Thagria bispina Zhang

Fan, Zhi-Hua, Li, Zi-Zhong & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2015, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Thagria Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3918 (4), pp. 451-491 : 458

Thagria bispina Zhang

( Figs. 26–37 )

Thagria bispina Zhang 1990: 97 –98, Fig. 95 ; Li & Wang 1991: 276; Li 1993: 31; Zhang 1994: 14 –15, Fig. 5 , original; Nielson, 2013: 81

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Guizhou).

Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Libo, Maolan, coll. Chen Huimin; 3♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Libo, Dongtang, 22 May 1995, coll. Chen Xiangsheng; 1♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Libo, Banzhai, 25 May 1998, coll. Li Zizhong; 1♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Libo, Wengang, 22 July 2011, coll. Zheng Weibin ( GUGC).

Variation. Based on the examined specimens, the two basal processes of paraphysis are mirror images of each other, Figs. 33–34 (Guizhou, Maolan), Figs. 36–37 (Guizhou, Wengang).

Remarks. This species was described from the holotype (male) from NWAFU (Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China). It is similar to T. birama Zhang, 1994 , T. conica Zhang, 1990 and T. projecta (Distant, 1908) in general appearance, but differs in having two processes on the base of the paraphysis ( Figs. 33, 36 ), while the other three species lack such process ( Figs. 23 , 57 , 221 ); T. bispina has the style entire, with one subapical spine and the apex hooked ( Fig. 33 ), whereas the style is bifurcate medially in T. projecta ( Fig. 221 ), and apically in T. conica ( Fig. 57 ) and T. birama ( Fig. 23 ).

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 37. Thagria bispina. 26 – 35 from Guizhou, Maolan: 26. habitus, dorsal view; 27. habitus, lateral view; 28. head and thorax, dorsal view; 29. face; 30. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 31. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 32. subgential plate, lateral view; 33. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 34. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 35. style, lateral view. 36 – 37 aedeagus and paraphysis from Guizhou, Wengang: 36. dorsal view; 37. lateral view. Scale bars: 26 – 29 = 1.0 mm; 30 – 37 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 85 – 96. Thagria digitata. 85 – 94 from Sichuan: 85. habitus, dorsal view; 86. habitus, lateral view; 87. head and thorax, dorsal view; 88. face; 89. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 90. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 91. subgential plate, lateral view; 92. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 93. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 94. style, lateral view. 95 – 96 aedeagus and paraphysis from Guizhou: 95. dorsal view; 96. lateral view. Scale bars: 85 – 88 = 1.0 mm; 89 – 96 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 2 – 5. Distribution of newly described Thagria species from China.

FIGURES 16 – 25. Thagria birama. 16. habitus, dorsal view; 17. habitus, lateral view; 18. head and thorax, dorsal view; 19. face; 20. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 21. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 22. subgential plate, lateral view; 23. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 24. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 25. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 16 – 19 = 1.0 mm; 20 – 25 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 50 – 59. Thagria conica. 50. habitus, dorsal view; 51. habitus, lateral view; 52. head and thorax, dorsal view; 53. face; 54. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 55. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 56. subgential plate, lateral view; 57. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 58. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 59. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 50 – 53 = 1.0 mm; 54 – 59 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 214 – 223. Thagria projecta. 214. habitus, dorsal view; 215. habitus, lateral view; 216. head and thorax, dorsal view; 217. face; 218. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 219. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 220. subgential plate, lateral view; 221. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 222. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 223. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 214 – 217 = 1.0 mm; 218 – 223 = 0.5 mm.