Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 73

Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013

Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013b: 45 .

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Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Daheba (28°33’N, 108°30’E) (450–700 m), Yanhe County, Guizhou Province, 5–12 June 2007, leg. Pei Zhang (holotype) ; 1♀, same data (paratype) ; 3♀♀, Lijiaba (700 m), Yanhe County, Guizhou Province, 5–12 June 2007, leg. Pei Zhang (paratypes) ; 19♂♂, 16♀♀, Qingtaiguan , (31°9’N, 115°41’E), Luotian County, Hubei Province, 29 June–3 July 2014, leg. Zhi-Min Chang, Zheng-Xiang Zhou and Mei-Na Guo .

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Hubei).

Host plant. Bamboo ( Poaceae , Bambuseae ).

Remarks. The male is described by Zhang and Chen, 2013b and the female by Zhi et al., 2017. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: forewing with10 apical and 6 subapical cells; metatibiotarsal formula: 6/7/8; base of ventral margin of periandrium of aedeagus with two folioles whose margin saw-toothed; apex of periandrium with three spinose processes, two on right side, across ventral margin of periandrium to the left, another one arising from ventral margin; dorsal margin of aedeagus with a hook-shaped spinose process; apex of endosoma with a straight spinose process.

Figures

FIGURE 56. Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013, male. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Face, ventral view; E. Head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 57. Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013, male. A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face, ventral view; C. Forewing; D. Genitalia, lateral view; E. Pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view; F. Anal segment, dorsal view; G. Anal segment, caudal view; H. Gonostyli, lateral view; I. Connective, dorsocephalic view; J. Aedeagus, right side; K. Aedeagus, left side; L. Aedeagus, dorsal view; M. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D–M); 1.0 mm (C). (After Zhang and Chen, 2013b).

FIGURE 58. Neocarpia hamata Zhang & Chen, 2013, female. A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Tergite IX, caudal view; E. Gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view; G. Gonoplac, lateral view; H. Posterior vagina, ventral view; I. Posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. (After Zhi et al., 2017).