Subulatus flavidus Li & Li

Li, Yu-Jian, Li, Zi-Zhong & Yang, Mao-Fa, 2015, A review of the leafhopper genus Subulatus Yang & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae), with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 3914 (1), pp. 77-82 : 79-81

Subulatus flavidus Li & Li sp. nov.

Figs 4–13

Description. Crown ( Fig. 4 ) light yellow. Area surrounding ocelli with black marking. Eyes dark, ocelli brown ( Fig. 4 ). Face ( Fig. 6 ) light yellow, frontoclypeus with two black markings on each side of median longitudinal carina, middle area of clypellus with a black stripe, meeting area of crown and face with three black markings. Middle area of pronotum black, frontal and rear area white-yellow, scutellum ( Fig. 4 ) black. Forewings ( Figs 4–5 ) gray gray black, clavus and subcostal cell yellow. Hindwings gray.

Male pygofer ( Fig. 7 ) triangular, longer than high, attenuate caudally, with elongate, slender ventral process arising near base. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 8 ) elongate, with some fine setae on inside submargin and several long setae near apex. Aedeagus ( Figs 9–11 ) somewhat bulbous; distal half compressed, recurved dorsally, without posterior projection near base of shaft. Other male genitalia characteristics as in Figs 7–13 .

Female slightly longer than male; general coloration similar to that of male. Sternite VII ( Fig. 14 ) similar to inverted triangle, posterior margin with small median tooth. First valvulae ( Figs 15–16 ) elongate, curved dorsad towards apex, dorsal sculpturing indistinctly concatenate, ventral sculpturing imbricate. Second valvulae ( Figs 17–18 ) sigmoid, slender in basal 2/3, apex with dorsal teeth more numerous, prominent and closely spaced. Other genitalia characteristics as shown in Figs 14–18 .

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 6.3–6.5mm; ♀, 6.4–6.7mm.

Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Longling, 10 June 2011, coll. Li Yujian ( GUGC). Paratypes: 7 ♂ 8 ♀, same data as holotype ( GUGC); 12 ♂ 8 ♀, Yunnan, Longling, 10–11 June 2011, coll. Long Jiankun ( GUGC); 6 ♂ 8 ♀, Yunnan, Longling, Longxin, 10–11 June 2011, coll. Yang Zaihua ( GUGC); 3 ♂ 2 ♀, Yunnan, Longling, Longxin, 10–11 June 2011, coll. Li Yujian ( GUGC); 1 ♀, Yunnan, Longling, 25 July 2002, coll. Yang Maofa ( GUGC); 1 ♂, Yunnan, Lushui, Pianma, 21 July 2012, coll. Long Jiankun ( GUGC).

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin word flavidus (flavid), indicating the color of clavus of the forewings.

Remarks. This species resembles Subulatus bipunctatus Yang & Zhang , but it can be distinguished by the shape of its aedeagus and little scaly bumps only on dorsal side.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 6. Subulatus flavidus sp. nov. 4. Male, dorsal view; 5. Male, lateral view; 6. Male, ventral view.

FIGURES 7 – 13. Subulatus flavidus sp. nov.; 7. Male pygofer, lateral view; 8. Subgenital plate 9. Aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; 10. Aedeagus, connective and style, ventral view; 11. Aedeagus, lateral view; 12. Connective, ventral view; 13. Style, lateral view.

FIGURES 14 – 18. Subulatus flavidus sp. nov., female genitalia: 14. sternite VII, ventral view; 15. valvula I, lateral view; 16. apex of valvula I, lateral view; 17. valvula II, lateral view; 18. apex of valvula II, lateral view.