Pythamus rufus, Wang, Yang & Zhang, Yalin, 2015

Wang, Yang & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, Two new species in the leafhopper genus Pythamus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from China, Zootaxa 4058 (3), pp. 429-436 : 435

Pythamus rufus sp. n. ( Figs 11–19 )

Description. Body length (including forewing): ♂, 6.7 mm. Crown ( Figs 11, 13 ) with red markings at lateral carina and submarginal carina. Median longitudinal carina of frontoclypeus is lamellate in upper half ( Figs 12, 13 ). Forewing ( Figs 11, 12 ) brown and translucent, marked with dark chocolate brown stripes in middle and end part, and two white semicircular spots on outer and inner margins respectively.

Male pygofer ( Fig. 18 ) posteriorly narrowed along with caudo-ventral margin. Pygofer ventral process ( Fig. 18 ) rather straight, slightly longer than pygofer, with about 5 toothed process distally. Aedeagus ( Figs 16, 17 ) with bilobed apodeme arising from atrium and extended dorsolaterad; shaft recurved dorsally, apex hooked, subapex with a pair of lateral conical processes; gonopore apical. Style ( Fig. 19 ), with footlike apex of apophysis having elongated lateral angle, apodeme apex acute. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 15 ) elongate.

Type material. Holotype: ♂ ( NWAFU), China, Guangxi Province, Napo Defu Natural Reserve, 1400 m, 7.viii.2013, Qingquan Xue.

Etymology. The specific epithet “ rufus ”, meaning red, refers to the red lateral markings on crown.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 19. Pythamus rufus sp. nov.: 11. male habitus, dorsal view; 12. male habitus, lateral view; 13. male head, dorsal view; 14. male face; 15. subgenital plate, ventral view; 16. aedeagus, lateral view; 17. aedeagus, ventral view; 18. male genital capsule, lateral view; 19. connective and style, ventral view.