Anomoneura taiwanica Cho & Liao, 2020

Cho, Geonho, Liao, Yi-Chang, Lee, Seunghwan & Yang, Man-Miao, 2020, Anomoneura taiwanica sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Psyllidae), a new jumping plant-louse species from Taiwan associated with Morus australis (Moraceae), ZooKeys 917, pp. 117-126 : 117

Anomoneura taiwanica Cho & Liao sp. nov. Figs 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10

Anomoneura mori sensu Liao and Yang 2018: 604: figs 2-5; nec Schwarz in Uhler 1896: 296.

Type locality.

Taiwan, Miaoli County, Nanzhuang, Daping, 24°32'07"N, 120°58'11"E, 525 m alt.

Type material.

Holotype: Taiwan • ♂; Miaoli Co., Nanzhuang, Daping; 24°32'07"N, 120°58'11"E; 525 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2011; Y.C. Liao leg.; Morus australis ; NCHU, dry mounted. Paratypes: Taiwan: • 108 ♂, 103 ♀, 6 immatures; same data as for holotype; NCHU, NMNS, NHMB, dry and slide mounted • 7 ♂, 12 ♀; Miaoli Co., Dongho; 24°32'12"N, 121°01'30"E; 1040 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 2012; Y.C. Liao leg.; M. australis ; NCHU, dry mounted • 1 ♀; Nantou Co., Huisun forest station; 24°05'23"N, 121°01'50"E; 694 m a.s.l.; 20 Apr. 2011; Y.C. Liao leg.; M. australis ; NCHU, dry mounted • 10 ♂, 3 ♀, 14 immatures; same locality as for preceding; 28 Mar. 2011; T.J. Hsieh leg.; M. australis ; NCHU, dry and slide mounted.

Other material examined

(not included in the type series). Taiwan: • 39 ♂, 17 ♀; same data as holotype; NCHU, SNU, in 70% and 99% ethanol • 12 ♂, 11 ♀, 15 immatures; Taoyuan City, Fuxing, Xiaowulai; 24°47'37"N, 121°23'07"E; 563 m a.s.l.; 23 Apr. 2018; Y.C. Liao leg.; M. australis ; NCHU, SNU, in 70% and 99% ethanol • 16 ♂, 17 ♀, 59 immatures; Taoyuan City, Fuxing, Shihmen reservoir; 24°49'19"N, 121°14'23"E; 228 m a.s.l.; 21 Apr. 2018; Y.C. Liao leg.; M. australis ; NCHU, in 70% ethanol • 1 ♀; Hsinchu Co., Chienhsi; 5 Nov. 1981, K.S. Lin leg.; TARI, dry mounted • 1 ♂; Hsinchu Co., Chutung; 5 Apr. 1981; T.C. Hsu leg.; NTU, dry mounted • 1 ♂; Taichung City, Dongshi; 1 Feb. 2002; W.H. Chen leg.; NPUST, dry mounted • 19 ♂, 22 ♀; Nantou Co., Wushe; 15 Apr. 1987; L.J. Tang leg.; TARI, dry mounted • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Nantou Co., Tungpu; 28 Apr.-2 May 1981; T. Lin and C.J. Lee leg.; TARI, dry mounted.

Diagnosis.

Forewing oblong-oval with unevenly rounded apex, membrane with dark patches fused and blurred in apical two thirds (Fig. 2 ). Paramere, in profile, lanceolate, tapering to apex, with a subacute apical tooth weakly curved towards the rear (Figs 4 , 6 ). Distal segment of aedeagus sinuous, nearly the same thickness in basal three quarters, apical dilation, in profile, forming irregular sphere (Fig. 8 ). Female proctiger with dorsal margin, in profile, nearly straight posterior to circumanal ring, which is slightly shorter than half of proctiger length (Fig. 10 ).

Description.

A complete description including measurements and illustrations of both sexes and the fifth instar immature were given by Liao and Yang (2018).

Etymology.

The new species name is derived from the country where the type material was collected, Taiwan, and the Latin suffix - icus, - a, - um (belonging to). Adjective.

Distribution.

Taiwan ( Liao and Yang 2018).

Host plant.

Morus australis Poir. ( Moraceae ), confirmed by the presence of immatures ( Liao and Yang 2018).

Figures

Figures 1 - 10. Diagnostic characters of Anomoneura spp. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 A. mori Schwarz (specimens from Korea) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 A. taiwanica sp. nov. (specimens from Taiwan): 1, 2 forewing 3, 4 paramere, inner surface 5, 6 paramere, outer surface 7, 8 distal segment of aedeagus 9, 10 female terminalia. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.