Maiestas pararemigia, Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011

Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, Zootaxa 2870, pp. 1-47 : 24

Maiestas pararemigia sp. nov.

( Fig. 22 ; Plate III: D)

Length. Male: 4.1mm.

Coloration and external appearance similar to remigia .

Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, middle of lateral margin slightly concave, apex acute ( Fig. 22 B); style preapical lobe broad, slightly produced, apophysis digitate, tapered to narrow apex ( Fig. 22 C); connective very long, more than 1.5x aedeagus, aedeagal shaft distinctly tapered from base to slightly swollen apex in lateral view ( Figs 22 D, 22E).

Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Yunnan Prov., Tengchong, 1100m, 22 June 2007, coll. Wei Cong ( NWAFU).

Remarks. This species closely resembles remigia , but differs in the shape of the subgenital plate, style and apex of the aedeagal shaft.

Etymology. The species name is based on the similarity of the species to remigia .

Figures

FIGURE 22. M. pararemigia sp. nov. A: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; B: subgenital plate, ventral view; C: style, dorsal view; D & E: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view.