Connective U-shaped, with long parallel arms. Aedeagal shaft with pair of long apical processes continuous with contour of shaft basad of gonopore; subapical processes absent; basal paired processes stout and hooked.</p> <p> <b>Length.</b> male 2.8–3.0mm, female 2.9–3.1mm.</p> <p> <b>Type Material.</b> Holotype male, Korea: Gangwon Province, Deokgasan, 28.V.2016, Y.J. Kwon; Paratypes, 1 male & 3 females, same data as holotype; 2 males and 3 females, 20.VIII.2016, same locality and collector.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Korea (Central).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species name is derived from Latin adjective ‘spinosus’ (thorny, prickly) referring to its pygofer process possess with several stout spines.</p> <p> <b>Host plant.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species is very similar to <i>Ziczacella katoi</i> Dworakowska, 1979 but can be distinguished from the latter by the pygofer process of the male with 5 sharp spines on the dorsal surface, and with a longer and narrower apex; and by the acuminate (rather than obliquely truncate) apex of the aedeagus in lateral view.</p>Published as part of <i>Hossain, Md. Shamim, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the microleafhopper genus Ziczacella Anufriev 1970 from Korea (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 363-372 in Zootaxa 4571 (3)</i> on pages 366-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2612734">http://zenodo.org/record/2612734</a>
Scaphomonus naejangsanus Dutta & Kwon & Suh & Kwon 2020, sp. nov.
<i>Scaphomonus naejangsanus</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1–12)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Genearal coloration ochraceous, with reddish bands. Head with thin arcuate and piceous submargial band anteriorly, with transverse arcuate band between eyes, narrowly margined with piceous, orange red patch. Face with thin arcuate and piceous submarginal band. Pronotum with anterior orange and posterior submarginal brown transverse bands. Forewings ochraceous, with hyaline spots and piceous areas. Head including eyes slightly narrower than pronotum. Crown triangularly produced, distinctly longer medially than next to eyes, 0.8 times as long as width between eyes. Ocelli situated on anterior margin of crown, separated from eye by distance equal to its own diameter. Frontoclypeus narrow, nearly 1.6 times longer than width between antennal pits; transclypeal suture distinct. Anteclypeus slightly expanded apically, with apex following normal curve of genae. Lora almost as wide as anteclypeus basally. Pronotum approximately 1.4 times as long as crown; lateral margin carinate; anterior margin roundly produced; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum nearly as long as pronotum, with transverse suture slightly curved and prominent.</p> <p>Second sternal apodeme in male with posterior lobes long and well developed, convergent distally, reaching 4th sternite.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> Pygofer slightly longer than wide in lateral view, apparently extended beyond apex of subgenital plates, with numerous long macrosetae in distal half; hind margin subobliquely rounded. Subgenital plates strongly tapering in apical 1/3 to narrowly rounded apex, with a lateral row of stout macrosetae and additional hair like setae. Styles approximately 2.7 times as long as wide basally; preapical lobe prominent, with setose hairs; apophysis gently tapered to narrowly rounded apex. Connective Y-shaped, with arms nearly twice longer than stem, produced lobe-likely on dorsal side in lateral view. Aedeagal shaft slender, wider at base, nearly twice longer than connective, pointed apically, gently curved at distal 1/ 3 in lateral view; gonopore subapical, on dorsal side.</p> <p> <b>Female genitalia.</b> Posterior margin of abdominal sternum VII deeply concave, with dark patch and slender triangular projection medially.</p> <p> <b>Body length.</b> Male 4.6-4.7mm; female 4.9-5.0mm.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype, male, Korea, Jeonbuk Province, Naejangsan, 14.VIII.1981, coll. Y.J. Kwon. Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype; 1 female, Gyeongbuk Province, Palgongsan, 23.IX.1984; 1 female, Gyeonggi Province, Gwangneung, 12.VIII.1994, all same collector.</p> <p> <b>Host plant.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The name of the species is derived from the locality of the holotype.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This new species resembles <i>Scaphomonus indicus</i> (Distant) but can be readily differentiated from the latter by the shape of the subgenital plates and aedeagal shaft.</p>Published as part of <i>Dutta, Nirmal Kumar, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2020, First record of the leafhopper genus Scaphomonus Viraktamath from Korea, with description of one new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), pp. 191-195 in Zootaxa 4747 (1)</i> on page 194, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3693539">http://zenodo.org/record/3693539</a>
Datasets for Chang & Kwon (2020)
Full datasets for Chang and Kwon (2020, "The contributions of crosslinguistic influence and individual differences to nonnative speech perception", Languages), in Excel format (.xlsx) and tab-delimited text format (.txt). Sheets 1-3 of the Excel file provide the data in spreadsheet format, for the pretest (oddball discrimination; sheet 1), posttest (forced-choice identification; sheet 2), and subjects' demographic information (sheet 3). Sheet 4 provides a key explaining each column in sheets 1-3
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