Macrosteles viridigriseus (Edwards, 1924)

Yalin, Zhang, Lin, Lu & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2013, Review of the Leafhopper Genus Macrosteles Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 361-392 : 377

Macrosteles viridigriseus (Edwards, 1924)

(Plate 6, figs. 1–9)

Cicadula viridigrisea Edwards, 1924: 54

Macrosteles viridigrisea, DeLong & Caldwell, 1937: 57

Macrosteles viridigriseus, Ossiannilsson, 1983: 639 , Figs. 2039 – 2042; Yang, 1996: 82

Length (including tegmen) Male 2.8 – 3.4 mm (Kwon, 1988)

Pale green or yellow, head with black marks, forewings translucent.

Male abdomen. 2nd acrotergite with trunk widely V-shaped, neck slightly shorter than half of trunk width. 2nd tergal apodeme reaching 3/4 of tergite posteriorly. 1st sternal apodeme with posterior lobes longer than wide. 2nd sternal apodeme with posterior lobes about twice as long as basal width.

Male genitalia. Aedeagal shaft slender, even in width, with basal serrate margin in ventral view. Apical appendages of aedeagus long, parallel.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 male, Hebei Prov., Weichang County, Jiangjiacian Township, 12.viii.2006, Coll. Duan Yani (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Hebei, Xinjiang), Europe (widely distributed).