Shaddai xianensis Ma, 1981

Luo, Yixiao, Kang, Juxia, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2025, Descriptions of new taxa and records of the microleafhopper tribe Alebrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 5706 (4), pp. 551-570 : 568

Shaddai xianensis Ma ( Fig. 12E–H )

Shaddai xianensis Ma in Chou & Ma, 1981:192

Alebra xianensis, Li, Liu, Wu, Ye & Huang, 2021:14 sphalm.transl.

Material examined. Holotype. ♂, Shaanxi Province, Xian City, Nanwutai Mountain , 25-VI-1980, coll. Ning Ma ; Paratype. 5♀, same data as holotype ; 1♂ 2♀, same data as holotype except 15-V-1980 ; 3♂ 51♀, Hubei Province, Shennongjia National Park , alt. 1700m, 23-VI-2023, coll. Junru Zhang.

Note. The species S. shaanxiensis and S. xianensis were firstly described by Chou & Ma in 1981 from China. Here we provide photographs of their wings as Fig.12 ( Figs 12A–D : S. shaanxiensis , 12A–B are the holotype, 12C–D are a specimen collected from Hubei Province; Figs 12E–H : S. xianensis , 12E–F are the holotype, Figs 12G–H are a specimen collected from Hubei Province).

The genus Shaddai has hind wing submarginal vein not confluent with vein RP, so 1st apical cell partially open ( Figs 12B, 12D, 12F, 12H ). But in the illustrations of the species S. shaanxiensis and S. xianensis , the hind wings of those 2 species were wrongly drawn with the 1st apical cell closed ( Zhang 1990: page 124 Figs 126F, 127F), leading to their incorrect genus placements as Alebra shaanxiensis (Ma) and Alebra xianensis (Ma) in Li's database ( Li et al. 2021). Here, we transfer them to the genus Shaddai again and treat Alebra shaanxiensis (Ma) and Alebra xianensis (Ma) as invalid.

Figures

FIGURE 12. A–D: Shaddai shaanxiensis Ma, E–H: Shaddai xianensis Ma. A, C, E, G. forewing; B, D, F, H. hind wing.