Ossuaria yunnanensis, Zhang, Yalin & Yang, Meixia, 2011

Zhang, Yalin & Yang, Meixia, 2011, First records of the leafhopper genus Ossuaria Dworakowska in China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2913, pp. 63-68 : 64-68

Ossuaria yunnanensis sp. nov.

Figs 10–20, 23–24, 28.

Coloration and markings ( Figs 23, 24 ) as in O. sichuanensis sp. nov..

Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 11) with several short rigid microsetae situated on hump at central part of distal half of lobe. Paramere (Figs 12, 14) curved laterally at basal part and slender, tapering apically. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 16–20) with a triangular lateral tooth at base of subapical processes, distal part of process exceeding shaft apex in ventral view, shaft apex rounded in lateral view.

Measurement. Length of male 2.97mm, female 2.98mm.

Material examined. Holotype male, China, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan County, Sancha River, 900m, 20 Dec. 1999. Paratypes: China, Yunnan Prov.: 21 males, 30 females, same date as holotype; 1 male, 2 females, Mengyuan County, Sancha River, 800m, 19 Dec. 1999; 2 males, 1 female, Mengyuan County, Sancha River, 950m, 20 Dec. 1999; 2 females, Mengyuan County, Sancha River, 850m, 20 Dec. 1999; 4 females, Mengyuan County, Sancha FIGURES 1–9. O. sichuanensis sp. nov. 1. pygofer, lateral view; 2. pygofer lobe, lateral view; 3. subgenital plate, paramere, connective and the 9th sternite, dorsal view; 4. subgenital plate; 5. paramere, dorsal view; 6. paramere, ventral view; 7. connective; 8. aedeagus, ventral view; 9. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 10–20. O. yunnanensis sp. nov. 10. pygofer, lateral view; 11. pygofer lobe, lateral view; 12. subgenital plate, paramere, connective and the 9th sternite, dorsal view; 13. subgenital plate; 14. paramere; 15. connective; 16–17. aedeagus, ventral view; 18–20. aedeagus, lateral view.

River, 840m, 19 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 20 males, 55 females, Lancang, 1100m, 2 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 1 male, Lancang, Munai, 1100m, 2 Dec. 1999; 20 males, 39 females, Jinghong, 500m, 4 Dec. 1999; 2 males, 3 females, Jinghong, 500m, 5 Dec. 1999; 7 males, 14 females, Jinghong, 580m, 21 Dec. 1999; 1 male, 1 female, Jinghong, 5 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 12 males, 13 females, Jinghong, Rezuosuo, 1100m, grass, 4 Dec. 1999; 10 males, 45 females, Menglong, 24 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 1 male, Mengla County, Mt. Nangong, 1200m, 17 Dec. 1999; 4 males, 3 females, Menglun, grass, 7 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 2 females, Menglun, 570m, 9 Dec. 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng. All collected by I. Dworakowska except where indicated.

Remarks. The new species is similar to O. agara Dworakowska , but can be distinguished by the shorter, stouter spine at the base of the subapical processes of the aedeagal shaft, and the rounded (rather than falcate) shaft apex (Figs 16–20) and by the shape of the apical half of the paramere, which is longer and thinner (Figs 12, 14).

Etymology. The new species is named for its type locality “Yunnan”.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 28. O. sichuanensis sp. nov. 21 – 22. habitus; 25. forewing; 26. hindwing; 27. abdominal apodemes. O. yunnanensis sp. nov. 23 – 24. habitus; 28. abdominal apodemes.