Watara cordata, Zhang, Yalin & Yang, Meixia, 2011

Zhang, Yalin & Yang, Meixia, 2011, The second species of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 2897, pp. 64-68 : 66

Watara cordata sp. nov.

Figs 9–18, 21–22, 24.

Body ( Fig. 21 ) yellow. Vertex with brown patches at each side of coronal suture which merge to form heart-shaped median patch. Pronotum with two central brown patches at anterior margin; light brown medially; sordid whitish at posterior margin. Scutellum with dark brown basal triangles and rounded central brown patch below transverse depression. Face ( Fig. 22 ) with gena whitish. Forewing (Fig. 9) brochosome field yellow, area basad with rounded dark brown patch; apical half of cua cell, four apical cells and clavus light brown.

Hind wing (Fig. 10) av extended as continuation of A to CuP.

Male genitalia. Pygofer dorsal appendage (Figs 11, 12) nearly parallel-sided; ventral appendage (Fig. 11) protruding beyond anterior margin of pygofer lobe. Subgenital plate (Fig. 14) bearing two rows of short stout setae along base of outer margin. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 17, 18) with subapical extension dorsad in lateral view and with pair of subapical processes.

Measurement. Male 2.68mm, female 2.58mm.

Material examined. Holotype male, China: Yunnan Prov., Lancang Country, Munai, 1100m, 2 xii 1999; Paratypes: Yunnan Prov.: 43 18ƤƤ, same date as holotype; 23 6ƤƤ, Menglun, 600m, 11 xii 1999; 1Ƥ, Menglun, Cuipingfeng, 500m, 4 xii 1999; 8ƤƤ, Lancang Country, 1100m, 2 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 131Ƥ, Mengla Country, Mt. Nangong, 1150m, 12 xii 1999; 133ƤƤ, Mengla Country, Mt. Nangong, 1150m, 12 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 13, Jinghong City, 25 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 2ƤƤ, Menglong, 24 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng. All collected by I. Dworakowska except where indicated.

Remarks. The new species is similar to W. sudra (Distant) , but can be distinguished by the vertex ( Fig. 21 ) with a heart-shaped patch, forewing with rounded brown patch at the base of the brochosome field, and the aedeagal shaft (Figs 17, 18) with subapical extension dorsad in lateral view and with a pair of subapical processes.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ cordatus ”, referring to the vertex with a heartshaped patch.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. W. sudra (Distant). 19. habitus; 20. face; 23. abdominal apodemes. W. cordata sp. nov. 21. habitus; 22. face; 24. abdominal apodemes.