Sobrala lamellaris, Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015

Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015, Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China, Zootaxa 3974 (2), pp. 245-256 : 252

Sobrala lamellaris sp. nov.

(Figures 3, 8, 13, 46–54)

Vertex beige to brown, eyes blackish. Pronotum and scutum brown, scutellum dark brown, yellowish-brown at scutoscutellar sulcus. Fore wing and hind wing infuscate and semitransparent, wing venation dark infuscate.

Male genitalia. Abdominal apodemes ( Fig.48 ) reaching 4th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side ( Fig. 49 ) broad with roundish termination, with row of microsetae at hind margin, provided with big lamelliform extension ( Fig. 50 ) with some small teeth. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 51 ) developed, slightly longer than pygofer side, provided with a few small teeth situated at process and several very small microsetae at the centre of plate. Connective ( Fig. 52 ) Yshaped. Paramere ( Fig. 53 ) with apex curved ventrad, beak-like at apical part. Penis ( Fig. 54 ) dorsal apodeme and preatrium not developed, penis stem S-shaped, gonopore apical.

Measurements. Male 3.35–3.70 mm (including wing); female 3.60–4.00 mm (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: male, Chenzhou Suxianling, Hunan Prov., 18 Aug. 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Cai Yonghui; Paratypes: 8 males 1 female, same data as holotype; 1 male 10 females, Chenzhou Suxianling, Hunan Prov., 3 Aug. 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Cai Yonghui; 2 females, Chenzhou Suxianling, Hunan Prov., 5 Aug. 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Cai Yonghui; 13 females, Chenzhou Suxianling, Hunan Prov., 8 Aug. 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Cai Yonghui; 1 male, Emei Qingyinge, Sichuan Prov., 11 Sept. 1988, coll. Zhou Jingruo, Zheng Shuling & Xu Qiuyuan; 9 males, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Prov., 650–670m, 3 Aug. 2004, coll. Wei Cong & Yang Meixia; 11 males 2 females, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Prov., 650–670m, 8 Aug. 2004, coll. Wei Cong & Yang Meixia; 7 males 2 females, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Prov., 650–670m, 9 Aug. 2004, coll. Wei Cong & Yang Meixia; 1 male 1 female, Suichuan Wuzhifeng, Jiangxi Prov., 650–670m, 13 Aug. 2004, coll. Wei Cong & Yang Meixia; 8 males, Tianmushan, Zhejiang Prov., 300m, 27 Jul. 2011, coll. Wang Yang; 2 males, Tianmushan, Zhejiang Prov., 1326m, 28 Jul. 2011, coll. Wang Yang; 15 males, Tianmushan, Zhejiang Prov., 300m, 29 Jul. 2011, coll. Wang Yang.

Remarks. This species differs from all other species in this genus by roundish termination of pygofer side, beak-like apical part of paramere and S-shaped penis stem.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ lamellaris ” referring to the shape of the pygofer side extension.

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 54. Sobrala lamellaris sp. nov. 46, forewing; 47, hindwing; 48, abdominal apodemes; 49, pygofer side, lateral view; 50, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 51, subgenital plate, ventral view; 52, connective, ventral view; 53, paramere, ventral view; 54, aedeagus, lateral view.