Yangida Dworakowska, 1994

Zhang, Yalin, Gao, Xia & Huang, Min, 2009, First record of the leafhopper genus Yangida Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Zyginellini) from China, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 2204, pp. 63-66 : 63

Yangida Dworakowska, 1994 , new record to China

Yangida Dworakowska, 1994: 153 –155. Type species: Yangida basnetti Dworakowska, 1994

Description. Body slim. Vertex conically produced, shorter than pronotum. Face nearly as long as wide. Forewing parallel-sided, all apical cells with separate bases, 2nd apical cell larger than 3rd and 4th cells, 1st apical cell smallest. Hindwing very broad and narrowed apically.

Abdominal apodemes parallel-sided, reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite.

Genital capsule strongly depressed. Anal tube very long. Caudal lobe of pygofer prominent, well separated from antero-ventral part, with rigid process at dorso-caudal angle, caudal margin with few rigid microsetae. Antero-ventral part of pygofer with few long setae on caudal margin, nearly reaching hind margin of caudal lobe. Subgenital plate flattened, parallel-sided in basal 0.75 length, terminating with very narrow apex; broad part of plate dorsally with sclerotized ridge running along middle; with one macroseta subbasally, two macrosetae subapically, few setae near base of narrow apical part. Paramere with central part longer than cephalic part, setae on base of central part and sparsely distributed on caudal part. Connective with extremely long manubrium, two well defined arms and one central lobe separated by less sclerotized portion from main body. Penis with small preatrium and long dorsal apodeme, stem curved, desclerotized terminally and bearing symmetrical lateral processes.

Distribution. India (Sikkim), SW China (Yunnan).