. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 44 Konstantin Nadein & Chi-Feng Lee. Figs 5-7. 5. Psylliodes viridana Motschulsky: lectotype; 6-7. Psylliodes yuae sp. n.: 6. dorsal view; 7. lateral view. , leg. Tsau, 1 ex. (TARI). Hsinchu County. Taiwan: Hsinchu, Talulintao, , leg. H. Tsao, 12 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Feifengshan, , leg. Yu, 6 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Hsinfeng, , leg. Yu, 4 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Wufeng, , leg. Yu, 1 ex. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Paoerhshuiku, , leg. Yu,
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 44 Konstantin Nadein & Chi-Feng Lee. Figs 5-7. 5. Psylliodes viridana Motschulsky: lectotype; 6-7. Psylliodes yuae sp. n.: 6. dorsal view; 7. lateral view. , leg. Tsau, 1 ex. (TARI). Hsinchu County. Taiwan: Hsinchu, Talulintao, , leg. H. Tsao, 12 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Feifengshan, , leg. Yu, 6 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Hsinfeng, , leg. Yu, 4 exx. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Wufeng, , leg. Yu, 1 ex. (TARI); Taiwan: Hsinchu, Paoerhshuiku, , leg. Yu, 1 ex. (TARI). Remarks. Comparison of the type material reveals clear- ly that Psylliodes angusticollis is conspecific with Psyl- liodes viridana by the characteristic impunctate vertex, body outline, structure of hind tibia, and aedeagus. Examination of the lectotype of Psylliodes palleola re- veals its significant similarity to P. viridana. The only ex- ception is colouration of the body, which is entirely yel- low including legs in P. palleola (Fig. 4) in contrast to greenish dorsum and dark legs in P. viridana (Fig. 5). So far, no pale species of Psyllodes have been found in the Oriental Region. The reason of this colouration is very likely that the type specimen appears to be a teneral adult, which is not fully coloured. This is additionally confirmed by the incompletely developed and partly folded right elytron and the weakly sclerotized abdominal ventrites and aedeagus. Type material of both species was collected at the same locality "Nuwara Eliya" in Sri Lanka. The lec- totype of P. palleola was designated by Medvedev (2006) and erroneously labeled "Lectotypus Psylliodes pallescens Mts. L. Medvedev ;; therefore, a new label with correct name is added to the specimen. This species was previously reported for Taiwan from Kosempo (Kimoto & Takizawa 1997). Distributed also in S. India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, N. Vietnam, S. China, Korea, Japan, Russi
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