Striatanus curvatanus Li & Wang

Zhang, Yalin, Zhang, Xinmin & Wei, Cong, 2009, Review of the leafhopper genus Striatanus Li & Wang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with description of one new species from China, Zootaxa 2292, pp. 49-56 : 52

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Striatanus curvatanus Li & Wang View in CoL

(Figs 1–10)

Striatanus curvatanus Li & Wang, 1995: 189 View in CoL ; 1996: 112

Measurements (male): Body length: 8.0 mm; head width (incl. eyes): 1.4 mm; head length: 1.4mm.

Vertex (Figs 1, 2) elongate, nearly as long as pronotum and scutellum together.

Male pygofer (Fig. 4) in lateral view with apical margin broad and rounded; ventral process (Figs 4, 10) strongly curved dorsad, not extending beyond apical margin of pygofer. Aedeagal shaft (Fig. 6) in lateral view curved cephalad, with small denticle apicad of aedeagal process.

Material examined: 13 (Paratype, IZAS), China: Sichuan Prov., Emeishan, Jiulaodong, 1800–1900m, 17-August-1957, coll: Huang Keren; 13 ( NWAFU), China: Shaanxi Prov., Taibaishan, Shapo, 4-July-1982.

Distribution: China (Sichuan, Shaanxi).

Remarks: This species was first described from Guizhou Prov. and Sichuan Prov., China. It is similar in appearance with other species of this genus, but can be distinguished by its aedeagal shaft which is curved cephalad, with small denticle apicad of aedeagal process in lateral view (Fig. 6).