Tropidocephala nigra
Creators: name: Park, Sanghyo
name: Lee, Wonhoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Delphacidae
Tropidocephala
Tropidocephala nigra

description: Tropidocephala nigra (Matsumura, 1900)
Conicoda nigra Matsumura, 1900: 261
Tropidocephala nigra Matsumura, 1907: 65
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A6C438A1-A850-5864-B969-922071EAC9AB; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Geoje-si; locality: San 48-38, Galgot-ri, Nambu-myeon; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-30 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3165CD56-D62D-5D98-9BC6-BB7135302BBA; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Geoje-si; locality: San 48-38, Galgot-ri, Nambu-myeon; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-30 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 3; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: FDF1CF25-9D8F-54A9-B911-96DCA1076415; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Geoje-si; locality: 195-1, Gucheon-ri, Dongbu-myeon; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-30 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 28EA0DD6-1A5F-52F8-9F98-5395EE70F1F1; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Namhae-gun; locality: 97, Sports-ro 287 beon-gil, Namhae-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 04-13 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: E117DE82-F80B-5011-81E4-6DFB7C0EE280; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Jinju-si; locality: 883, Oksan-ri, Munsan-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-25 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3F49C7BF-0677-58B9-B841-068FDE43D0EE; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Jinju-si; locality: 883, Oksan-ri, Munsan-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-25 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 311CAF51-31AD-5B6A-AA3D-17B20D959B61; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Suncheon-si; locality: 13-36, Yulchonsandan 5 - ro, Haeryong-myeon; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 30A4984C-FB92-55EB-B0CB-44EE2D96EAA1; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Suncheon-si; locality: 13-36, Yulchonsandan 5 - ro, Haeryong-myeon; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 277C7E88-3E9C-5A00-B009-E95B84B6B1B4; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Gwangyang-si; locality: 18-42, Hangman 8 - ro; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 224DC3E9-76C8-5B22-A6F8-206D66F0FC48; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Goheung-gun; locality: 1892-67, Goheung-ro, Goheung-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 03-30 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: EBD79C59-1BC6-51A5-B3F0-071C642169D5; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Seogwipo-si; locality: 47, Wimihaean-ro, Namwon-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-05 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: D024C974-338A-5AD3-B83A-449A04A7702A; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala nigra; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera; family: Delphacidae; genus: Tropidocephala; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Seogwipo-si; locality: 47, Wimihaean-ro, Namwon-eup; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-05 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
Body length of male 3.8 mm. In male, body mostly brownish-black or black, except lateral carinae and frons which are yellow. Vertex of length twice the basal width, lateral convergent anteriorly, lateral carinae yellow. Mediolateral carinae mostly black, except base and apex which are yellow. Frons yellow at the lower part, blackish at the upper part, genae below eyes brownish-black to yellow towards frons. Clypeus brown with brownish-black carinae. Pronotum and mesonotum tricarinate with yellow carinae. Fore-wings mostly black, distinctly tinged transparent spot at apex. Abdominal segments dark brown (Figs 1 d, 2 d).
Male genitalia. Pygofer ovoid and posterior view with opening longer than broad. Genital styles slender and waved, subglobose on the apex. Aedeagus two branched slender needle-shaped (Figs 3 d, 4 d).
Measurements. Male macropterous form (n = 3). Body length without tegmina: 2.24 mm; body length with tegmina: 3.81 mm; body width: 0.86 mm; head length: 0.71 mm; head width (including eyes): 0.51 mm; 1 st antennal segment length: 0.07 mm; 2 nd antennal segment length: 0.11 mm; vertex length: 0.57 mm; vertex width: 0.30 mm; frons length: 0.71 mm; frons width: 0.32 mm; pronotum length: 0.24 mm; pronotum width: 0.67 mm; mesonotum length: 0.56 mm; mesonotum width: 0.59 mm.
Distribution
Korea, Japan, China (Anhui, Zhejiang) (Ding 2006).
Host plants
Miscanthus sinensis Anderss (Poaceae) (in this study), Imperata cylindrica (Linn.) (Poaceae) (Ding 2006).
description: Published as part of Park, Sanghyo & Lee, Wonhoon, 2024, First record of Epeurysa distincta Huang & Ding (Hemiptera, Delphacidae, Delphacinae) from South Korea, with an illustrated key to the Korean Tropidocephalini species, pp. e 134165 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e134165, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e134165