Eucarpia specialis Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 48

Eucarpia specialis Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Eucarpia specialis Tsaur & Hsu, 2003: 438 .

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Material examined. No specimen has been obtained by the authors.

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Remarks. Based on the description and the figures by Tsaur and Hsu, this species can be identified by the following characters: aedeagus with right side of periandrium with a process which is swollen at the base, narrow and gently curving upward to apex; apex of ventral surface bearing a long, straight process; dorsal margin with another straight process apically; apex of left side with a very large production with the apical part shaped like a spear head, its ventral margin with several scale-like processes subapically; tergite IX of female genitalia oval in caudal view, wider ventrally than dorsally.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Eucarpia specialis Tsaur & Hsu, 2003. A–H. male. A. Face, ventral view; B. Forewing; C. Genitalia, lateral view; D. Pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view; E. Anal segment, dorsal view; F. Anal segment, caudal view; G. Aedeagus, right side; H. Aedeagus, left side; I–J. female. I. Anal segment, dorsal view; J. Tergite IX, caudal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, C–E, G, H, J); 1.0 mm (B); 0.2 mm (F, I). (After Tsaur and Hsu, 2003).