Bambusana fopingensis, Dai & Zhang, 2006

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2006, Taxonomic study on new-record genus Bambusana Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, Zootaxa 1187, pp. 61-68 : 63

Bambusana fopingensis sp. nov.

( Figs.1–8 )

Brownish yellow. Vertex with a transverse brown band between ocelli. Face with frontoclypeus along fore border brown.

External features as in generic description.

Male genitalia with pygofer side elongate, with a strong ventro­caudal process; several macrosetae posteriorly. Subgenital plate long, lateral margin slightly incurved at midlength, with a uniseriate row of macrosetae ventrally from base to apex, apical margin rounded. Connective Y­shaped, shaft robust, longer than arms. Style with apical process moderately long, lateral lobe weakly developed. Aedeagus with basal apodeme short; shaft long and thin, directed dorsad with several small denticles basally on ventral margin, phallotreme apical.

Measurement Male 6.5mm long (including tegmen).

Material examined Holotype, ♂, China: Shaanxi province, Foping County, 24.VII.1998, Chen Jun ( IZCAS).

Remarks

This species is similar to multidentata but can be separated from the latter by crown with a brown transverse band, the pygofer side having a long ventro­caudal process, and the style with the lateral lobe weakly developed.

Etymology The specific name is derived from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Bambusana fopingensis sp. nov. 1. head and thorax, dorsal view; 2.face; 3. connective; 4.pygofer side, lateral view; 5. style, dorsal view; 6. male vale and subgenital plates, ventral views; 7. aedeagus, ventral view; 8. aedeagus, lateral view.