Hepneriana euryaedeaga, Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 266-284 : 270-273

Hepneriana euryaedeaga sp. nov.

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Description. Body yellowish, eyes black medially and yellowish marginally.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 4 f) rectangular, extended to posterior margin of 4th sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 4 a) short.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 4 b) truncate apically and distinctly produced on outer margin. Style ( Fig. 4 c) with clubshaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process with basal part narrow, apex expanded, T-shaped. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 4 d, e) depressed, very broad in caudal view, apex produced, paired subapical processes broad with outer margin serrated; preatrial process sinuated, thick in lateral view but narrow in caudal view.

Measurement. male length 2.83 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Yunnan Prov., Mengla, Mt. Nangong , 1150m, 12 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska.

Remarks. The new species is similar to H. heterostyla (Ahmed) , but the lamellar process of the style is less pointed and more expanded, the apex of the aedeagal shaft is produced and the subapical processes are broader.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin perfix “ eury- ” and English word “aedeagus”, referring to the broad aedeagal shaft in caudal view.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Hepneriana euryaedeaga sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.