Salka congjianga, Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012

Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012, Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3430, pp. 50-60 : 52

Salka congjianga sp. nov.

( Figs 9–18 )

Description. Dorsum brownish black. Vertex with large central black patch. Eyes black ( Fig. 9 ). Face sordid yellow; anteclypeus blackish brown; postclypeus brown, with apex yellow medially ( Fig. 10 ). Fore wing brownish black; brochosome field darker, with blue tint ( Fig. 11 ).

Male abdominal apodemes not exceeding 3rd sternite ( Fig. 13 ).

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe with 2 macrosetae near caudal margin; dorsal appendage bifurcate. Subgenital plate robust, with 6 macrosetae in oblique row and row of short stout setae along upper margin; apex broad and quadrate ( Fig. 14 ). Style apex extremely long, subapical tooth short and preapical lobe small ( Fig. 15 ). Aedeagal shaft tubular, S-shaped curved in lateral view, with pair of short apical processes; preatrium large, with paired processes directed latero-ventrally and single process extended dorsally; dorsal apodeme inconspicuous; gonopore apical on ventral surface ( Figs 16, 17 ). Connective large, Y-shaped with feeble sclerotized margin; central lobe distinct ( Fig. 18 ).

Specimen examined. Holotype: 3, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Congjiang, Mt. Moon, 20-VII-2006, coll. Yi Tang.

Measurement. Male length 3.6 mm (including wing).

Remarks. This species is close to S. longiprocessa Zhang, Yang & Huang (2009) , but differs in having the style apex exceedingly long, the subapical tooth short and the preapical lobe small ( Fig. 15 ); the aedeagal shaft with apical processes short, extended dorsally ( Figs 16, 17 ); and the connective large ( Fig. 18 ).

Etymology. The specific name is named for the type locality, Congjiang.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 18. Salka congjianga sp. nov. 9. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 10. Face. 11. Forewing. 12. Hind wing. 13. Abdominal apodemes. 14. Pygofer, lateral view. 15. Style, lateral view. 16. Aedeagus, lateral view. 17. Aedeagus, ventral view. 18. Connective.