Qadria dongfanga, Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014

Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014, Five new species of Qadria Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 439-448 : 445

3. Qadria dongfanga sp. nov.

( Figs. 16–24 ; g–i)

Description. Body length male 2.2–2.3 mm. Dorsum (Fig. g) yellow or milk yellow. Head ( Figs. 16 , g) slightly narrower than pronotum, anterior margin angulately produced medially, coronal suture short, extending to 1/3 of vertex. Crown ( Figs. 16 , g) with large leaflike orange yellow spot. Eyes ( Figs. 16 , g, h) blackish grey. Face (Fig. i) light brown, with darkened areas below antennal pits, frontoclypeus milky yellow medially. Pronotum ( Figs. 16 , g) broad, with large irregular orange yellow patches medially and two brown spots situated near lateral edges, anterior margin whitish yellow, hind margin and median area brownish. Mesonotum ( Figs. 16 , g) with single triangular orange yellow spot apically, basal triangles orange yellow. Fore wing ( Figs. 17 , g) yellowish white, with several orange yellow stripes.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 18 ) slightly broadened, reaching anterior margin of 5th sternite.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 19 ) broad, with several long macrosetae at basal lower angle, numerous distinct microtrichia scattered at dorsoapical area, and with several short setae near caudal margin on inner surface. Pygofer dorsal appendage ( Fig. 19 ) immovably fused to pygofer with a line of weakness at base, not extended beyond pygofer apex, straight in lateral view. Anal tube process ( Fig. 19 ) long, with weak twist near apex. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 20 ) broadened subbasally, with distinct marginal rigid setae forming continuous row, three long basal macrosetae arising near medial constriction section. Style ( Fig. 21 ) with apex expanded, second point slightly short, toothlike. Aedeagus ( Figs. 22, 23 ) with pair of apical processes, processes forked near base with long branches, single fingerlike process arising at tip of the aedeagus and extended dorsad. Aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 22 ) bent dorsad in lateral view, dorsal apodeme slightly longer than preatrium. Gonopore ( Figs. 22, 23 ) terminal, ventral. Connective ( Fig. 24 ) V-shaped.

Specimens examined. Holotype ♂: China, Hainan Prov., Datian Nature Reserve, 9 July 2007, coll. Bin Zhang. Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Qadria erythromaculata Ramakrishnan & Menon, (1973) , sharing similar terminal processes of the aedeagus and lacking long basal processes. It can be distinguished from the latter by the bifurcation of the distal aedeagal processes, the angulate pygofer lobe and the stem of connective extremely short.

Etymology. The specific epithet is named for the type locality, Dongfang, Hainan Prov.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 24. Qadria dongfanga Song & Li sp. nov. 16. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 17. Fore wing; 18. Abdominal apodemes; 19. Male pygofer lobe, lateral view; 20. Subgenital plate; 21. Style; 22. Aedeagus, dorso-lateral view; 23. Aedeagus, ventral view; 24. Connective.