taxonID	type	description	language	source
D309CD23FFB4FFABFF31F211E5FC3FF0.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Mileewa margheritae Distant, 1908, by original designation.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB4FFABFF31F211E5FC3FF0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental, Ethiopian.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	description	(Fig. 1) Dorsum of head and thorax black. Crown with a broad yellowish-white median longitudinal stripe extending posteriorly to apex of scutellum; lateral margin with a narrow yellowish-white stripe extending posteriorly across middle of eye; eyes black, ocelli dark gray. Pronotum with two yellowish-brown oblique stripes on each side, outer stripe aligned with lateral stripe of crown. Scutellum with four indistinct yellowish-brown longitudinal stripes in addition to median yellowish-white longitudinal stripe, lateral pair connected with inner longitudinal stripes on lateral areas of pronotum. Forewing black, with pale suffusions on basal half, apical margin grayish-white and translucent; wing surface with nine yellowish-brown translucent spots of various sizes: two at apex of clavus, four in middle of corium, one at base of second apical cell, and two near apex of costal margin. Face, thoracic venter and abdominal venter grayish-white to yellowish-white. Crown angulately produced anteriorly, median length slightly longer than interocular width; coronal suture long, reaching about two-thirds median length of crown; crown surface flat, area between ocellus and eye concave; ocelli located at the imaginary line between the anterior eye angles, the lateral clypeal suture reaching ocelli; a groove-like depression extending arcuately from apex of coronal suture to outer side of each ocellus. Face with frontoclypeus slightly convex, lateral muscle impressions distinct; anteclypeus longitudinally convex; clypeal sulcus indistinct medially. Pronotum wider than head, anterior margin arcuately produced, posterior margin nearly straight. Scutellum with transverse depression slightly posterior to midlength, nearly straight, not reaching lateral margins. Male pygofer side broad, apical margin nearly truncate, ventral area with short fine setae; pygofer process stalked basally, broadened posteriorly into a wide shovel-like lamella, apex reaching apical margin of pygofer. Subgenital plates short and slender, with one oblique row of macrosetae and short fine setae on outer area. Aedeagus stout, stem-like, with a posterodorsally directed dorsal process at base, about one-third as long as shaft; shaft apically arcuately curved dorsad, apex rounded and medially cleft; dorsum at basal third with one long ramiform process, its apex reaching apex of shaft, and venter with a pair of long ramiform processes, their apices slightly exceeding apex of shaft; venter at basal two-thirds with one digitiform process directed basoventrad. Connective Y-shaped, stem shorter than arms. Style slender and elongate, with several fine setae medially, apex evenly tapered and slightly curved mesad.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet rutricauda is a compound Latin word " rutrum " (means shovel) and “ cauda ” (means tail), referring to the shovel-like pygofer process.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.8 – 4.9 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Beibeng Township, Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, alt. 913 m, 30 June 2022, coll. Li-Kun Zhong. Paratype, 1 ♂, Dexing Township, Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, alt. 827 m, 29 June 2022, coll. Yan Ding.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar externally to Mileewa albovittata Chiang & Knight, 1991, but can be distinguished from the latter by the dorsal markings of the head and thorax, the number and position of hyaline spots on the forewing, and the shapes of the pygofer process and aedeagus.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB5FFABFF31F748E57F3988.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Xizang).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	description	(Fig. 2) Dorsum of head and thorax and forewing black. Anterior part of crown with five yellowish-white longitudinal stripes; each anterolateral side of ocellus with a yellowish-white stripe along lateral clypeal suture; ocelli dark brown, eyes black. Forewing with small yellowish-brown translucent spots scattered on middle and basal areas, outer margin with a narrow grayish-white hyaline border, and middle of posterior margin and bases of second and third apical cells each with one hyaline spot. Face, thoracic venter and legs grayish-white, lateral muscle impressions on frontoclypeus dark gray. Abdominal venter yellowish-white, apical part of abdomen and subgenital plates dark brown. Crown roundly produced anteriorly, median length slightly shorter than interocular width; coronal suture present only basally, about one-third median length; ocelli located at the imaginary line between the anterior eye angles and the tip of the lateral clypeal suture. Face with frontoclypeus slightly convex, lateral muscle impressions distinct; anteclypeus longitudinally convex, clypeal sulcus complete. Pronotum wider than head, anterior margin roundly produced, posterior margin nearly straight. Scutellum with transverse depression medially, straight, extending to lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side broad and short, apical margin obliquely truncate ventrad, ventral area with short fine setae; pygofer process slender, tapering apically, extending to three-fifths length of pygofer side, apex curved dorsad into a shallow hook. Subgenital plates slightly longer than pygofer, inner marginal area with rows of macrosetae, biseriate on basal half and uniseriate on distal half, disc and outer marginal area with long and short fine setae. Aedeagus slender, dragon-like in lateral view, base with one lamellate dorsal process extending posterodorsad to near midlength of shaft, apex of dorsal process truncate; basal half of shaft bent twice, then extended straight posteriorly, apical quarter slightly expanded, each side with three rows of long retrorse spine-like processes, lateral margins medially denticulate. Connective Y-shaped with short, broad median anterior lobe, stem longer than arms. Style stout and elongate, with fine setae near midlength, apical part slender, apex tapered and slightly curved mesad, subapical part with one broad lamellate medial process, its apical margin dentate.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after the dragon-like aedeagus in lateral view.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 5.4 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Heizhugou Township, Ebian County, Sichuan Province, China, alt. 1800 m, 22 June 2022, coll. Li-Kun Zhong.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to Mileewa snakecephala Yang, Meng & Li, 2017, but can be distinguished from the latter by the pygofer process, which is relatively straight, curved only apically, and shorter, reaching only three-fifths length of the pygofer side (in M. snakecephala, the pygofer process is arcuately curved dorsad throughout and reaches nearly to the apical margin of the pygofer side), and by the basal half of the aedeagal shaft being bent twice and the apical part bearing three rows of long spine-like processes on each side (in M. snakecephala, the basal half of the shaft is straight and each side of the apex bears one long slender branch).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFA9FF31F5B8E5453BFC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Sichuan).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	description	(Fig. 3) Dorsum of head, thorax and forewing black. Anterior part of crown with seven fine yellowish-brown stripes. Area posterior to transverse depression of scutellum slightly paler. Forewing with one large white hyaline spot at midlength of corium, its apex reaching subcostal area; bases of second and third apical cells each with one small white hyaline spot, the spot in second apical cell slightly larger and triangular, that in third apical cell smaller and nearly rounded. Frontoclypeal area yellowish-white; remaining area of face, thoracic venter and legs grayish-white. Abdomen pale yellow, subgenital plates and pygofer blackish-brown. Crown roundly produced anteriorly, median length slightly shorter than interocular width; coronal suture absent; crown surface slightly transversely concave between ocelli and shallowly concave between ocellus and eye; ocelli located at the imaginary line between the anterior eye angles and the tip of the lateral clypeal suture. Face with frontoclypeus slightly convex, lateral muscle impressions distinct; anteclypeus longitudinally convex, clypeal sulcus indistinct medially. Pronotum with anterior margin slightly produced, posterior margin slightly concave medially; scutellum with transverse depression medially, slightly arcuate, not reaching lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side broad, apical margin slightly concave, ventral area with fine setae; pygofer process bent dorsad medially, tapering apically, apex not extended to pygofer apex. Subgenital plates long and slender, narrowing apically, median area with one row of macrosetae. Aedeagus lamellate, basal third slightly constricted, dorsum medially with one lamellate process, dorsal apical portion produced into a glans-like lobe, ventral apical portion cup-shaped. Connective Y-shaped with short, relatively narrow median anterior lobe, stem longer than arms. Style slender and elongate, apex acute, with one small medial tooth subapically.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species name refers to the type locality, Dexing.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.5 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Dexing Township, Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, alt. 857 m, 28 June 2022, coll. Li-Kun Zhong.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to Mileewa jianzhuensis Meng & Yang, 2010, but can be distinguished from the latter by the larger hyaline spot at midlength of corium of the forewing, with its apex reaching the subcostal area and not triangular; the male style bearing one small subapical tooth, and the distinctly different shapes of the male pygofer side, subgenital plates and aedeagus.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB7FFACFF31F33CE57F3CCC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Xizang).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	description	(Fig. 4) Dorsum of head and thorax and forewing black. Ocelli dark brown. Anterior part of crown with numerous fine yellowish-white longitudinal stripes of unequal length, basal area with a short blackish-brown longitudinal spot below each ocellus (indistinct in some specimens). Basal half of scutellum dark brown, medially with a small inverted triangular yellowish-brown spot (indistinct in some specimens), apical half yellowish-white, the pale area arcuately widened basally, apex black. Forewing surface with scattered brown translucent small spots, outer margin with a grayish-white translucent border, middle of posterior margin with one large triangular white hyaline spot, bases of second and third apical cells each with one small white hyaline spot. Face, thoracic venter and legs grayish-white, lateral areas of frontoclypeus with rows of pale brown oblique stripes. Abdominal venter yellowish-white, but sternites VI – VIII and subgenital plates black with irregular yellowish-white spots. Crown roundly produced anteriorly, median length shorter than interocular width; coronal suture distinct, reaching one-third median length; crown surface shallowly transversely concave between ocelli, area between ocellus and eye concave; ocelli located slightly basad of imaginary line between anterior eye angles and the tip of the lateral clypeal suture. Face with frontoclypeus moderately convex, lateral muscle impressions distinct; anteclypeus transversely and arcuately convex basally, longitudinally carinate medially and distally; clypeal sulcus indistinct medially. Pronotum with anterior margin roundly produced, posterior margin slightly concave; scutellum with transverse depression medially, straight, not reaching lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side roundly produced apically, ventral area with sparse short fine setae; pygofer process strip-shaped, curved dorsad, apex bifurcate, extending to nearly two-thirds length of pygofer. Subgenital plates slender and elongate, extending posteriorly beyond pygofer apex, bearing one row of macrosetae, disc medially and distally with fine setae. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme well developed, slender, and about one third as long as shaft; shaft curved posterodorsad from base, with pair of posteroventrally directed spines subapically, about as long as shaft width; apex of shaft with pair of blade-like hooks extended anterodorsad. Connective Y-shaped, anterior medial lobe weakly developed, stem slightly longer than arms. Style evenly curved dorsad in middle and apical portions, with fine setae medially, apex acuminate, with one small medial tooth at distal third.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in honor of Professor Li Zizhong, a prominent expert engaged in leafhopper taxonomy research, the mentor of the first author. To celebrate his 90 th birthday, and express sincere gratitude for his devoted cultivation.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.2 – 4.5 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 1543 m, 9 May 2023, coll. Min Li. Paratypes: 1 ♂, Jinping County, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 1998 m, 3 September 2021, coll. Hong-Li He; 4 ♂♂, Fenshuiling, Jinping County, Yunnan Province, China, 31 August 2021, coll. Yan Jiang; 1 ♂, Fenshuiling, Jinping County, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 1998 m, 3 September 2021, coll. Yan Jiang.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to Mileewa decemspina Yang & Li, 2010, but can be distinguished from the latter by the scutellum apex being black; the male pygofer process being bifurcate apically; the subgenital plates bearing one row of macrosetae; the aedeagus with one pair of blade-like hooks apically and one pair of posteroventrally directed spines subapically; and the style with a small medial tooth at distal third.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFB2FFA2FF31F66DE5423FB4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	description	(Fig. 5) Body with dorsum and forewing black. Anterior part of crown with seven fine yellowish-white stripes, basal area with a faint yellowish-brown spot below each ocellus. Basal two-fifths of scutellum dark brown, distal three-fifths yellowish-white, apex black. Forewing surface scattered with small yellowish-brown translucent spots, middle of posterior margin with one large triangular white hyaline spot, bases of second and third apical cells each with one small white hyaline spot. Face, thoracic venter, legs and abdominal venter grayish-white or yellowish-white; subgenital plates and pygofer blackish-brown. Crown arcuately produced anteriorly, median length equal to interocular width; central area of crown flat, area between ocellus and eye slightly concave; coronal suture absent; ocelli located at the imaginary line between the anterior eye angles and the tip of the lateral clypeal suture. Frontoclypeus moderately convex, lateral muscle impressions rather distinct; anteclypeus longitudinally convex; clypeal sulcus indistinct medially. Pronotum slightly wider than head, anterior margin roundly produced, posterior margin slightly angulately concave medially; scutellum with transverse depression medially, straight, not reaching lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side obliquely truncate ventrad apically, apicoventral corner roundly produced, ventral margin with fine setae; pygofer process broad on basal half, distal half bent posterodorsad and gradually tapering, apex slightly curved, not reaching apical margin of pygofer. Subgenital plates slightly broadened apically, apex curved laterad, overall knife-like, median area with one row of macrosetae, outer area and apical disc with long and short fine setae. Aedeagus broad and lamellate, with one short broad membranous dorsal process medially on posterior surface; dorsal apical part with one long clavate process, its apex emarginate; ventral apical surface with one pair of somewhat elongate tapered processes, their apices hooked anterad. Connective Y-shaped, stem broad, longer than arms, median anterior lobe poorly developed. Style slightly broadened toward midlength then gradually tapered to apex, with fine setae medially, distal half curved dorsolaterad, apex acute.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species name refers to the type locality, Taibai.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.8 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Huangboyuan Township, Taibai County, Shanxi Province, China, alt. 1802 m, 25 July 2023, coll. Mei-Shu Guo.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to Mileewa dorsimaculata (Melichar, 1902), but can be distinguished from the latter by the scutellum apex being black; the male pygofer process not being hook-shaped apically; the apex of the subgenital plates lacking macrosetae; the style lacking a subapical process; and the distinctly different shapes of the apical processes of the aedeagus.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA2FF31F4F9E57A384C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Shanxi).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	description	(Fig. 6) Body dorsum and forewing dark brown to black. Pronotum with a yellowish-brown median longitudinal stripe extending to middle of scutellum, basal half of scutellum with two yellowish-brown longitudinal oblique stripes and a stripe along transverse depression, together forming a pagoda-like pattern; apex of scutellum yellowish-white. Forewing with one semicircular hyaline spot near distal part of costal margin. Basal margin of face black, remainder of face, thoracic venter and legs grayish-white. Abdominal venter black, posterior margins of sternites bordered yellowish-white. Crown arcuately produced anteriorly, median length shorter than interocular width; coronal suture visible, reaching half median length; crown slightly convex, area between ocellus and eye slightly concave; Ocelli located slightly in front of imaginary line between anterior eye angles, at apices of the lateral clypeal sutures. Face with frontoclypeus slightly convex, lateral muscle impressions distinct; clypeal sulcus distinct and complete. Pronotum slightly wider than head, anterior margin arcuately produced, posterior margin shallowly concave; scutellum with transverse depression medially, slightly arcuate, not reaching lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side roundly produced apically, ventral area with short fine setae; pygofer process stout and short, reaching only middle of pygofer, with one long dorsally directed spine at base and one at apex. Subgenital plates slightly longer than pygofer, elongate, with one oblique row of macrosetae, outer half and apical margin with long fine setae. Aedeagus slender, basal one-third with a stout short dorsal process, base of dorsal process with one long slender branch on each side directed dorsad; each side of shaft apex with one long horn-like process, inner basal margin of each process with one tooth; subapical ventral surface with one pair of short horn-like processes. Connective Y-shaped, stem long and slender, longer than arms, median anterior lobe absent. Style slender and elongate, curved dorsad medially and bearing fine setae, with medial thumb-like process slightly distal to midlength, apex acute.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species name indicates thorax with pagoda pattern in dorsal view.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.4 – 4.5 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Baihualing, Mt. Gaoligong, Baoshan Municipality, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 1665 m, 26 May 2023, coll. Min Li. Paratypes: 2 ♂♂, same data as holotype.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is very similar to Mileewa xiaofeiae Yang, Meng & He, 2014 in external morphological characteristics and shape of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the latter by the pygofer process bearing a spine at the base, and the apical processes of the aedeagal shaft being horn-like, with a tooth on the inner basal margin of each process.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBCFFA1FF31F391E5423DD0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	description	(Fig. 7) Dorsum of head and thorax and forewing dark brown. Anterior part of crown with a yellowish-brown anchorshaped stripe. Forewing with a narrow grayish-white hyaline border on outer margin, bases of second and third apical cells each with one white hyaline spot, base of first apical cell and subapical part of costal margin each with one relatively large yellowish-brown translucent spot, middle of wing with small yellowish-brown translucent spots. Face, thoracic venter and legs grayish-white. Abdominal venter dark brown, posterior and lateral margins of sternites slightly paler, subgenital plates black with white base. Crown roundly produced anteriorly, median length shorter than interocular width; coronal suture visible, length nearly half median length; ocelli located slightly basad of imaginary line between anterior eye angles, lateral clypeal sutures reaching ocelli; central area of crown flat, area between ocellus and eye slightly concave. Face with frontoclypeus convex, lateral muscle impressions indistinct; anteclypeus convex on basal half and flat on distal half; clypeal sulcus complete. Pronotum with anterior margin produced anteriorly, posterior margin nearly straight; scutellum with transverse depression medially, slightly arcuate, not reaching lateral margins of scutellum. Male pygofer side emarginate apically, apical area membranous, ventral area with scattered fine setae; pygofer process slender and strip-shaped, bent posterodorsad from base, tapering apically, apex not extended to apical margin of pygofer. Subgenital plates slightly broadened medially and narrowed apically, inner area with two rows of macrosetae, disc with fine setae. Aedeagus elongate and S-shaped; base with dorsal apodeme slender, directed posterodorsad, nearly reaching level of shaft midlength; apical part of shaft arcuately expanded dorsad into a lamella; ventral apical surface with two pairs of spine-like processes extended distad; subapical ventral margin with four small teeth arranged in two symmetrical rows; each side at basal two-thirds with one small tooth. Connective Y-shaped, stem broad and short, longer than arms, median anterior lobe absent. Style with fine setae medially, apex bifurcate with medial branch short, broad and toothed apically, lateral branch longer and tapered apically.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species name refers to the type locality, Gelang.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	description	Measurement. Length of male 4.5 – 4.6 mm.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Gelang Township, Menghai County, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 1667 m, 16 – 17 May 2023, coll. Min Li. Paratypes: 2 ♂♂, same data as holotype.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to Mileewa anchora Yang & Li, 1999, but can be distinguished from the latter by the forewing lacking a yellowish-brown translucent oblique band on the middle-posterior area, base of first apical cell and subapical part of costal margin each with one relatively large yellowish-brown translucent spot, and by the apical part of the aedeagal shaft being arcuately expanded dorsad into a lamella and bearing two pairs of spine-like processes apically.	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
D309CD23FFBFFFA7FF31F111E5423F90.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan).	en	Yang, Maofa, Yao, Qingping, He, Hongli, Yu, Xiaofei (2026): Seven new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China. Zootaxa 5856 (1): 287-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5856.1.37
