Fanjinga digitata Yu & Yang sp. nov.

Description.

Size. Male 3.94-4.00mm.

Whole body yellowish, anterior margin of vertex marked with two brownish patches (Figs 1-3). Pronotum with a longitudinal streak centrally (Figs 1, 2). Scutellum with basolateral triangles black (Figs 1, 2). Abdomen yellowish (Fig. 3). Legs yellowish, except tibia; tarsus and claws of front legs brownish.

Basal sternal abdominal apodemes extending to end of segment VI (Fig. 14). Male pygofer with microsetae at posterior margin, pygofer ventral appendages with teeth on dorsal side, extending beyond posterior margin; lower posterior margin with a finger-like process bearing several microsetae; dorsal bridge occupying more than 1/3 length of pygofer in dorsal view (Figs 6-8, 15-18). Subgenital plate with basal 2/3 curved dorsad in lateral view, with 7 A-group setae, ca. 30 B-group setae, 23 C-group setae and ca. 49 D-group setae (Fig. 22). Paramere with few microsetae and sensory pits subapically (Figs 10, 21). Aedeagus shaft curved dorsad, gonopore apical; preatrium very long, almost 3 times length of shaft; dorsal apodeme absent (Figs 19, 20). Connective notched medially at apex, slightly broader at base (Fig. 23).

Holotype.

♂, China, Guizhou, Fanjing Mountain, 21-August-2017, coll. Yarong Gao (GUGC). Paratypes: 3♂, same collecting data as holotype (1♂ GUGC, 2♂ School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University).

Etymology.

The new species is named from the Latin “digitalis”, meaning finger, for the finger-like process of the male pygofer.

Host plants.

Euonymus ( Celastraceae).

Distribution.

China (Guizhou).