Erythria cuspiprojecta, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2012

Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, First records of the leafhopper genus Erythria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) in China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3332, pp. 60-66 : 61

Erythria cuspiprojecta sp. nov. ( Figs. 2, 5, 8 , 16–22 )

Body brown. Pair of round brownish-black patches at sides of coronal suture and other irregularly shaped dark brown patches on pronotum, scutum orange-yellow with three blackish patches, scutellum yellowish brown ( Fig. 2 ). Fore wing yellowish brown with patches between light bordered veins, hind wing weakly semitransparent with veins yellowish brown.

Male genitalia: Pygofer with sclerotized appendage at its blunt hind upper angle ( Fig. 17 ). Margin of subgenital plate folded dorsad at midlength with apex rounded ( Fig. 18 ). Apical extension of paramere straight, tapered ( Fig. 19 ). Penis stem smooth, with narrow apodeme and two long, thin apical processes pointed apically ( Figs. 21, 22 ). Gonopore apical.

Measurement: Male 2.9 mm (including wing); Female 3.0 mm (including wing).

Material examined: Holotype 3, Sichuan Prov., Emeishan Mountain: Xixiangchi, 9 September 1988, coll. Xu Qiuyuan, Zhou Jingruo and Zheng Shuling.

Remarks: The new species resembles E. rudobreva ( Dworakowska 1993: 152, 153, 165), but can be distinguished from the latter by the large sclerotized pygofer appendage, and the penis stem without sculpture, with the apical processes longer and the apodeme larger.

Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words “cusp-” and “projectus”, referring to the sharp end of the apical penis appendages.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. 1 – 3, dorsal view; 4 – 6, lateral view; 7 – 9, face; 1, 4, 7, Erythria calvusa sp. nov.; 2, 5, 8, E. cuspiprojecta sp. nov.; 3, 6, 9, E. euryprojecta sp. nov.

FIGURES 16 – 22. Erythria cuspiprojecta sp. nov. 16, Crown, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 17, pygofer side, lateral view; 18, subgenital plate, paramere, connective and valve, dorsal view; aedeagus, lateral view; 19, paramere, lateral view; 20, connective, dorsal view; 21, aedeagus, lateral view; 22, aedeagus, hind view.