Kirbyana furcata 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 : 57

Kirbyana furcata Zhi & Chen, 2021

Kirbyana furcata Zhi & Chen , in Zhi et al., 2021: 8 .

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Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Jinzhuping Village (22°56’, 104°30’), Dulong Town , Maguan County, Yunnan Province, 14 August 2017, leg. Yan Zhi, Qiang Luo and Nian Gong (holotype); 1♂ 1♀, Jinchengjiang Park (24°41’, 108°3’), Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region , 17 July 2015, leg. Ying-Jian Wang (paratypes) .

Host plant. Bamboo ( Poaceae , Bambuseae ).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characters: ventral margin of periandrium with three spinous processes, two on base and one on apex; apex of periandrium with a long spinous process on the right side; endosoma with three spinous processes on or near the apex.

Figures

FIGURE 37. Kirbyana furcata 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 38. Kirbyana furcata 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).