Projecta auriculata Cao & Zhang, 2020

Cao, Yanghui, Dietrich, Christopher H., Dmitriev, Dmitry A. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Taxonomic study of some Afrotropical erythroneurine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4860 (3), pp. 301-351 : 310

1. Projecta auriculata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 5 , 24 q–t)

Description. Ground color pale yellow (specimens preserved in ethanol before examination), eyes grey. ( Figs 24 q– t)

Male genital capsule ( Fig. 5d ) very long, cylindrical. Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 5d ) with attenuated distal extension; dorsal appendage ( Fig. 5e ) articulated to lobe, thin and long, with stick-like basal stem, bifurcated apically, dorsal branch much longer than ventral one. Subgenital plate ( Figs 5d, g ) not extended to apex of pygofer lobe, apical part narrow in dorsal view, rounded apically in lateral view. Style ( Figs 5h, i ) apex moderately attenuated and evenly curved, with middle part relatively narrow, preapical lobe long and slender with 1 seta at tip. Connective ( Fig. 5j ) with manubrium relatively broad. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 5 k–m) thick, with pair of short, thin processes apically on dorsal margin, ear-like in caudal view, with braod, lamellate process below gonopore, finely serrate laterally, with pair of short lamellate ventrolateral processes near midlength; preatrium short.

Measurement. Male length 3.95–4.10mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Dept. Pool, Iboubikro site, Lesio-Loun Pk, 340m, 03°16.196'S, 015°28.267'E, 25.viii.2008, coll. Braet & Sharkey. Paratypes: 4♂, same data as holotype .

Etymology. The new specific epithet is derived from Latin adjective “ auriculatus ” which means ear-like, referring to the ear-like processes of the aedeagal shaft when viewed caudally.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by its long, slender preapical lobe of style and the broad, lamellate process below gonopore.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Projecta auriculata. a. forewing; b. hind wing; c. abdominal apodemes 2S; d. genital capsule; e. pygofer dorsal appendage; f. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; g. subgenital plate, dorsal view; h. style, dorsal view; i. style, lateral view; j. connective; k. aedeagus, lateral view; l. aedeagus, ventral view; m. apex of aedeagus, caudal view.

FIGURE 24. a–d. Laminaris angusta; e–h. Laminaris cuspidatima; i–l. Laminaris serrata; m–p. Laminaris tenuis; q–t. Projecta auriculata; u–x. Projecta brevis.