Motaga acicularis Wang & Song, 2024

Wang, Jinqiu, Xu, Wenming, Pu, Tianyi, Zhang, Ni & Song, Yuehua, 2024, Four new erythroneurine leafhopper species from karst areas in Southwestern China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Erythroneurini), ZooKeys 1204, pp. 1-13 : 1-13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1204.122042

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C881A211-879C-438A-9B89-27A4698492E1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11448234

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4F5E5783-D358-4D31-82CE-C3E376DF6E64

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Motaga acicularis Wang & Song
status

sp. nov.

Motaga acicularis Wang & Song sp. nov.

Figs 25–28 View Figures 25–28 , 29–36 View Figures 29–36

Diagnosis.

The new species can be distinguished from other Motaga species by its extremely long and slender in lateral view aedeagal shaft, which has a pair of short basal processes that are not bifurcated at apex; the pygofer dorsal appendage, which tapers to the apex and is bent ventrad and hook-like apically; the connective with two long arms; the subgenital plate with four macrosetae; and the very small male abdominal apodemes.

Description.

Vertex light brown (Figs 25 View Figures 25–28 , 27 View Figures 25–28 ). Crown fore margin strongly produced, median length of crown slightly less than width between eyes (Figs 25 View Figures 25–28 , 27 View Figures 25–28 ). Crown nearly equal to width of pronotum. Pronotum and mesonotum brownish yellow, posterior margin of pronotum almost straight (Figs 25 View Figures 25–28 , 27 View Figures 25–28 ). Eyes black (Fig. 26 View Figures 25–28 ). Forewings without spots, semitransparent (Figs 25 View Figures 25–28 , 26 View Figures 25–28 ).

Male abdominal apodemes extremely small, not exceeding 3 rd sternite (Fig. 36 View Figures 29–36 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe broad, with numerous microtrichia; several peg-like setae scattered on middle area and hind edge (Fig. 33 View Figures 29–36 ). Dorsal pygofer appendage with base expanded, with hook-like apex (Fig. 34 View Figures 29–36 ). Subgenital plate with four macrosetae medially on lateral margin and numerous microsetae distributed along upper margin (Fig. 32 View Figures 29–36 ). Style apex truncate and slightly expanded (Fig. 29 View Figures 29–36 ). Connective with lateral arms robust, with obvious central lobe (Fig. 35 View Figures 29–36 ). Aedeagal shaft long, slender, with paired processes at base (Figs 30 View Figures 29–36 , 31 View Figures 29–36 ). Preatrium short; dorsal apodeme well developed, with apex bifurcate; gonopore located at basal 1 / 3 of aedeagal shaft (Figs 30 View Figures 29–36 , 31 View Figures 29–36 ).

Specimens examined.

Holotype: ♂; China, Guangxi Prov., Liuzhou ; 18 July 2021; Ni Zhang leg.; GZNU -2021-GX-LZ-8-001 . Paratypes: 96 ♂♂, 144 ♀♀; same data as holotype; GZNU -2021-GX-LZ-8-002 to 241 .

Measurements.

Male length 2.3–2.4 mm, female length 2.4–2.5 mm (including wings).

Remarks.

This species is very similar to Motaga rokfa Dworakowska, 1979 but can be distinguished by having the aedeagal shaft without a bifurcated apex, the preatrium expanded but short, and the paired basal processes approximately 1 / 3 length of aedeagal shaft.

Etymology.

The species epithet is the Latin word acicularis, which means slender, as a needle and refers to the needle-like aedeagal shaft.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Motaga