Limassolla Dlabola, 1965

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3127, pp. 53-63 : 53-54

Limassolla Dlabola, 1965

Limassolla Dlabola, 1965: 663

Pruthius Mahmood, 1967: 33

Type species: Zyginella pistaciae Linnavuori, 1962

Brightly colored. Body length about 2.5–3.5 mm. Head conically produced medially, little narrower than greatest width of pronotum; coronal suture prominent. Ocelli absent, face convex. Crown and pronotum usually with red, orange or yellow patterns. Scutellum small, nearly triangular. Forewing narrow, with numerous scattered dark spots variable within and between species; 2nd apical cell largest; 3rd apical cell triangular, petiolate at base. Hindwing submarginal vein joining Cu1 near mcu1 vein.

Abdominal apodemes well developed.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe with thin microsetae on lateral surface, and with long appendage usually broadened subapically arising from pygofer caudoventrally. Subgenital plate broad basally, distinctly tapered near apex, with 1–2 or row of long macrosetae subbasally. Style with apex foot-like, usually with few short microsetae near mesal surface and tooth on inner margin preapically. Aedeagus variable, process usually present, but differing in shape and position. Connective with short lateral arms and long or short stem.

Distribution. Oriental, Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Australian regions.

Key to Chinese species (3) of the subgenus Limassolla

(Note: L. bielawskii Dworakowska, 1969 and L. dostali Dworakowska & Lauterer, 1975 are omitted because they are known only from females.)

1. Aedeagus without process ( multipunctata group)............................................................. 2

- Aedeagus with process................................................................................. 6

2. Aedeagal shaft tapering towards apex, dorsal margin strongly sclerotized, terminal margin slightly concave...................................................................................................... L. lingchuanensis

- Not as above......................................................................................... 3

3. Aedeagus compressed.................................................................................. 4

- Aedeagus tubular...................................................................................... 5

4. Fore wing clavus with 3 orange red markings; scutellum with milky yellow patch behind transverse impression; subgenital plate with two long macrosetae subbasally......................................................... L. emmrichi

- Fore wing clavus with 1–2 orange red markings; scutellum without patch below transverse impression; subgenital plate with single long macroseta subbasally............................................................. L. multipunctata

5. Pygofer ventral appendage and aedeagus shaft tapering towards ape.................................. L. rubrolimbata

- Pygofer ventral appendage strongly broadened at apex; aedeagal shaft not tapering towards apex............. L. ishiharai

6. Aedeagus with apical and basal processes, either single or paired ( dworakowskae group)............................ 7

- Aedeagus with either apical or basal processes, but not both................................................... 10

7. Aedeagal shaft with paired apical processes................................................................8

- Aedeagal shaft with single apical process................................................................... 9

8. Aedeagus apical processes lamella-like, with serrated lateral margins ( Figs. 44, 45 )................ L. yingjianga sp. nov.

- Aedeagus apical processes teeth-like................................................................ L. unica

9. Aedeagus with paired basal processes........................................................ L. dworakowskae

- Aedeagus with single basal process ( Figs. 25, 26 )........................................... L. qianfoensis sp. nov.

10. Aedeagus with 1–2 pairs of apical processes, no basal process ( dispunctata group)................................ 11

- Aedeagus with basal processes, no apical process (aureate group).............................................. 17

11. Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of apical processes........................................................... 12

- Aedeagal shaft with one pair of apical processes............................................................ 13

12. Two pairs of apical processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcate............................................. L. hebeiensis

- Only one pair of apical processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcate........................................ L. dispunctata

13. Aedeagal processes arising preapically............................................................ L. discoloris

- Aedeagal processes arising from apex of shaft.............................................................. 14

14 Aedeagus apical processes bifurcate............................................................... L. diospyri

- Aedeagus apical processes not bifurcate................................................................... 15

15. Aedeagus apical processes extended apically........................................................... L. kakii

- Aedeagus apical processes extended basally............................................................... 16

16. Apical processes of aedeagal shaft wide and flat, with apex almost triangular ( Figs. 35, 36 ).............. L. rutila sp. nov.

- Apical processes of aedeagal shaft narrow and long, thornlike........................................ L. yunnanana

17. Aedeagus with pair of basal processes.................................................................... 18

- Aedeagus with single basal process...................................................................... 20

18. Basal processes broad, longer than aedeagal shaft................................................... L. galewskii

- Basal processes slender, shorter than aedeagal shaft.......................................................... 19

19. Gonopore apical.............................................................................. L. fasciata

- Gonopore subapical ( Figs. 16, 17 )......................................................... L. forcipata sp. nov.

20. Single basal process shorter than aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 7, 8 )................................... L. auriculata sp. nov.

- Single basal process longer than aedeagal shaft............................................................. 21

21. Connective with central lobe..................................................................... L. discreta

- Connective without central lobe......................................................................... 22

22. Aedeagus basal process longer than aedeagal shaft................................................ L. multimacula

- Aedeagus basal process shorter than aedeagal shaft.................................................... L. lanyua

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 46. Limassolla yingjianga sp. nov. 38. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 39. Fore wing. 40. Abdominal apodemes. 41. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 42. Subgenital plate. 43. Style. 44. Aedeagus, lateral view. 45. Aedeagus ventral view. 46. Connective, ventral view.

FIGURES 19 – 27. Limassolla qianfoensis sp. nov. 19. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 20. Fore wing. 21. Abdominal apodemes. 22. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 23. Subgenital plate. 24. Style. 25. Aedeagus, lateral view. 26. Aedeagus ventral view. 27. Connective, ventral view.

FIGURES 28 – 37. Limassolla rutila sp. nov. 28. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 29. Fore wing. 30. Hindwing. 31. Abdominal apodemes. 32. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 33. Subgenital plate. 34. Style. 35. Aedeagus, lateral view. 36. Aedeagus ventral view. 37. Connective, ventral view.

FIGURES 10 – 18. Limassolla forcipata sp. nov. 10. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 11. Fore wing. 12. Abdominal apodemes. 13. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 14. Subgenital plate. 15. Style. 16. Aedeagus, lateral view. 17. Aedeagus ventral view. 18. Connective, ventral view.

FIGURES 1 – 9. Limassolla auriculata sp. nov. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 2. Fore wing. 3. Abdominal apodemes. 4. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 5. Subgenital plate. 6. Style. 7. Aedeagus, lateral view. 8. Aedeagus, ventral view. 9. Connective, ventral view.