Doryphorina conglobatus Zheng, Yang & Chen

Zheng, Yan-Li, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2014, Two new species of the genus Doryphorina Melichar, 1912 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae) from China, ZooKeys 416, pp. 31-39 : 33-34

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Dictyopharidae

Doryphorina conglobatus Zheng, Yang & Chen sp. n. Figs 1-5, 11-21

Measurement.

♂, BL: 16.2 mm; HL: 4.6 mm; HW: 1.7 mm; FWL: 9.9 mm.

Description.

Body greenish-ochraceous, head and thorax with bluish green and reddish ochraceous markings.

Cephalic (Figs 1-3, 11, 13) process relatively robust, a little upturned, with ratio length to length of pronotum and mesonotum combined 1.6. Vertex (Figs 1, 3, 11) broad, media carina weakly, only distinct at apex and base, ratio of length to width between eyes 5.2. Frons (Figs 5, 12) elongate, intermediate carinae sub-parallel, nearly approaching frontoclypeal suture; median carina complete, length 5.3 times long than width. Pronotum (Figs 1-3, 11, 13) distinctly shorter than mesonotum in the middle line, median carina distinct, lateral carina obscure, only slightly present at base. Mesonotum (Figs 1, 2, 11) tricarinate, lateral carinae straight, nearly parallel. Forewings (Figs 1, 14) hyaline, with ratio length to maximum width 3.3; stigma distinct, with 4-5 cells. Legs moderately elongate, fore femora not flattened and dilated, without spine; hind tibiae with 5 lateral black-tipped spines and 7 apical black-tipped teeth.

Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 16) wider ventrally than dorsally, posterior margin with a blunt process, ventral margin depressed to accommodate anal tube. Anal tube (Fig. 18) in dorsal view, with apex broader than base, the ventral margin with wrinkle. Gonostyles (Fig. 16) relatively small in lateral view, with apical margin not exceeding the apex of anal tube in lateral view, inner face with numerous setae in ventral view. Aedeagus (Fig. 19) with 1 pair of short endosomal processes, without extending from phallotheca. Phallobase (Figs 19-21) sclerotized and pigmented, with 2 pairs of apical membranous lobes: dorsal apical lobes (Fig. 19) long and slender, with 3 long spines at base; ventral lobes (Fig. 19) extending ventrally, with about 6 long spines each.

Female. Unknown.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, China: Shaanxi, Cuihuashan, 26 Aug. 2008, coll. Yujian Li (GUGC).

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Doryphorina subdeflexa but can be distinguished from the later by phallobase with 2 pairs of apical membranous lobes, dorsal apical lobes (Fig. 19) long and slender, with 3 long spines at base (dorsal part with two pairs of dorsolateral apical lobes directed laterally, with 2-3 long apical spines in dorsal view in Doryphorina subdeflexa ).

Etymology.

This new species is derived from the Greek word “conglobatus”, which indicate that the apical lobes of phallobase are connected.