Nephotettix virescens (Distant) (Plate V; Plate VII: D–F; Figures 17–18) Selenocephalus virescens Distant, 1908: 291. Phrynomorphus olivacescens Distant, 1918: 52. Synonymised by Wilson, 1989: 135. Nephotettix bipunctatus (Fabricius), Distant, 1908: 359. Nephotettix impicticeps Ishihara, 1964: 42. Synonymised by Ghauri, 1971: 484. Nephotettix virescens, Ghauri, 1971: 484; Ramakrishnan & Ghauri, 1979. Nephotettix oryzii Mahmood & Aziz, 1979: 63. Synonymised by Wilson, 1989: 135. PLATE V. Nephotettix virescens (Distant). A–H: habitus, dorsal view (A–D: male, E–H: female); I: face. Length. Male: 4.30 mm; female: 4.70 mm. Material examined. China: Shaanxi Prov.: 1 male, 15.VIII.1993, coll. Lu Jinsheng; Hunan Prov.: 3 males, 5 females, Chenzhou Town, Mang Mountain, 31.VII.1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Fujian Prov.: 1 female, Wuyi Mountain, 22.VII.2003, coll. Duan Yani; Guangdong Prov.: 9 males, 8 females, Dinghu Mountain, 17.VII.1985, coll. Zhang Yalin; Hainan Prov.: 4 males, 4 females, Wuzhi Mountain, V.2011, coll. Duan Yani; Guangxi Prov.: 2 males, 2 females, Fangcheng, 3.XII.2011, coll. He Zhiqiang; Yunnan Prov.: 12 females, Menglun Town, 640m, 21–30.IV.1974, coll. Zhou Yao, Yuan Feng & Hu Yinyue; 1 male, Zhenkang County, Nansan Town, 09.V.2011, coll. Lu Lin, at light; 1 male, Mengla County, Bubang Village, 690m, 19.V.2011, coll. Lu Lin; 3 males, Menghai County, Daluo Town, 679m, 22.V.2011, coll. Lu Lin, at light. Remarks. A description of this species was given by Ghauri (1971). Some variation is found as follows. Crown always without black band, but black markings of forewing vary (Plate V: A–H). Pygofer side usually distodorsal and distoventral corner round, spine 1 long, slim; other spines usually 4 in number, short, but variation is found (Figs. 17 A–E); apophysis of style always elongate, but its shape varies (Figs. 18 A–C). This is the most easily distinguished Nephotettix sp. The most important feature is the completely unmarked crown with a distinct furrow (Plate V: A–H). PLATE VI. A–L: female sternite VII, ventral view (A–D: N. cincticeps; E–H: N. malayanus; I–L: N. nigropictus). PLATE VII. A–F: female sternite VII, ventral view (A–C: N. parvus; D–F: N. virescens); G–J: N. cincticeps (G: first valvula; H: detail of first valvula; I: second valvula; J: detail of second valvula).

Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Review of the grassland leafhopper genus Nephotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from the Chinese mainland, pp. 201-229 in Zootaxa 3755 (3) on pages 223-226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/226685