Parandanus paracruciatus Duan

Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, Micael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Review of the South American leafhopper genus Parandanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), ZooKeys 562, pp. 73-83 : 75-78

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Cicadellidae

Parandanus paracruciatus Duan sp. n. Figs 3, 4

Description.

Length. Male: 6.6-7.0 mm.

Anterior margin of crown with four dark brown spots, disk with an orange spot laterally, its inner area dark brown, a small orange spot adjacent to basal angles of eyes. Pronotum with six narrow longitudinal orange brown bands (Fig. 3A).

Crown of nearly uniform length, 0.48x as long as distance between eyes, 0.47 × as long as median length of pronotum (Fig. 3A).

Male genitalia.

Pygofer long, sides rounded apically, ventral margin concave (Fig. 4 A–B). Subgenital plate with lateral margins nearly straight, with approximately 12 narrow macrosetae (Fig. 4C). Style articulating arm very long; preapical angle distinct; apophysis very short (Fig. 4D). Aedeagus with pair of subbasal crossed appendages, extending to near to apex of shaft (Fig. 4 E–F).

Material examined.

Holotype: male, Peru: Pasco, 3km N Oxapampa, 1700m, 10°33.20'S, 75°25.55'W, 21 Oct 2002, C.H. Dietrich, merc vapor light, 02 –31– 1 (INHS). Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species name is based on the similarity of the species to Parandanus cruciatus .

Remarks.

This species is similar to Parandanus longistylus in color pattern but differs from this and other species by the shape of the style with short apophysis and long articulating arm.