Raabeina curtihamata, Zhang, Yalin & Cao, Yanghui, 2011

Zhang, Yalin & Cao, Yanghui, 2011, A taxonomic study of the Oriental leafhopper genus Raabeina Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with descriptions of five new species and one new record from China, Zootaxa 2935, pp. 47-58 : 51-52

5. Raabeina curtihamata sp. nov.

( Figs. 4, 11, 18 , 55–64 )

Description. Head slightly narrower than pronotum, crown with anterior margin subparallel to posterior margin, coronal suture distinct basally ( Fig. 4 ). Face with frontoclypeus and anteclypeus broad ( Fig. 18 ). Wing venation as in Figs. 55, 56 .

Ground color ochre-yellow to orange. Eyes black. Centre of frontoclypeus dark apically, or not pigmented. Patches pattern and color as in R. bubengensis . Fore wings pale, semitransparent. Abdomen blackish-brown, slightly lightened at hind margin of each sternite. ( Figs. 4, 11, 18 )

Abdominal apodemes large, broad, nearly reaching sixth sternite ( Fig. 57 ).

Anal tube appendage arcuate, not reaching pygofer caudal margin ( Fig. 58 ). Pygofer side well pigmented, especially at its upper basal region; lower basal angle provided with five to six macrosetae; caudal margin somewhat truncate, with a row of seven rigid microsetae ( Fig. 58 ). Subgenital plate with exceedingly long and well pigmented apex; with three macrosetae at transitional part; without minute peg-like microsetae at the angle of caudal part; narrowed area short ( Figs. 59, 60 ). Paramere with apical part elongated, well bent ( Fig. 61 ). Aedeagal shaft broad, straight, as long as preatrium ( Fig. 63 ).

Measurement. Male length 4.0–4.4mm (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: 3, China, Yunnan Prov., Pingbian, 1300m, at lamp, 14 June 2009, coll. Cui Wei; Paratypes: 93, same data as holotype; 3, China, Yunnan Prov., Jinping, 2000m, at light, 12 June 2009, coll. Cui Wei.

Deposition. Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China.

Diagnosis. This species differs from the other species of the genus in having the anal tube appendage shortened and the distal part of the subgenital plate elongate.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Latin prefix “curti-” and Latin word “hamata” which refers to the shorter anal tube appendage.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 21. 1 – 7, dorsal view; 8 – 14, lateral view; 15 – 21, face; 1, 8, 15, Raabeina hsui Chiang & Knight; 2, 9, 16, R. fuscofasciata Dworakowska; 3, 10, 17, R. bubengensis sp. nov.; 4, 11, 18, R. curtihamata sp. nov.; 5, 12, 19, R. biangulara sp. nov.; R.; 7, R. acutata.

FIGURES 55 – 64. Raabeina curtihamata sp. nov. 55, forewing; 56, hind wing; 57, abdominal apodemes, dorsal view; 58, genital capsule, lateral view; 59, subgenital plate, ventral view; 60, angle of caudal part of subgenital plate; 61, paramere, lateral view; 62, connective, dorsal view; 63, aedeagus, lateral view; 64, aedeagus, caudo-ventral view.