Lamelliassus chiangmaiensis, Dai, Wu, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2015

Dai, Wu, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, A review of the leafhopper tribe Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) with description of new taxa, Zootaxa 3911 (1), pp. 1-142 : 30

Lamelliassus chiangmaiensis sp. nov.

( Figs 5 A, B, 19A–G, 23B)

Male 7.0 mm long, 3.0 mm wide across humeral angles. Head and venter including legs unmarked; pronotum with median black spot on posterior margin; mesonotum dark orange brown anteriorly with four lobes extended posterad; scutellum black apically; forewing with base of clavus dark orange brown, corium with diffuse oblique brown stripe extended along bases of apical cells terminating in brown macula at wing apex and brown marginal area on appendix; hind wing hyaline ( Fig. 5 A, B). Male subgenital plate approximately triangular with base weakly constricted, twice as long as maximum width ( Fig. 19 C); connective stem somewhat broadened from base to apex, lateral margins of arms parallel ( Fig. 19 D); style in lateral view with apophysis nearly straight, excavated preapically on dorsal surface, in ventral view with apex paddlelike ( Fig. 19 B, G); aedeagus with posterolateral flange finely serrate preapically ( Fig. 19 F, G).

Material examined. Holotype ♂ THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS Nature trail 19º24.278'N 98º55.311'E 491m, Malaise trap 7–14.x.2007, Songkran & Apichart leg. T3175 [ QSBG].

Note. The species name refers to the type locality, Chaing Mai Province, Thailand.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal and lateral habitus. A, B, Lamelliassus chiangmaiensis sp. nov.; C, D, Siamiassus constanti sp. nov.; E, F, Trocniassus shaanxiensis sp. nov.; G, H, Trocniassus henanensis sp. nov.

FIGURE 19. Lamelliassus chiangmaiensis sp. nov. A. Genital capsule, lateral view; B. Style, lateral view; C. Genital capsule, ventral view; D. Connective; E. Abdomen, ventral view; F. Aedeagus, lateral view; G, Gentalia, ventral view.