Three new species of the leafhopper subfamily Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China
Wang, Xian-Yi
Wu, Yun-Fei
Dai, Ren-Huai
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-03
4442
3
378
388
8JRM2
Wang & Wu & Dai, 2018
Wang & Wu & Dai
2018
[151,423,1540,1566]
Insecta
Cicadellidae
Decliviassus
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
4
382
Arthropoda
species
sagittatus
sp. nov.
Description.Body length. (including tegmina): ♂, 7.2 mm. Overall coloration bright yellow, without dark spots; forewing membrane translucent. Ocelli separated by about 5 times distance from ocellus to adjacent eye; clypeal suture prominent, anteclypeus central arched, base front width exceeds the apex ( Fig. 8). Scutellum wider than long ( Fig. 2). Male genitalia.Pygofer side ship-shaped, gradually narrowed from base to apex, with numerous macrosetae distally ( Fig. 37). Subgenital plate short and broad, triangular, pygofer ventral process short, apex curved slightly ventrad and mesad ( Figs. 37–38). Connective straplike, simple ( Fig. 40). Style slender, close to the apex slightly bending outwards apically ( Fig. 39). Aedeagus hairpin-shaped in lateral aspect, apex almost membranous; dorsal apodeme bifurcate in ventral aspect, shaft apex arrow-shaped; gonopore apical between bases of paired processes ( Figs. 41–42).
Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan Province, Menglun City, 2. V. 2015, collected by Wang Jia-jiaand Wu Yun-fei;
Remarks.The new species is similar to D. bipunctatusDai, Dietrich & Zhang, Butcan be distinguished from the latter by the absence of a pair of brown lateral spots on the pronotum, the structure of the aedeagus, the acuminate style apophysis, and the triangular subgenital plate.
Etymology.The new species name is derived from the Latin word “ sagittatus”, refering to the arrow-shaped apex of the aedeagus.
Distribution. China( Yunnan Province).
1950907453
2015-05-02
Wang Jia-jia & Wu Yun-fei
China
Menglun City
5
383
1
1
Yunnan Province
holotype