Stirellus multipunctatus, Duan, Yani, Webb, M. D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2016

Duan, Yani, Webb, M. D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Review of the leafhopper tribe Stenometopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China with description of four new species, Zootaxa 4171 (1), pp. 101-138 : 120

Stirellus multipunctatus sp. nov.

( Figs. 15–16 )

Length. Male: 3.4–3.6mm.

Color. General color ochraceous ( Fig. 15 ). Vertex with dark brown, orange-red or brownish red band interrupted medially. Vertex and pronotum with brown dots ( Fig. 15 A). Face with dark brown markings ( Fig. 15 C). Pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum with orange-red longitudinal band. Forewing with brown hue ( Fig. 15 A).

Body. Head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin rounded to face, acutely angled. Vertex longer than width between eyes ( Fig. 15 A). Ocellus next to eye slightly below anterior margin ( Fig. 15 B). Eye relatively large ( Fig. 15 A). Anteclypeus parallel-sided, extending slightly beyond normal curve of genae ( Fig. 15 C). Pronotum median length slightly shorter than median length of crown. Mesonotum and scutellum shorter than pronotum ( Fig.15 A). Forewing macropterous ( Fig. 15 B).

Male. Pygofer side with few macrosetae dorsally, apex rounded ( Fig. 16 A). Subgenital plate rounded laterally, macrosetae uniseriate laterally ( Fig. 16 B). Style apophysis digitate, strongly laterally curved ( Fig. 16 C–D). Connective H-shaped, stem shorter than anterior arms ( Fig. 16 E). Aedeagal shaft tapered distally to acute apex, relatively straight and diverging from basal apodeme in lateral view, lower part semi-circular in cross section ( Fig. 16 F–G).

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Poh-10 District, 6–8 April 1934, coll. K. C. Young (SYU) . Paratype: 1Ƌ, China, Fuqing County, Mashi , 25 August 1933 (SYU).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the distinct markings on vertex and pronotum ( Fig. 15 A).

Etymology. The species epithet refers to the series of spots on the vertex and pronotum.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Stirellus multipunctatus sp. nov. Male. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: face.

FIGURE 16. Stirellus multipunctatus sp. nov. A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: valve and subgenital plate, ventral view (valve is broken); C – D: style, dorsal view; E: connective, dorsal view; F: aedeagus, dorsal view; G: connective and aedeagus, lateral view.