Mitjaevia protuberanta, Song, Yuehua, Li, Zizhong & Xiong, Kangning, 2011

Song, Yuehua, Li, Zizhong & Xiong, Kangning, 2011, Two new species of the genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 2805, pp. 26-30 : 29-30

Mitjaevia wangwushana Song, Li & Xiong sp. nov.

( Figs. 11–19 )

Color pattern (including dorsum and face) and external features are similar to M. protuberanta sp. nov. ( Figs. 11, 12 ). Other morphology as in M. protuberanta except as noted below.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 13 ) short and small, lamellate-like, not extended beyond 3rd sternite.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 14 ) broad, with sparse fine setae on lateral surface, and with several microtrichia around hind margin. Pygofer ( Fig. 14 ) dorsal appendages and ventral appendages present, not very long, their terminal part acuminate. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 15 ) with 3 scattered macrosetae starting from middle area approximately and row of short rigid microsetae along outer margin. Style apex expanded, preapical lobe large, prominent. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 17, 18 ) with pair of processes, which quite bent ventrally. Preatrium ( Fig. 17 ) very long, much longer than length of aedeagal shaft; dorsal apodeme visible, about as long as shaft. Gonopore ( Figs. 17, 18 ) subapically, ventrad. Connective ( Fig. 19 ) central lobe well develpoed, little sclerotized; two arms strong; stem compressed.

Specimen examined. Holotype, male, Mt. Wangwu, Henan Province, China, 726–1700 m, 21–22 Augest 2008, coll. Qiongzhang Song and Jichun Xing. Paratypes: two males, three females, same data as holotype.

Measurement. Body length males 3.1–3.2 mm, females 3.5–3.6 mm.

Remarks. The new species closely resembles M. protuberanta sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the latter by the aedeagal shaft with pair of long processes subapically, and by the preatrium slender, much longer than shaft.

Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality “Wangwushan”.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 19. Mitjaevia wangwushana n. sp. 11. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 12. Forewing. 13. Abdominal apodemes. 14. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 15. Subgenital plate. 16. Style. 17. Aedeagus, lateral view. 18. Aedeagus, ventral view. 19. Connective.