Stirellus neoconvexus Naveed & Zhang

Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan & Duan, Yani, 2020, Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Stirellus Osborn & Ball (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini) from Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4763 (2), pp. 189-202 : 191

Stirellus neoconvexus Naveed & Zhang

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Stirellus neoconvexus Naveed & Zhang, 2020: 481 .

Measurement. Male: 3.50–3.70mm.

Material examined. 1♂, Pakistan, Punjab, Murree Hills, 2291m, 2016, coll. Hassan Naveed (holotype) . 1♂, Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Rawalakot City, 1638m, July 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed (paratype). 2♂♂, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kumrat Valley, 2359m, August 2018, coll. Hassan Naveed (paratype).

Remarks. This species resembles Stirellus convexus Thomson but differs in having the male pygofer side with macrosetae dorsally, in the style shape and in having the aedeagal shaft with a slight dorsal expansion. This species is also close to Stirellus multipunctatus Duan, Webb & Zhang but can be easily distinguished by the orange-red or brownish red stripes on the head interrupted medially, and by the pygofer and aedeagus shape.

Figures

FIG. 3. Stirellus neoconvexus Naveed & Zhang.A–C: habitus, dorsal view; D: habitus, lateral view; E: head and thorax, dorsal view; F: face; G: end of female abdomen, ventral view; H: male pygofer, lateral view; I: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; J: male pygofer, dorsal view; K: subgenital plate, style and valve, dorsal view; L: connective; M: aedeagus, lateral view; N: aedeagus, dorsal view.