Kapsa (Rigida) explanata Cao & Zhang

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Taxonomic study of the genus Kapsa Dworakowska with a new subgenus, and new combinations and records for Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 3630 (1), pp. 117-142 : 132

5. Kapsa (Rigida) explanata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 1 m–q, 9)

Description. Body ( Fig. 1 m, n) light brownish, central part of vertex and pronotum, mesonotum and clavus of forewing brown, forming longitudinal dark stripe on dorsum. Coronal suture ( Fig. 1 o, p) almost reaching tip of vertex. Face ( Fig. 1 q) comparatively short, midline of frontoclypeal area and lower part of anteclypeus dark.

Abdominal apodemes short, extended to 4th sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 9 a, b) large and long, exceeding hind margin of pygofer side.

Pygofer dorsal appendage ( Fig. 9 a, b) straight and short, tapering towards apex. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 9 a, d) with 6 macrosetae, lateral margin with setae-free region medially. Apex of paramere ( Fig. 9 e) footlike, heel expended, approximately the same length as anterior point. Connective ( Fig. 9 f) broad, manubrium short. Aedaegal shaft ( Fig. 9 g, h) straight, denticulate distally, with tiny fin-shaped protrusion dorsally; dorsal apodeme well developed, ventral process extremely small, flattened in lateral view; gonopore terminal.

Measurement. Body length: males 3.0– 3.1mm.

Material examined. Holotype: 3, China: Tibet, Linzhi, Gengzhang, 3050m, 1 vi 1978, coll. Li Fasheng. Paratype: 13, same data as holotype

Remarks. This species may be distinguished by its distinctively shaped paramere, and aedeagus with a dorsal protrusion and short, flattened ventral process.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “explanatus”, referring to the flattened ventral process of the aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Kapsa (Rigida) explanata Cao & Zhang sp. nov. a. genital capsule; b. pygofer dorsal appendage and anal tube appendage, lateral view; c. subgenital plate, paramere, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; d. subgenital plate, dorsal view; e. paramere, lateral view; f. connective; g. aedeagus, lateral view; h. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 1. a – d. Kapsa (Rigida? aculeiformis Cao & Zhang sp. nov.; e – h. Kapsa (Rigida) apicispina Yang & Zhang sp. nov.; i – l. Kapsa (Rigida) brevis Cao & Zhang sp. nov.; m – q. Kapsa (Rigida? explanata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.