Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013

Zhi, Yan, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Pei & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2017, Taxonomic study of the genus Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae), ZooKeys 695, pp. 19-35 : 25

Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013 Figs 34-42

Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013: 45: figs 14-26; 47: 30-32.

Material examined.

1♂, China: Guizhou, Yanhe County, Daheba, 5-12 June 2007, Pei Zhang (Holotype); 1♀, same data as holotype (Paratype); 3♀♀, China: Guizhou, Yanhe County, Lijiaba, 5-12 June 2007, Pei Zhang (Paratypes); 19♂♂, 16♀♀, China: Hubei, Luotian County, Qingtaiguan, (31°16'N, 115°69'E), 29 June– 3 July 2014, Zhi-Min Chang, Zheng-Xiang Zhou and Mei-Na Guo.

Supplementary description.

Female genitalia. Pygofer (Figs 34-35, 37) moderately sclerotised, 1.2 times longer than wide in caudal view. Anal tube (Figs 34, 36) short, shorter than wide in dorsal view, ventral margin slightly convex in lateral view; anal styles relatively short and small, strap-like. Gonapophysis VIII and IX and gonoplac (Figs 38-40) same as in N. acutata , while width of spiculated area approximately 1/8 of gonoplac, length of gonoplac 4.6 times of its width. Posterior vagina (Figs 41-42) stubby, with a long transverse sclerite near terminal, an irregular sclerite (left edge large and right edge small) and several circular or oval ones in dorsal view, without sclerite near base.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Hubei).

Remarks.

Female of N. hamata is similar to N. acutata sp. n., but differs in: (1) posterior vagina without sclerite near base (posterior vagina with two longitudinal sclerites near base in N. acutata ); (2) anal tube shorter than wide in dorsal view (in N. acutata , anal tube longer than wide in dorsal view).

Note.

The female genitalia of this species is described and illustrated for the first time.