Thagria fossa Nielson

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 : 461

Thagria fossa Nielson

( Figs. 97–108 )

Thagria fossa Nielson 1977: 79 –80, Figs. 265 –270; Zhang 1990: 94, Fig. 90 , after Nielson; Li & Wang 1991: 122; Li 1993: 30; Zhang 1994: 32 –33, Fig. 26 , after Nielson; Nielson 2013: 87

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan); Myanmar.

Material examined. 3♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Kuankuoshui, 1 Aug. 1984, coll. Li Zizhong; 1♂, CHINA: Sichuan, Emeishan, 15 Aug. 1995, coll. Yang Maofa; 1 ♂? CHINA: Hubei, Yichang, Wufenghouhe, 19 July 2002, coll. Hong Linjun; 2♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Leigongshan, 2 Aug. 2004, coll. Xu Pian; 3♂, CHINA: Zhejiang, Fengyangshan, 28–29 July 2009, coll. Meng Zehong & Chen Yong; 1♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Dali, 21 June 2011, coll. Li Yujian; 4♂, CHINA: Fujian, Daxianfeng, 14 May 2012, coll. Long Jiankun & Chang Zhimin; 2♂ 4♀, CHINA: Yunnan, Ailaoshan, 21–22 July 2012, coll. Chang Zhimin & Zheng Weibin; 1♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Wangmo, Dayi, 23 Aug. 2012, coll. Zheng Weibin; 3♂ 1♀, CHINA: Hunan, Badagongshan, 2–5 Aug. 2013, coll. Li Hu & Wu Yunfei ( GUGC).

Variation. Based on the examined specimens, the apical hooked process and the middle spine of paraphysis may be mirror images, cf. Fig. 104 (Guizhou, Hunan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan and Guangdong) to Fig. 107 (Sichuan, Guizhou).

Remarks. This species was described from the holotype (male) and one female paratype from BISHOP (Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii), and three male, four female paratypes from NCSR (North Carolina State University, Raleigh), one female paratype from UKL (University of Kansas, Lawrence). It resembles T. soosi Nielson, 1977 in external morphology, but can be distinguished by the large excavation on apical half of paraphysis ( Figs. 104, 107 ) and by the long ventral processes of segment X extending beyond the end of pygofer lobe ( Fig. 101 ). It is also similar to T. digitata Li, 1989 , but differs in paraphysis having no basal process ( Figs. 104, 107 ) and ventral processes of segment X exceeding the apex of pygofer lobe ( Fig. 101 ).

Figures

FIGURES 97 – 108. Thagria fossa. 97 – 106 from Fujian: 97. habitus, dorsal view; 98. habitus, lateral view; 99. head and thorax, dorsal view; 100. face; 101. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 102. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 103. subgential plate, lateral view; 104. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 105. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 106. style, lateral view. 107 – 108 aedeagus and paraphysis from Sichuan: 107. dorsal view; 108. lateral view. Scale bars: 97 – 100 = 1.0 mm; 101 – 108 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 259 – 268. Thagria webbi Fan & Li, sp. nov. Holotype: 259. habitus, dorsal view; 260. habitus, lateral view; 261. head and thorax, dorsal view; 262. face; 263. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 264. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 265. subgential plate, lateral view; 266. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 267. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 268. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 259 – 262 = 1.0 mm; 263 – 268 = 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 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.