Tautoneura albida (Dworakowska, 1970)

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Taxonomic study of the genus Kapsa Dworakowska with a new subgenus, and new combinations and records for Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 3630 (1), pp. 117-142 : 137-138

1. Tautoneura albida (Dworakowska, 1970)

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Erythroneura (Balila) albida Dworakowska, 1970: 353 , Figs 51, 52, 65–70 Tautoneura albida Dworakowska, 1977: 290 , Figs 66–68 T. albida Song, Li & Xiong, 2011: 65

Kapsa yanheensis Song & Li, 2012: 30, Figs 25–33 syn. nov.

Material examined. 33, China: Yunnan Prov., Lancang, 1700m, 0 1 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 13, China: Sichuan Prov., Mt. Emei, 550m, 26 vi 2010, coll. Cao Yanghui; 83, China: Sichuan Prov., Yaan, Zhangjiashan Park, 11 vii 2010, coll. Cao Yanghui

Distribution: India; China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks. This species is extremely similar to T. ahmedi Dworakowska and T. alba (Ahmed) in view of their distinctive subgenital plate and paramere. The subgenital plate of this group has the basal part (region below the lateral projection) extremely long, with enlarged marginal microsetae subapically and reduced, relatively small marginal microsetae in the basal group. The paramere has the apical part and basal part long, the central part relatively short, and the apical part slender and twisted. The three species can be distinguished mainly by the length of the aedeagal processes and the distance between the process and the shaft. T. albida has the aedeagal processes ( Fig. 14 j) close to the shaft in ventral view and sinuate, with the apex directed outwards and surpassing the midlength of the shaft; T. ahmedi has the aedeagal processes ( Fig. 15 g) far form the shaft in ventral view, slightly curved mesad, and extended approximately to the midlength of the shaft; T. alba has the processes shorter than the midlength of the shaft; the distance between process and shaft is unknown according to the original description and illustrations.

The description and illustrations of Kapsa yanheensis Song & Li indicat that it is a synonym of T. albida (Dworakowska) , despite apparent differences in the drawing of the pygofer dorsal appendage.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Tautoneura albida (Dworakowska, 1970). a. abdominal apodemes; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. subgenital plate, dorsal view; e. subgenital plate, lateral view; f. style, lateral view; g. style, dorsal view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, ventral view; k. aedeagus, dorsal view.

FIGURE 15. Tautoneura ahmedi Dworakowska, 1977 n. rec. a. abdominal apodemes; b. pygofer dorsal appendage; c. subgenital plate, dorsal view; d. paramere, dorsal view; e. connective; f. aedeagus, lateral view; g. aedeagus, ventral view.