Aconurella prolixa (Matsumura)

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, A taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Aconurella Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3397, pp. 28-44 : 29-30

Aconurella prolixa (Matsumura)

( Figure 1 , Plate I, Plate VII)

Thamnotettix prolixa Lethierry, 1885: 102 .

Doratulina orientalis Matsumura, 1914: 233 ; Ishihara, 1954: 377, Fig. 1 , Taiwan. syn. n.

Thamnotettix minutus Haupt, 1917: 254 . Synonymised by Dlabola, 1963: 324.

Deltocephalus simplex Haupt, 1927: 29 . (Prim.hom.)

Thamnotettix sanguisuga Lindberg, 1927: 88 . Synonymised by Metcalf, 1967: 1597.

Cicadula indica Pruthi, 1930: 54 . Synonymised by Khatri & Webb, 2010: 9.

Deltocephalus obtusus Metcalf, 1955: 266 . (nom.nov. for Deltocephalus simplex Haupt, 1927 , not D. simplex Van Duzee, 1892: 304 )

Chiasmus karachiensis Ahmed, Qadeer & Malik, 1988: 13 , Figs 3 A–J. Synonymised by Khatri & Webb, 2010: 9.

Chiasmus lobata Ahmed, Qadeer & Malik, 1988: 14 , Figs 4 A–J. Synonymised by Khatri & Webb, 2010: 9.

Aconurella neosolana Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990: 268 , Fig. 1 . Synonymised by Khatri & Webb, 2010: 9.

Length. Male: 2.8–3.0mm; female: 2.9–3.9mm.

Greenish-ochraceous (Plate I: A, B). Vertex with a central spot, two transversely striae between eyes, markings sometimes reduced to absent (Plate I: E–I). Frontoclypeus entirely black or ochraceous, obliquely striae in the lateral regions (Plate I: J). Forewing macropterous (Plate I: A, B).

Male genitalia. The darkly sclerotized part of pygofer side on posteroventral margin more than half its length, with small spines, dorsoapical margin without or with sparse small spinules ( Figs 1 A–C); connective with arms close together distally ( Fig. 1 G); aedeagus shaft gently curved dorsally ( Fig. 1 H).

Female. Sternite VII produced in middle (Plate I: D).

Material examined. China: Zhejiang Prov.: 13, Qingliang Mountain, 530m, 09.viii.2008, coll. Xiao Bin ( NWAFU); Anhui Prov.: 13, 1Ƥ, Huoshan Mountain, vii.2011 ( NWAFU); Fujian Prov.: 13, 1Ƥ, Wuping County, 320m, 01.ix.2008, coll. Xiao Bin ( NWAFU); Jiangxi Prov.: 33, Anfu County, 10.viii.2002, coll. Yuan Zhonglin ( NWAFU); Guangdong Prov.: 13, Guangzhou City, 11.iii.2006, coll. Zhai Xin & Li Jun ( NWAFU); Guangxi Prov.: 33, Shiwandashan Park, 29/ 30.xi.2001, coll. Wang Zongqing ( NWAFU); Hainan Prov.: 33, 3Ƥ, Yacheng County, 14.iv.1983, coll. Zhang Yalin ( NWAFU); Yunnan Prov.: 23, 2Ƥ, Simao City, 1331m, 29.vii.2005, coll. Lu Lin ( NWAFU); Shaanxi Prov.: 1Ƥ, Dingbian County, 23.v.2006, coll. Yang Zhaofu ( NWAFU); Xinjiang Autonomous Region: 53, 2Ƥ, Yining City, 28.vii.2006, coll. Kang Juxia ( NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Taiwan); France; Russia; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Serbia; Spain; Sudan; Iraq; France; Canary Islands; Italy; Romania; Portugal; Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Ethiopia; Pakistan; Japan; India.

Remarks. Based on the figures of A. orientalis ( Ishihara, 1954: 377, Fig. 1 ), it should be a synonym of this species. Although the aedeagus apex is slightly different, this difference could be an artifact of the perspective of drawing.

PLATE I. Aconurella prolixa (Matsumura) . A & B: habitus, dorsal view; C: habitus, lateral view; D: the end of female abdomen, ventral view; E–I: head and thorax, dorsal view; J: face.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Aconurella prolixa (Matsumura). A – C: male pygofer side, lateral view; D: subgenital plate, ventral view; E: valve, ventral view; F: style, dorsal view; G: connective, dorsal view; H: aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 3. (Paratype) Aconurella furcata sp. n. A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: subgenital plate, ventral view; C: valve, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E: connective, dorsal view; F & G: aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.

FIGURE 4. (Holotype) Aconurella furcata sp. n. A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: subgenital plate, ventral view; C: style, dorsal view; D: connective, dorsal view; E & F: aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.