Cyrta tiantaishanensis, Wei, Cong & Zhang, Yalin, 2008

Wei, Cong & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus, Zootaxa 1793, pp. 1-27 : 7

Cyrta tiantaishanensis sp. n. ( Fig. 6 )

Description. Body length: ɗ 7.5–7.7mm. Body generally black; vertex with brown laterally near eyes; gena, lora and anteclypeus with brown patches; anteclypeus with pair of stout setae apically; scutellem with short tufts of black setae basally near lateral margin ( Figs 6 B, C).

Male pygofer with subgenital plate extending nearly to apex of pygofer side ( Fig. 6 G). Aedeagal shaft evenly tapered to acute apex in lateral view, slightly expanded subapically and narrowly rounded in ventral view, with dense small tubercles on distal half laterally; gonopore apical ( Figs 6 D, E).

Type material. Holotype. ɗ ( NWAFU), CHINA: Shasnxi Prov., Feng Co., Tiantaishan, 2000m, 9-VI- 1998, Yang Linghuan. Paratype: 1ɗ ( NWAFU), same data as holotype.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Remarks. This new species is similar to C. hirsuta Melichar , but can be distinguished from it by: 1) the black patch on vertex extending from posterior margin to anterior margin of vertex ( Fig. 6 C); 2) lora bicoloured (black and brown) ( Fig. 6 A); 3) aedeagal shaft evenly tapered to acute apex in lateral view, slightly expanded subapically and narrowly rounded in ventral view, with dense small tubercles on distal half laterally.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Cyrta tiantaishanensis sp. n. A, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; B, face; C, head and thorax, dorsal view; D, aedeagus, ventral view; E, style, connective and aedeagus, lateral view; F, style and connective, dorsal view; G, male genital capsule, lateral view.