Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li) Zhao & Luo & Yang & Chen, 2024

Zhao, Yong-Tao, Luo, Qiang, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2024, Review of bamboo-feeding leafhoppers of the genus Mukaria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description two new species, Zootaxa 5474 (3), pp. 259-270 : 266

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9562F4AC-2627-4DD5-B802-EC3E52E35545

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13768435

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287BB-FFE8-FFE8-30BC-20F8FA509357

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Plazi

scientific name

Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li)
status

comb. nov.

Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figs. 33, 35–38 View FIGURES 33–42

Mukaria pallipes Li & Chen, 1999:119 View in CoL ;

Mukaria pallipes Chen, Yang & Li, 2012:74 View in CoL .

Body length: male: 4.0– 4.2 mm, female: 4.5–4.8 mm.

Descriptions and illustrations of external features and male genitalia of this species see Chen et al., 2012:74.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII is about 2.7 times as wide as long, with nearly straight anterior margin, posterior margin slightly concave, Central M-shaped protuberance slightly higher than lateral ones ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33–42 ). Dorsal surface of Valvula I with scaly sculpturing occupying approximately distal 1/2 ( Figs. 35, 36 View FIGURES 33–42 ). Valvula II with prominent teeth, occupying about distal 1/3 ( Figs. 37, 38 View FIGURES 33–42 ).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1 ♂, China: Guizhou, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County, Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°25’N, 107°96’E), 23 April 1998, collectors: Zizhong Li, GoogleMaps paratypes: 8♂♂ 5♀♀, China: Guizhou, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County , Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°25’N, 107°96’E), 23 April 1998, collectors: Zizhong Li. 25♂♂ 13♀♀, China: Guizhou, Guiyang City, Huaxi District , Huaxi Park, (26°44’N, 106°66’E), 26 May 2022, collectors: Yongtao Zhao. 11♂♂ 7♀♀, China: Guizhou, Guiyang City, Huaxi District , Shilihetan Wetland Park, (26°45’N, 106°68’E), 5 July 2022, collectors: Yongtao Zhao, Min Tang.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian).

Host Plant. Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro , Bambusa emeiensis Chia & Fung , Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro.

Note. This species moved to the Mukariella based on the following characteristics: (1) crown with flattened anterior margin in lateral view; (2) forewings basal and middle leathery, tips membranous and slightly transparent; (3) aedeagus single-branched, subterminal abruptly thinned and curved outward in a hook-like shape, one gonopore.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Mukariella

Loc

Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li)

Zhao, Yong-Tao, Luo, Qiang, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng 2024
2024
Loc

Mukaria pallipes

Chen X. S. & Yang, L. & Li, Z. Z. 2012: 74
2012
Loc

Mukaria pallipes

Li, Z. Z. & Chen, X. S. 1999: 119
1999
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