Limassolla nigropunctata Huang & Zhang, 2020

Zhou, Xian, Dietrich, Christopher H., Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2020, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4878 (3), pp. 559-571 : 567

Limassolla nigropunctata Huang & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 4, 9, 14, 19 , 46–53 )

Eyes blackish. Face brownish ( Fig. 14 ). Crown with 2 white patches near anterior margin; T-shaped patch on coronal suture white ( Fig. 9 ). Pronotum yellowish on middle part with 3 patches white; small triangular patch medially; pair of black 8-shaped lateral marks. Scutellum with basal triangles and tip black ( Figs 4, 9 ). Forewing brownish pale with irregular black patches at middle and apex and semicircular dark brown patch at base of clavus ( Figs 4, 19 ).

Abdominal apodemes extending to posterior margin of 5th abdominal sternite ( Fig. 46 ).

Male genitalia: Pygofer side with ventral process developed and enlarged preapically; few rigid microsetae on disc ( Fig. 47 ). Subgenital plate medium long and slightly enlarged medially; 2 long macrosetae basally, median longitudinal row of stout short setae, rows of microsetae on apical half ( Figs 48, 51 ). Paramere slender with subapical protrusion indistinct and with terminal part long and straight ( Figs 49, 51 ). Connective with median anterior lobe small ( Figs 50, 51 ). Aedeagus with preatrium well developed; aedeagal shaft thick and rounded apically in lateral view with process arising from base, extended along posteroventral margin of shaft and slightly bifurcated apically, about 2/3 length of shaft. Gonopore subapical ( Figs 52, 53 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, China, Guangxi Prov., Tongzhonglinchang , 7.xii.2001, coll. Zongqing Wang. Paratypes: 1 ♂ & 2♀, same data as holotype .

Measurement. Male, 2.6–2.7mm (including wing).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective “niger” and Latin word “punctatus”, referring to black patches on the pronotum and forewings.

Notes. This new species belongs to the Limassolla aureata group and resembles L. spinulata sp. nov., but differs the latter in: 1) forewings with big black patches; 2) the apex of aedeagal shaft protruded, not rounded; 3) basal process of aedeagus shaft smooth.

Figures

FIGURES 1–20. 1–5, dorsal view; 6–10, head and thorax, dorsal view; 11–15, face; 16–20, lateral view. 1, 6, 11, 16, L. bicruralis sp. nov.; 2, 7, 12, 17, L. kunyica sp. nov.; 3, 8, 13, 18, L. uncata sp. nov.; 4, 9, 14, 19, L. nigropunctata sp. nov.; 5, 10, 15, 20, L. spinulata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (1–5, 16–19). Scale bars = 0.5 mm (6–15, 20).

FIGURES 46–53. Limassolla nigropunctata sp. nov. 46.Abdominal apodemes; 47. Pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view; 48. Subgenital plate; 49. Paramere; 50. Connective; 51. Paramere, connective, subgenital plate, ventral view; 52. Aedeagus, lateral view; 53. Aedeagus, ventral view.