Nlunga parareeneni Cao & Dietrich, 2020

Cao, Yanghui, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Review of the leafhopper genus Thaia Ghauri and related genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 4868 (3), pp. 331-367 : 333-335

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:256D29E7-5148-415C-AD06-5F1F6D986887
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4440874
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03998E57-FFDD-FFEA-8B84-F939FF75BABE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nlunga parareeneni Cao & Dietrich
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

4. Nlunga parareeneni Cao & Dietrich View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 , 18 View FIGURE 18 a–d

Description. Ground color pale, eyes grey, without patches.

Anal tube appendage near middle, short, thorn-like.

Pygofer lobe without setae; ventral appendage slim and long, slightly expanded subapically in ventral view, apex pointed. Subgenital plate with about 5 macrosetae. Style with relatively small preapical lobe. Connective long, without central ridge of manubrium. Aedeagal shaft short; atrium very wide in caudal view, lateral lamellae of atrium reduced; dorsal apodeme developed, lamellate in lateral view; preatrium large, preatrial process thick and straight.

Measurement. Male length 3.80–3.90 mm, female length 3.70 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, GHANA, Western Region, Ankasa Resource Reserve, Nkwanta Camp , 5°16'54.2"N, 2°38'27.1"W; 7-9 vi 2005, ~350' elev., coll. J.R. Cryan & J.M. Urban. GoogleMaps Paratypes: 1♂ 1♀, same as the holotype. [ INHS] .

Etymology. The new specific epithet combines the Latin prefix “ para ” with the species name “ reeneni ”, in view of the similarity of the new species to the type species of this genus N. reeneni .

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to the other African species of Nlunga , but the aedeagus is longer and has reduced lateral lamellae of the atrium.