Shulebra brunnala Luo & Huang, 2025

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 : 561

Shulebra brunnala Luo & Huang sp. nov. ( Fig. 7 )

Description. Length of male 4.50–4.85mm. Crown yellow, anterior margin bluntly rounded, face with indistinct brown strip medially ( Figs 7C, 7D ). Pronotum black with anterior and posterior margin yellow; scutum and scutellum black, scutoscutellar sulcus area yellow ( Figs 7A, 7B ). Forewing brown with yellow stripe ( Fig. 7E ). Hind wing infuscate ( Fig. 7F ).

Abdominal apodeme reaching to end of 3rd sternite ( Fig. 7G ). Pygofer side with dorsal margin row of rigid microsetae, disc with numerous long thin setae, ventral margin and anterior part with thickened strips ( Fig. 7I ). Subgenital plate narrowed at apical 1/3, with row of macrosetae and small spiny teeth medially, and with microsetae on apical part laterally and outer margin subapically ( Figs 7H, 7J ). Paramere S-shaped with caudal part thin ( Fig. 7K ). Connective V-shaped ( Fig. 7L ). Aedeagal shaft extremely elongate and slim with base S-shaped and apex slightly curved forward from lateral view ( Figs 7M, 7N ).

Material examined. Holotype. ♂, China, Sichuan Province, Chongzhou City, Anzihe Nature Reserve , 4-VII-2016, coll. Xiudan Wang. Paratypes. 1♂, same data as holotype ; 2♂, Chongqing City, Jiangjin District, Simian Mountain , 24-VI-2016, coll. Xiudan Wang.

Etymology. The species name comes from the combination of Latin words “brunne (brown)” and “-ala (wing)”, referring to the brown forewing.

Note. The 2 new species of this genus are similar to each other in body size and shape of aedeagus, but S. brunnala has a brown body and aedeagal shaft with base S-shaped and apex slightly curved forward in lateral view, while S. furvala Luo & Huang sp. nov. has a darker body, the aedeagal shaft slightly bent posterad at apical 1/3 with base straight in lateral view, and the style apex more robust.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Shulebra brunnala Luo & Huang sp. nov. A. dorsal habitus; B. lateral habitus; C. head, ventral view; D. head, anterior view; E. forewing; F. hind wing; G. abdominal apodemes; H. genital capsule; I. pygofer side, lateral view; J. subgenital plate; K. paramere; L. connective; M. aedeagus, lateral view; N. aedeagus, posterior view. Scale bars = 1mm (A, B); 0.5mm (C, D).