Rubmacula lvchunensis, Cheng & Zhang & Xing, 2025

Cheng, Mengsha, Zhang, Lan & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Rubmacula, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 5584 (3), pp. 442-446 : 446

Rubmacula lvchunensis sp. nov.

Figs.1–17

Description. Vertex with one reddish transverse band in the mid-domain ( Figs. 1, 4 ). Pronotum with one red transverse arcuate band ( Fig. 4 ). Anterior margin of face with one thin black-brown transverse band ( Fig. 3 ). Forewing with one long red stripe on clavus and two short red stripes on corium ( Figs. 1, 2 ).

External features as in generic description.

Male genitalia: Male pygofer side length about 2 times height ( Fig. 5 ). Subgenital plate with 12 long setae along lateral margins ( Fig. 7 ). Aedeagus with basal processes parallel-sided in basal half, then abruptly narrowed and attenuate distally; aedeagal shaft tubular, sinuate, slender in lateral view, with pair of spines arising apically from expanded distal section; gonopore apical ( Figs. 8–10 ). Connective with arms nearly equal to length of stem ( Figs. 8, 9 ). Style relatively narrow and short, apical process acute, curved laterad ( Fig. 11 ).

Female genitalia. Female with seventh sternite basally transversely rectangular, its posterior margin roundly produced ( Fig. 13 ). First valvulae of ovipositor with dorsal sculpture strigate ( Figs. 14, 15 ). Second valvulae more curved than the first, denticulate area confined to distal 1/3, denticles prominent, gradually becoming smaller distally, apex pointed ( Figs. 16, 17 ).

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 5.60–5.62mm; ♀, 5.65 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan Prov, Lvchun County, Huanglianshan , 14 August 2014, coll. Zhengxiang Zhou ( GUGC); paratypes, 1♂ 1♀, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality Lvchun.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Rubmacula lvchunensis sp. nov. 1. ♂, dorsal view; 2. ♂, lateral view; 3.♂, face; 4. ♂, Head and thorax, dorsal view.

FIGURES 5–11. Rubmacula lvchunensis sp. nov. 5. Male pygofer side, lateral view; 6. Valve, ventral view; 7. Subgenital plate, ventral view; 8. Aedeagus and connective, dorsal view; 9. Aedeagus and connective, ventral view; 10. Aedeagus and connective, lateral view; 11. Style, dorsal view.

FIGURES. 12–17. Rubmacula lvchunensis sp. nov. 12. Female genital capsule, lateral view; 13. Seventh sternite, ventral view; 14. First valvula, lateral view; 15. Detail of sculptures of first valvula; 16. Second valvula, lateral view; 17. Detail of sculptures of second valaula.