Limassolla yingjianga, Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3127, pp. 53-63 : 60-62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.279415

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6187452

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C687A2-FFE0-FFBC-D495-F96DBB8DFD3F

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Plazi

scientific name

Limassolla yingjianga
status

sp. nov.

Limassolla (L.) yingjianga View in CoL Song & Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 38–46 View FIGURES 38 – 46 )

Crown and pronotum ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) milky yellow, with brown orange pattern. Eyes ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) greyish brown. Scutellum ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) whitish yellow, its apex light orange red, with small black spot; basal triangles brown yellow. Two dark Lshaped (or orthogonal) stripes near inner margins of basal triangles. Forewing ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) yellowish white, with few brownish or brown spots; on clavus two orange red markings as indicated by dashed in Fig. 39 View FIGURES 38 – 46 .

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) strong, extending to posterior margin of 5th segment.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) broad, dorsoposterior margin produced, with prominent stout setae and microtrichia well developed. Pygofer ventral appendage ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) very strong, not extended beyond dorsal margin of pygofer. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) strongly broadened, with single long macroseta subbasally; apex tapered abruptly, with numerous microsetae. Style ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) with three fine setae on base of caudal part. Aedeagus ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) truncate at apex, with paired subapical processes serrated laterally. Gonopore ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) apical. Long atrial process arising from base of aedeagal shaft ventrally, curved arcuately ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ). Preatrium ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) much longer than dorsal apodeme, dorsal apodeme distinctly expanded. Connective ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ) Y-shaped, stem very broad, central lobe weak.

Specimen examined. Holotype, 3, China, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, 1300–1400 m, 21 Jul. 2002, coll. Renhuai Dai.

Measurement. Body length male 2. 9 mm (including wing).

Remarks. The new species is distinguishable from L. sharmai Dworakowska (1994) by the aedeagal shaft subapical processes with serrate lateral margins ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ); the atrial long process distinctly curved, arc-like ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ); the terminal portion of the aedeagal shaft truncate ( Figs. 44, 45 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ); and the dorsoposterior margin of the pygofer lobe protrudent, with prominent stout setae ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 38 – 46 ).

Etymology. The new species is named for its type locality ‘‘Yingjiang’’.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Limassolla

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