Lublinia anchoroides Cao & Dmitriev, 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 : 323-327

2. Lublinia anchoroides Cao & Dmitriev sp. nov.

( Figs 13 , 26 e–h)

Description. Ground color brown (specimens preserved in ethanol before examination). Crown fore margin angulately produced medially, face flat in profile. ( Figs 26 e–h)

Male abdominal apodemes 2S ( Fig. 13a ) extended to middle of sternite IV.

Pygofer dorsal appendage ( Figs 13b, c ) fused to lobe, extended from dorsal inner ridge, stick-like and short; ventral appendage ( Figs 13b, d ) partly fused to caudal margin of lobe, with relatively wide dentate inner margin. Subgenital plate ( Figs 13b, f ) with about 3 small macrosetae. Connective ( Fig. 13h ) with lateral arms very short, manubrium wide and relatively long. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 13i, j ) short, slightly arcuate, pair of moderately long lateral processes arising apically and extended basad curving away from shaft in ventral view; dorsal apodeme large, lamellate, not widened in ventral view; preatrium short.

Measurement. Male length 2.50mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Dept. Pool, Iboubikro site, Lesio-Loun Pk, 340m, 03°16.196'S, 015°28.267'E, 29.viii.2008, coll. Braet & Sharkey. Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype except 25.viii.2008 .

Etymology. The new specific epithet is derived from Latin adjective “ anchoroides ” which means anchorshaped, referring to the anchor-shaped aedeagus in caudal view.

Diagnosis. The new species differs from the other species of the genus in having the crown fore margin angulate, the face flattened, the dorsal appendage fused to the pygofer lobe and the aedeagal processes curving away from the shaft apically.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Lublinia anchoroides. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 26. a–d. Lublinia acaciae; e–h. Lublinia anchoroides; i–l. Molopopterus hastata; m–p. Molopopterus parajota; q–t. Molopopterus steeleae; u–x. Molopopterus ugandica.