Japanagallia longipenis, C.A.Viraktamath, 2011

C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, Zootaxa 2844, pp. 1-118 : 85-87

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5293886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D28787-FFB6-B344-FF3B-4E1CFB1BFDD0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Japanagallia longipenis
status

sp. nov.

Japanagallia longipenis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 418–422.

Color. Coloration similar to that in J. asymmetrica however, pronotum with two discal spots of varying size, ochraceous.

Male genitalia. Pygofer caudoventrally directed and narrowed, with short mesal process dorsally. Aedeagal shaft in lateral aspect slightly sinuate, with apical unpaired short process directed ventrally and pair of ventrally directed longer subapical processes, base of aedeagus bulbous, dorsal apodeme long, preatrium well developed, gonopore apical.

Measurements. Male 4.67–4.94 mm long, 1.46–1.56 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. CHINA: HOLOTYPE ♂, Fukien: Shaown: Tachulan, 1000 m, 10.iv.1943, T.Maa ( BPBM) . PARATYPES: 14 ♂, same data as holotype except 5.iv.1942, 31.iii.1942, 9.ix.1942, 1.iv.1943, 22.iv.1943 (1 ♂ each), 10.iv.1943 (2 ♂), 20.iv.1943 (7 ♂) ( BPBM) ; 1 ♂, same data as holotype except T.C. Maa Collector, L. Gressitt Collection ( CAS) .

Remarks. J. longipenis externally resembles J. asymmetrica sp. nov. but differs in the elongate aedeagal shaft with caudoventrally directed subapical processes and unpaired ventrally directed apical process.

BPBM

Bishop Museum

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Japanagallia

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