Sphinctogoniella lingula (Yang & Li, 2002) Yang & Li, 2002

Meng, Ze-hong, Yang, Mao-fa & Zhou, Yu-feng, 2016, A new sharpshooter genus for Sphinctogonialingula Yang & Li (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) from China, ZooKeys 561, pp. 21-29 : 24-26

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Cicadellidae

Sphinctogoniella lingula (Yang & Li, 2002) comb. n. Figs 1-6, 13-18, 26-32

Sphinctogonia lingula Yang & Li in Li & Jin, 2002: 176.

Description.

Length of males 8.7-9.5 mm, females 9.0-9.8 mm.

Coloration. Head and thorax dorsum and forewings orange-red to red, eyes and ocelli black. Head with two round black spots at apex; crown with anterior two black spots in front of ocelli, median portion with small black spot; basal margin with two connected triangular or trapeziform black spots behind ocelli. Pronotum with transverse anterior and posterior four black spots, anterior median two connecting with basal two black spots of crown, posterior median two connecting with black spots of basal angles of mesonotum; mesonotum with triangular black spots on basal angles, scutellum with large black spot; forewing with two longitudinal slender black stripes medially, basal angle black, apical membrane black brown, inner and outer margins black brown. Face orange yellow or off-white, apical portion of frontoclypeus with pair of lateral large black spots; anteclypeus with apico-median black marking in some specimens. Thoracic venter black brown to black, legs pale yellow brown. Abdominal venter black, sternites of posterior margin yellow white.

Male genitalia. Male pygofer lobes tapered to apex (Fig. 13) without process, with macrosetae near posterior margin. Subgenital plates (Fig. 14) tapered to acute apex, distal half with uniseriate macrosetae medially and some short microsetae laterally. Aedeagus (Figs 15, 16) slender, in lateral view curved ventrally, of similar width throughout length with apex truncate; in ventral view broad basally tapered to near apex then expanded apically with a pair of triangular flaps; articulating at its base with subapical part of paraphysis; gonopore apical on dorsal surface. Paraphysis (Figs 15, 16) un-paired, with ventral surface of distal half concave with three elongate spiniform processes, curved dorsally. Connective (Fig. 17) broadly V-shaped. Style (Fig. 18) slender, extending posteriorly well beyond apex of connective, apex curved, hook-shaped.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 26) ligulately produced, posterior margin with shallow concavity medially; internal sternite VIII membranous. Pygofer (Fig. 27), in lateral view, moderately produced; posterior margin with a subtriangular apical lobe; surface with macrosetae on posterior portion and extending anteriorly along ventral margin beyond its midlength. Valvifers I, in lateral view, nearly oval, bases slightly narrower. Valvifers II with small group of clustered setae near articulation point. Valvulae I (Figs 28, 29) of ovipositor, in lateral view, slightly expanded near apex; dorsal sculptured area extending from basal curvature to apex, broader near apex, formed by scale-like processes arranged in oblique lines; ventral sculptured area restricted to apical portion, formed mostly by scale-like processes; apex of shaft acute; dorsal margin forming denticles on apical portion of shaft. Valvulae II (Figs 30-32) of ovipositor, in lateral view, well expanded beyond basal curvature; dorsal and ventral margins slightly convex; apex acute; preapical prominence absent; approximately 23 teeth distributed from basal expanded portion to apical portion of shaft; all teeth subtriangular, basal teeth with superior angle slightly rounded, later with flat posterior area; median teeth strongly produced; apical portion with dentate dorsal margin longer than ventral margin; ducts extending toward teeth and toward apical portion of shaft. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with basal half narrow and apical half distinctly expanded; apex rounded; surface with few setae on apical portion.

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou).

Material examined.

1♂ (Holotype, FAFU), China, Fujian Province, Jianyang County, 7 April 1960, coll. Ma Cheng-lin; 1♀ (BMNH), China, Fujian Province, Yongan, Tianbaoshan, 17 May 2012, coll. Chang Zhi-min; 1♀ (GUGC), China, Fujian Province, Shilin County, 21 May 2012, coll. Long Jian-kun; 1♀ (Paratype, GUGC), China, Guangxi Province, Huaping, 5 June 1997, coll. Yang Mao-fa; 1♀ (GUGC), China, Guangxi Province, Huaping, 13 May 2014, coll. Qu Ling, Wu Yun-fei and Yang Hang; 1♂ (GUGC), China, Guangxi Province, Guilin, 26 April 2012, coll. Yang Zai-hua; 1♂ (BMNH), China, Guangxi Province, Guilin, 26 April 2012, coll. Zheng Wei-bin; 3♀♀ (Paratype, GUGC), China, Guizhou Province, Maolan, 26-30 May 1998, coll. Li Zi-zhong and Wang Lian-min; 3♂♂ (GUGC), 5♀♀ (GUGC), China, Guizhou Province, Daozhen County, Dashahe, 22-27 May 2004, coll. Song Qiong-zhang, Zhang Bin, Xu Fang-ling and Xu Pian; 1♀ (GUGC), China, Guizhou Province, Shibing County, Yuntaishan, 20 May 2009, coll. Yang Zai-hua.