Naratettix zini Dworakowska, 1972

Hossain, Md. Shamim, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the microleafhopper genus Naratettix Matsumura (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, Zootaxa 4657 (1), pp. 148-158 : 157

Naratettix zini Dworakowska, 1972

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Naratettix zini Dworakowska, 1972 , Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. (Ser. Sci. Biol.) 20(2): 125 ( Korea, China).

Naratettix zini: Nast, 1972 , Pal. Auch. Ann. Check List: 257 (Korean peninsula).

Naratettix zini: Lee & Kwon, 1979 , Ill. Fl. & Faun. Kor. 23, Ins.(VII): 923−924 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Dworakowska, 1980 , Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. (Ser. Sci. Biol.) 8: 652 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Choe, 1986 , Thes. Dr. Agr. Seoul. Nat. Univ.: 9 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Anufriev & Emel'yanov, 1988, Keys Ins. Far East USSR 2: 109 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Kwon et al., 1994 , Check List Ins. Kor.: 90 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Kwon et al., 1996 , List Biol. Spec. Kor.: 121 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Lee & Chung, 1997 , Ins. Pests Trees & Shrubs: 311, 377 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Kwon & Huh, 2001 , Ins. Kor. Suppl.: 250 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Paek et al., 2010 , Check List Kor. Ins.: 62 ( Korea).

Naratettix zini: Lee et al., 2014 , Nat. List Spec. Kor. Ins. Hem. II: 80 ( Korea).

Description. General color creamy yellow, with patchy yellow pattern and irregular hypodermal ivory markings on crown and pronotum. Crown with castaneous brown hypodermal spots at lateral sides of midline; coronal suture distinct to total medial length of crown. Face shiny, whitish yellow in tint, without any prominent streaks or spots. Pronotum with irregular hypodermal ivory markings on anterior margin and near on lateral margins; posterior margin grayish brown. Basal stripe of scutellum, base of forewing and posterior margin of pronotum castaneous brown. Leg and body venter whitish yellow. Forewing with castaneous brown band at middle; apical cells with smoky pattern, without any dark brown spot. Hindwing hyaline. Second sternal apodeme in male with posterior lobes well developed, divergent to each other, exceeding 4th sternite.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe broad basally; dorsal margin gradually narrowed apically; posterior margin roundly produced apically, not slanting downward at posterior angle, bearing numerous setae on posterior surface. Subgenital plate with long macrosetae on upper margin distally. Style long, widened and truncate apically, with preapical lobe prominent. Connective Y-shaped, broadened with strong divergent branches. Aedeagal shaft tubular, without any basal process, gradually narrowed to bi-lobed fan-like boarding in apical part; gonopore apical.

Length. Male 3.4−3.6 mm, female 3.4−3.6 mm.

Material examined. Korea, Gangwon Province: 1 male, Balgyosan , on Quercus sp., 23.IX.2016, Y.J. Kwon; 1 female, Hambaeksan , Korea, on Quercus sp., 11.VI.2016; Gyeongbuk Province: 1 male, Daegu city, 10.VIII.1979; 1 male, Hakgasan, 26.V.1998; 1 male, Gyeongju, 27.X.1984; 1 female, Andong, 10.V.2008; Gyeongnam Province: 1 male, Samnam-myeon, 24.V.1980; 4 males & 11 females, Tongdosa Temple, 2.X.1979; 1 male, Jirisan, 14.VII.1981; Jeonbuk Province: 1 female, Deogyusan, 28.V.1991, all same collector .

Distribution. Korea (North, Central, South), China (Beijing), Russia (Maritime Territory).

Host plant. Castanea spp. (cf. Lee & Chung, 1997), Castanea crenata (cf. Choe, 1986), Quercus spp. (cf. Choe, 1986; Lee & Chung, 1997; observed).

Figures

FIGURES 40–50. Naratettix zini Dworakowska, 1972: 40. Dorsal habitus. 41. Lateral habitus. 42. Head. 43. Face. 44. Male abdominal apodemes. 45. Male pygofer lobe, lateral view. 46. Subgenital plate. 47. Aedeagus, caudoventral view. 48. Aedeagus, lateral view. 49. Style. 50. Connective.