Thagria projecta (Distant)

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 : 465-466

Thagria projecta (Distant)

( Figs. 214–223 )

Dharmma projecta Distant 1908: 324 ; Metcalf 1964: 23

Sabima prima Distant 1908: 325; Metcalf 1964: 20

Sabima stelifera Distant 1908: 325; Metcalf 1964: 21

Guliga erebus Distant 1908: 326; Metcalf 1964: 28

Sabima aryana Distant 1918: 46; Metcalf 1964: 20

Thagria projecta (Distant) , Nielson 1977: 33 –35, Figs. 67–75 ; Zhang 1990: 92 –93, Fig. 88 , after Nielson; Li & Wang 1991: 118, Fig. 61 ; Li 1993: 30; Zhang 1994: 20, Fig. 11 , after Nielson; Nielson 2013: 96

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Guangdong, Beibu Gulf); Assam; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; India.

Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Pingxiang, Youyiguan, 1 June 1997, coll. Yang Maofa; 5♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Baoshan, Tengchong, 14–15 July 2002, coll. Li Zizhong & Dai Renhuai; 3♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Baoshan, Longling, 24 Aug. 2002, coll. Li Zizhong; 12♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Leigongshan, 31 July to 4 Aug. 2004, coll. Xu Pian, Liao Qirong & Song Qiongzhang; 9♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Daozhen, Dashahe, 17–20 Aug. 2004, coll. Yang Maofa; 1♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Damingshan, 22 July 2007, coll. Zhang Yubo; 1♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Laibin, Jinxiu, Changdong, 18 May 2009, coll. Zheng Yanli; 3♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Kuankuoshui, 10–13 Aug. 2010, coll. Zhang Bin, Li Yujian & Song Qiongzhang; 6♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Baoshan, Baihualing, 13–14 June 2011, coll. Li Yujian & Long Jiankun; 2♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Fanjingshan, 21 Sep. 2011, coll. Fan Zhihua & Long Jiankun; 6♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Chongzuo, Daxin, Detian, 11–12 May 2012, coll. Fan Zhihua & Li Hu; 9♂, CHINA: Hubei, Yichang, Wufenghouhe, 22–24 July 2013, coll. Chang Zhimin & Xing Dongliang; 10♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Dehong, Lianghe, Mengyang, 27 July 2013, coll. Fan Zhihua & Yang Weicheng; 23♂, CHINA: Hunan, Badagongshan, 2–6 Aug. 2013, coll. Chang Zhimin, Li Hu, Xing Dongliang, Qu Ling & Wu Yunfei; 1♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Gaoligongshan, 6 Aug. 2013, coll. Sun Haiyan ( GUGC).

Variation. Based on the examined specimens, this species is without band on the base of clypeus ( Nielson 1977: 34, Fig. 71 ) in Yunnan or with a shallow V-shaped orange band ( Figs. 217 ) in Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi.

Remarks. This species was placed in the genus by Nielson (1977), and described from the holotype (female) from BMNH. It is similar to T. philagroides (Jacobi, 1914) , T. bispina Zhang, 1990 , T. conica Zhang, 1990 and T. birama Zhang, 1994 in external morphology. The style is bifurcate ( Fig. 221 ), but differs in having three to four processes ( Figs. 209, 211–213 ; Nielson 1977: 36, Fig. 79 ) in T. philagroides ; T. projecta has the paraphysis without process ( Fig. 221 ), but two basal processes are present in T. bispina ( Figs. 33, 36 ); the ventral processes of segment X are short, with one small spine distally in T. projecta ( Fig. 218 ), while in T. conica this pair of processes are long, slender, and pointed distally ( Fig. 54 ); and the shape of the paraphysis, style and ventral processes of segment X are different in both T. birama and T. projecta ( Figs. 21, 23 , 219, 221 ).

Figures

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.

FIGURES 60 – 69. Thagria decussata Fan & Dai, sp. nov. Holotype: 60. habitus, dorsal view; 61. habitus, lateral view; 62. head and thorax, dorsal view; 63. face; 64. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 65. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 66. subgential plate, lateral view; 67. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 68. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 69. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 60 – 63 = 1.0 mm; 64 – 69 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 70 – 84. Thagria decussata Fan & Dai, sp. nov. Female: 70. habitus, dorsal view; 71. habitus, lateral view; 72. head and thorax, dorsal view; 73. face; 74. sternite VII, ventral view; 75. pygofer, lateral view; 76. valvifer I, lateral view; 77. valvifer II, lateral view; 78. valvua I, lateral view; 79. base of valvua I, lateral view; 80. apex of valvua I, lateral view; 81. valvua II, lateral view; 82. apex of valvua II, dorsal view; 83. apex of valvua II, lateral view; 84. valvua III, lateral view. Scale bars: 70 – 73, 76 – 78, 81, 84 = 1.0 mm; 74, 75, 82 = 0.5 mm; 79, 80, 83 = 0.1 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 6 – 15. Thagria biprocessa Fan & Dai, sp. nov. Holotype: 6. habitus, dorsal view; 7. habitus, lateral view; 8. head and thorax, dorsal view; 9. face; 10. pygofer, lateral view; 11. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 12. subgential plate, lateral view; 13. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 14. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 15. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 6 – 9 = 1.0 mm; 10 – 15 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 202 – 213. Thagria philagroides. 202 – 211 from Fujian: 202. habitus, dorsal view; 203. habitus, lateral view; 204. head and thorax, dorsal view; 205. face; 206. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 207. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 208. subgential plate, lateral view; 209. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 210. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 211. style, lateral view. 212 style from Guizhou, dorsal view. 213 style from Guangxi, lateral view. Scale bars: 202 – 205 = 1.0 mm; 206 – 213 = 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.

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 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.