Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen, 2021

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 53

Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen, 2021

Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen , in Zhi et al., 2021: 4 .

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Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Yunshan National Forest Park (26°40’N, 110°37’E), Wugang City , Hunan Province, 5 June 2011, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen (holotype); 8♂♂ 7♀♀, same data as holotype (paratypes) .

Host plant. Bamboo ( Poaceae , Bambuseae ).

Distribution. China (Hunan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characters: aedeagus with five processes in total: right apex of periandrium with a long sinuous spinous process; basal 1/3 of ventral margin with two short spinous processes; apical 1/3 of ventral margin with a curved spinous process; the left dorsal margin of endosoma with a long spinous process, and apex ventrocephalically directed.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen, 2021. male.A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Face, ventral view; E. Head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. (After Zhi et al., 2021).

FIGURE 35. Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen, 2021, male.A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face, ventral view; C. Forewing; D. Apex of left hind leg, ventral view; E. Genitalia, lateral view; F. Pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view; G.Anal segment, dorsal view; H. Gonostyli, inner lateral view; I. Aedeagus, right side; J. Aedeagus, left side; K. Aedeagus, dorsal view; L. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, E–L); 1.0 mm (C). (After Zhi et al., 2021).

FIGURE 36. Kirbyana aspina Zhi & Chen, 2021, A–I. female A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Tergite IX, caudal view; E. Gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view; G. Gonoplac, lateral view; H. Posterior vagina, ventral view; I. Posterior vagina, dorsal view; J, K. Mating. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. (After Zhi et al., 2021).