Abstract
Until recently the genus Macrocixius Matsumura, 1914 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) contained two species: M. giganteus Matsumura, 1914 (the type species) and M. grossus Tsaur & Hsu, 1991. Two recent papers revised the genus within a short interval of time. Both Zhang & Chen (2013) and Orosz (2013) provided redescriptions of the genus and its two previously included species; Zhang & Chen (2013) described two new species from China; Orosz (2013) described five new species from Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
References
Orosz, A. (2013) A review of the genus Macrocixius with descriptions of five new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae, 98 (2), 97–142.
Zhang, P. & Chen, X.S. (2013) Taxonomic study on the planthopper genus Macrocixius Matsumura (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with descriptions of two new species from China. Zootaxa, 3646 (3), 277–288.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.3.6