Bhatiahamus sinuatus, Lu, Lin & Zhang, Yalin, 2014

Lu, Lin & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, A new leafhopper genus Bhatiahamus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China with description of a new species and a new combination, Zootaxa 3835 (3), pp. 371-375 : 372

Bhatiahamus sinuatus sp. nov.

( Figs. 2 A–O)

Description. Length (including tegmen). Male: 7.1 mm.

Male genitalia with pygofer side broad basally, tapering to acute apex, with short sharp process on caudal margin. Xth segment with well developed apical processes, sharply tapered distally to acute hook-like apex. Style with lateral lobe slight. Aedeagus with well developed petaloid dorsal apodeme, similar in length to shaft; shaft sinuate in lateral view with several small dorsolateral teeth at mid-length; with pair of short digitate processes apically margined with small teeth; gonopore subapical on ventral surface.

Material examined. Holotype. male, China: Yunnan Province, Ruili City, Mengxiu County, Longtangshan Country, 11.vi.2013, Coll. Xue Qingquan, light trap ( NWAFU).

Etymology. This species takes its name from the sinuate aedeagal shaft in lateral view.

Remarks. This species differs from B. flabellata by the characters noted in the key.

Figures

FIGURE 2 Bhatiahamus sinuatus sp. nov. A, male, dorsal view; B, head, dorso-anterior view; C, face; D, male, lateral view; E, male pygofer, lateral view; F, anal hook, lateral view; G, fore femur, anterior view; H, aedeagus, ventral view; I, aedeagus and connective, lateral view; J, style, ventral view; K, connective and additional sclerite, ventral view; L, male pygofer, caudal view; M, valve, subgenital plates and style, ventral view; N, forewing; O, hindwing.