Doraturopsis (Doraturopsis) heros (Melichar)

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, Redescription of the grassland leafhopper genus Doraturopsis Lindberg (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) with description of a new genus and species from China, Zootaxa 3177, pp. 24-32 : 26-28

Doraturopsis (Doraturopsis) heros (Melichar)

( Figures 1–2 , Plate I)

Doratura heros Melichar, 1902: 126 .

Doratura zolotovi Kusnezov, 1929: 316 . Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Doraturopsis acutus Lindberg, 1935: 423 . Synonymised by Metcalf, 1967, 6(10a): 955. Adoratura desertorum Kusnezov, 1938: 222 . Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Adoratura fergana Kusnezov, 1938: 225 . Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Adoratura macrocephala Kusnezov, 1938: 227 . Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Adoratura pallida Kusnezov, 1938: 228 . Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Adoratura tamara Dlabola, 1958: 334 , Figs 94–100. Synonymised by Nast, 1972: 346. Doraturopsis heros, Kalkandelen, 1974: 89 , Figs 42A–F.

Doraturopsis (Doraturopsis) heros, Emeljanov, 1999: 561 .

Length. Male: 5.3–6.2mm; female: 8.0– 8.7mm.

Ochraceous with markings as in Plate I: A–E.

Crown width as long as 1.5x length and slightly shorter than pronotum (Plate I: A & B). Ocelli on anterior margin of head 2– 3 x their own diameter from eye. Clypellus parallel-sided (Plate I: C).

Male genitalia. Valve width more than 3x median length, posterior margin medially convex ( Fig. 1 B). Subgenital plate triangular divergent apically, with about 8 scattered macrosetae and several fine setae laterally ( Fig. 1 B). Style preapical lobe triangular, apophysis moderately long, laterally curved ( Figs 1 C–E). Connective with anterior arms closely appressed or crossed, with distinct stem ( Fig. 1 F). Aedeagal shaft cylindrical, robust, hinged at base; gonopore large, subapical on dorsal surface ( Figs 1 G, 1H).

Female genitalia. Pygofer without macrosetae, with few short fine setae (Plate I: D). Sternite VII truncated on posterior margin (Plate I: E).

Material examined. China: Gansu Prov.: 3 males, Dunhuang, 20–22.VI.1964, coll. Chou Io (Zhou Yao) & Liu Shaoyou ( NWAFU); Xinjiang Autonomous Regions: 1 male, Kashi, 1300m, 29.VI.1979, coll. Chen Tong ( NWAFU); 1 female, Shule City, Danhu, 1100m, 1.IX.1979, coll. Li Fasheng ( CAU); 6 males, 4 females, Changji Agriculture School, 13.XI.1986, coll. Zhang Yalin ( NWAFU); 1 female, Changji Agriculture School, 27.VI.1987, coll. Wang Min ( NWAFU); 1 male, 2 females, Kuerle City, 16.XI.1986, coll. Zhang Yalin ( NWAFU).

Distribution. Palearctic.

Remarks. Figs 1 C–E show the variation of the style. Fig. 1 C shows the style attached to part of the subgenital plate. As the color of the subgenital plate is similar to the style it has often been figured as a single pincer-shaped structure ( Dlabola, 1958; Kalkandelen, 1974; Emeljanov, 1999). When the style is fully dissected it appears as in Figs 1 D and 1E.

PLATE I. Doraturopsis heros A: male habitus, dorsal view; B: female habitus, dorsal view; C: face; D: female habitus, lateral view; E: female pygofer, ventral view; F: first valvula; G: detail of first valvula; H: second valvula; I: detail of second valvula.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Doraturopsis heros A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; C – E: style; F: connective, dorsal view; G & H: aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.

FIGURE 2. Doraturopsis heros A: apex of hind femur, dorsal view; B: left front tibia, upside view; C: left hind tibia, dorsal view; D: front femur, anterior view.