Saccata insolita, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013

Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Two new erythroneurine leafhopper genera and first record of Thailus Mahmood from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3686 (3), pp. 363-372 : 364

Saccata insolita sp. nov.

( Figs 1a–e , 2 )

Description. Ground color ( Figs 1a–d ) yellow, without color pattern, eyes black. Forewing with clavus yellow, apical part smoky and transparent, veins yellowish.

Male 3S abdominal apodemes ( Figs 2 c–e) short, extended to midlength of fourth sternite.

Pygofer dorsal appendage ( Fig. 2 g) falcate. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 2 i) with 2 stout marginal macrosetae at base and about 4 macrosetae in the center near lateral margin, and row of short peglike microsetae along lateral margin. Style ( Fig. 2 j) with apical tooth long, preapical lobe small but distinct, with some sensory pits near preapical lobe. Connective ( Fig. 2 k) with lateral arms expanded distally. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 2 l, m) with pair of long processes apically, directed ventrad, dorsal distal lobe rounded and long; preatrium broad in ventral view.

Measurement. Male length 2.8–2.9mm.

Material examined. Holotype: 3, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong, Yexianggu, light trap, 30. viii. 2010, coll. Han Juan. Paratypes: 203, same data as holotype.

Deposition. Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

Etymology. This new specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ insolitus ” meaning “unusual” in view of the macrosetae at the very base of the subgenital plate.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Saccata insolita sp. nov. a, forewing; b, hind wing; c, 3 rd and 4 th sternite, dorsal view, showing inner sclerotization; d, 3 rd and 4 th sternite, ventral view, showing abdominal apodemes; e, abdominal apodemes; f, genital capsule; g, pygofer dorsal appendage; h, subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; i, subgenital plate, ventral view; j, style, lateral view; k, connective; l, aedeagus, lateral view; m, aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 1. a – e, Saccata insolita sp. nov.; f – i, Variolosa meni sp. nov.; j – m, Thailus rectilinea sp. nov.; n – u, Thailus versicolor sp. nov.; a, f, j, n, r, dorsal view; b, g, k, o, s, lateral view; c, h, l, p, t, anterior dorsum (crown, pronotum and mesonotum); d, i, m, q, u, face; e, abdomen, ventral view.