Watara longiprocessa, Song & Gao & Li, 2018

Song, Yue-Hua, Gao, Ya-Rong & Li, Can, 2018, One new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 4418 (3), pp. 281-286 : 283-285

Watara longiprocessa sp. nov.

( Figs 5–8, 9–12 , 23–31 )

Description. Ground color pale beige. Eyes grey ( Figs 6–8 ). Face pale beige; middle and lower part of frontclypeus slightly darker ( Fig. 8 ). Pronotum pale anterolaterally, with two brown spots near anterior margin; blackish beige medially and whitish posteriorly ( Figs 5, 7, 9, 11 ). Scutellum beige, with light orange tint; basal triangles dark brown. Two central brown patches situated posterad of scutellar suture and between basal triangles ( Figs 5, 7, 9, 11 ). Fore wing pale, with rounded dark brown patch at brochosome field basad and several other orange or brownish patches on surface ( Figs 5, 9 ).

Male abdominal apodemes broad, extending to middle part of 5th sternite ( Fig. 23 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer with dorsal appendage movably articulated ( Fig. 24 ). Pygofer lobe with one dorsal macroseta and 6 grouped long macrosetae at baso-ventral angle ( Fig. 24 ). Pygofer dorsal appendage short, hooklike apically ( Fig. 24 ). Subgenital plate with 4 macrosetae on lateral surface in a row and several microsetae scattered apically ( Figs 24, 25 ). Style with preapical lobe quite small in lateral view ( Fig. 27 ). Connective Y-shaped, central lobe absent ( Fig. 29 ). Aedeagus with pair of long process arising from base of shaft; preatrium very short and dorsal apodeme slightly expanded in lateral view ( Figs 30, 31 ).

Measurement. Body length, male 2.3–2.4 mm.

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, THAILAND, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP Klong Morg Unit, 8°53.725'N 98°39.025'E, 87 m, Malaise trap, 16–23.xii.2008, coll. Pongphan (QSBG). Paratypes: 9♂♂, same data as holotype (INHS, SKS).

Remarks. This species is very similar to W. cordata Zhang & Yang (2011) from Yunnan ( China) in external morphological characteristics, but differs in having the paired long processes arising from base of aedeagal shaft ( Figs 30, 31 ); the aedeagus dorsal apodeme slightly expanded in lateral view and the preatrium strongly reduced ( Fig. 30 ).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix “longi-” and Latin word “processus”, referring to the long basal processes of the aedeagus shaft ( Figs 30, 31 ).

Figures

FIGURES1–12. Watara cordata Zhang & Yang. (Specimens from Thailand) 1 Habitus, dorsal view 2 Habitus, lateral view 3 Head and thorax, dorsal view 4 Face; Watara longiprocessa sp. nov. (Holotype):5 Habitus, dorsal view 6 Habitus,lateral view 7 Head and thorax, dorsal view 8 Face; (One specimen of Paratypes): 9 Habitus, dorsal view 10 Habitus, lateral view 11 Head and thorax, dorsal view 12Face.

FIGURES23–31.Watara longiprocessa Song & Li sp. n. 23 Abdominal apodemes 24 Genital capsule 25 Subgenital plate 26 Subgenital plate, Style and Connective 27 Style, lateral view 28 Style, dorsal view 29 Connective 30Aedeagus, lateral view 31 Aedeagus, ventral view.