Asymmetrasca decedens ( Paoli, 1932 )

Liu, Yang, Fletcher, Murray J., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2014, New species and records of Asymmetrasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from China and name changes in Empoasca (Matsumurasca), Zootaxa 3768 (3), pp. 327-350 : 331

Asymmetrasca decedens ( Paoli, 1932) , reinstated comb., new record from China

( Figs 13–20 , 90–93 )

Empoasca decedens Paoli, 1932: 117 ; Dworakowska, 1970: 275; Dworakowska, 1971: 508; Dworakowska, 1973: 56 Asymmetrasca decedens (Paoli) ; Dlabola, 1958: 52

Specimens examined. China: Shaanxi Prov.: 1♂, Liuba, 10.vii.1980; 1♂, Wugong, vii.1979; 1♂, Chenggu, 3.v.1980; 1♂, Yanan, 17.vi.1987; 1♂, Qinling Station, 8.v.1980; 1♂, Wutai, Zhouzhi, 25.vi.1980; 1♂, Zhenba, 28.vi.1980; all coll. Ning Ma.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi), North Korea, Russia, Italy, Egypt, France, Cyprus, Iraq, Palestine, France, Slovakia.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 20. Asymmetrasca decedens, 13, male pygofer, lateral view; 14, anal tube appendage; 15, abdominal apodemes; 16, aedeagus, ventral view; 17, same, lateral view; 18, connective; 19, subgenital plate; 20, paramere. (all after Dworakowska, 1970).

FIGURES 90 – 93. Asymmetrasca decedens, 90, head and thorax, dorsal view; 91, face; 92, whole body, lateral view; 93, whole body, dorsal view.