Ulonemia jingae, Dang, Kai, Li, Chuanren, Guilbert, Eric & Bu, Wenjun, 2014

Dang, Kai, Li, Chuanren, Guilbert, Eric & Bu, Wenjun, 2014, Contributions to the genus Ulonemia Drake and Poor (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3878 (1), pp. 49-60 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138066
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scientific name	Ulonemia jingae
status	sp. nov.

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Ulonemia jingae sp. nov.

Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 , 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 , 16 View FIGURES 15 – 18 , 20 View FIGURES 19 – 22

Description. Body elongate, pale brown; head black, densely covered with pale pruinescence, antennal segments uniformly brown ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 ), clothed with pale pubescence; paranota brown. Ventral surface of body dark brown or infuscate ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15 – 18 ).

Head short, front and median spines stout, suberect, occipital ones slender, appressed, anteriorly reaching middle of eyes ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 ); bucculae narrow, tapering anteriorly, opening in front, mostly biseriate, inferior margins broadly arched ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 ); rostral sulcus narrow, nearly parallel, somewhat arched at metasternum opening behind; rostrum reaching end of rostral sulcus ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15 – 18 ).

Pronotum rather strongly convex, distinctly punctate ( Figs. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 , 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 ); hood distinctly inflated, globular in dorsal view ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 ), height as high as or slightly higher than median carina, six to seven areolae long, four to five areolae broad on each side, anteriorly produced, arched, posteriorly produced, reaching pronotal disc ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 ); median carina contiguous to hood, somewhat raised, higher than lateral carinae, uniseriate, with miniscule areolae; lateral carinae ridge-like on pronotal disc, not areolate, slightly converging anteriorly, nearly parallel at posterior pronotal process; paranota strongly reflexed upward, narrow, distinctly biseriate at calli, narrower behind, uniseriate at humeri, there, areolae tiny ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 ). Calli and thorax ventral surface densely covered with grayish white pruinescence.

Hemelytra slightly wider than pronotum, margins slightly sinuated ( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 ); costal area narrow, regularly uniseriate, most areolae widthwise oblong to quadrate; subcostal area slightly wider than costal area, regularly biseriate, areolae round; discoidal area extending more than half length of hemelytra, seven areolae broad at widest part; sutural area wider than discoidal area, ten areolae broad at widest part, areolae polygonal; areolae on hypocostal laminae nearly round.

Each female paratergite VIII not produced posteriorly towards lateral margin of paratergite IX ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ).

Material examined. Males (N =3) and females (N =3) respectively. Total body length (male/female): 3.68–3.72 (3.71)/3.48–3.8 (3.64); body width (across hemelytra): 1.10–1.16 (1.13)/1.18–1.23 (1.21); antennal segments I: 0.20–0.24 (0.23)/0.20–0.23 (0.22); II: 0.12–0.14 (0.13)/0.12–0.13 (0.12); III: 1.56–1.66 (1.60)/1.42–1.50 (1.47); IV: 0.61–0.62 (0.62)/0.60–0.62 (0.61); pronotum length: 1.63–1.68 (1.65)/1.62–1.74 (1.69); width: 0.96–0.98 (0.97)/0.98–1.02 (1.00); hemelytra length: 2.60–2.68 (2.64)/2.52–2.64 (2.58); discoidal area length: 1.46–1.50 (1.49)/1.50–1.56 (1.53).

Type material. Holotype: Hainan Province, male, Baisha County, Yingge Ling, (N 19.03, E 109.33), Alt. 797 m, 22.VIII.2010, Guo Zheng leg. Paratypes: 2 males, 3 females, the data same as holotype ( NKUM); 1 male, 1 female, the location same as holotype, Alt. 728 m, 20. VIII. 2010, Guo Zheng leg. ( NKUM).

Etymology. The species name refers to Prof. Xili Jing in honor of her prominent contributions in Chinese Tingidae research.

Discussion. This new species is very similar to U. assamensis but differs from the later by its nearly parallel lateral carinae at the pronotal posterior process, whereas they are curved and posteriorly converging in U. assamensis ( Figs. 7, 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 ). Also, in U. jingae sp. nov. the inferior margins of the bucculae are broadly arched but straight in U. assamensis ( Figs. 11, 12 View FIGURES 11 – 14 ), and its female paratergite VIII not produced backwards towards lateral margin of paratergite IX, unlike U. assamensis whose paratergite VIII is strongly produced backwards ( Figs. 19, 20 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ).