Hepneriana undulata, 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 : 281-282

Hepneriana undulata sp. nov.

( Fig. 12 )

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

Abdominal apodemes rectangular, extended to anterior margin of 4th sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 12 a) short, with ventral margin concave.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 12 b) truncate apically and distinctly produced on outer margin. Style ( Fig. 12 c) with club-shaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process quite broad apically, apical margin truncate, ventral side without longitudinal ridge. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 12 e, f) depressed, with pair of triangular extensions subapically extended from lateral sides, paired apical processes slim and well separated from shaft; preatrial process relatively slim, distinctly sinuated.

Measurement. male length 2.90–3.07 mm, female length 3.00 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , 570m, 9 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska . Paratypes: 35Ƌ 40♀, same date as holotype; 1Ƌ, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong , 750m, 5 xii 1999, grasses, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 6Ƌ 7♀, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , 9 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 1Ƌ, Yunnan Prov., Mengla, Mt. Nangong , 1100m, 13 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 3Ƌ 6♀, Yunnan Prov., Damenglong , 600m, 22 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska ; 1Ƌ 3♀, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan, Sanchahe , 950m, 20 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska .

Remarks. The new species can be distinguished with the others by the presence of a pair of subapical extensions on aedeagal shaft.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ undulatus ”, referring to the sinuated preatrial process.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Hepneriana undulata sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate; c. style; d. connective; e. aedeagus, caudal view; f. aedeagus, lateral view.