Paraonukia wangmoensis, Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2013

Yang, Lin, Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2013, Review of the bamboo-feeding species of tribe Evacanthini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of two new species from China, Zootaxa 3620 (3), pp. 453-472 : 457-458

Paraonukia wangmoensis sp. nov.

( Figs 91–100 )

Measurements. Body length including forewing: male 6.10–6.30 mm (n=8), female 6.95–7.05 mm (n=3).

Coloration. Crown, face, pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum black ( Figs 91-95 ). Eyes brown. Antennae pale yellowish white to yellowish brown. Forewing blackish brown, costal margin with three pale yellowish white triangular markings. Ventral portion of thorax yellowish white. Abdomen with dorsal areas dark bown, ventral areas yellowish brown.

Head and thorax. Head ( Figs 91, 92 ) with crown strongly angularly produced, median length slightly longer than width between eyes (1.16:1); lateral margins carinate; submarginal carina mesad of ocelli on crown; area between median carina and submarginal carina slightly convex, longitudinally rugose. Face including eyes ( Fig. 95 ) longer than wide (1.34:1); frontoclypeus with strongly elevated median longitudinal carina, obliquely striate laterally; clypellus broad and swollen at base, narrowed apically; lora not reaching apex of clypellus, flat; gena strongly declivous laterally. Pronotum ( Fig. 92 ) wider than head including eyes (1.17:1), slightly shorter than vertex (0.89:1). Mesoscutum and scutellum ( Fig. 92 ) triangular, shorter than pronotum (0.85:1).. Forewing with four apical cells; appendix very narrow.

Male genitalia. Male pygofer ( Fig. 96 ) nearly quadrilateral in lateral view, broad anteriorly, dorsal margin nearly straight, apex produced into small tooth, directed caudad, ventral margin with small tooth near posterior margin, directed ventrally. Subgenital plate ( Figs 96, 97 ) elongate, apex rounded, with macrosetae arranged in rows and several setae apically. Style short, as in Fig. 98 . Connective ( Figs 98, 99 ) with arms short. Aedeagus ( Figs 99, 100 ) curved dorsad in lateral view, with pair of well developed process on dorsal part of atrium, respectively; ventral processes developed, curved dorsad and forked apically, in ventral view fork slightly turned towards left side; aedeagal shaft stout, curved dorsad, apex rounded, with caudal margin swollen subapically; gonopore apical.

Host plant. Bamboo.

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

Type materials. Holotype: 3, China: Guizhou, Wangmo, Dayi (106°06´N, 25°21´E), bamboo, 22 Sep. 1997, X.-S. Chen; paratypes: 7 3, 3 ƤƤ, data same as holotype (IEGU).

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, Wangmo, Guizhou, China.

Remarks. This species closely resembles Paraonukia arisana (Matsumura, 1912) , but differs as follows: dorsal margin of male pygofer straight, posterior margin between two teeth convex; aedeagus with ventral processes shorter than aedeagal shaft, apex turned left in ventral view; aedeagal shaft with dorsal margin convex near apex.

Figures

FIGURES 91 – 100. Paraonukia wangmoensis sp. nov. (91) Male habitus, dorsal view; (92) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (93) Male habitus, lateral view; (94) Head and thorax, lateral view; (95) Face; (96) Male pygofer, lateral view; (97) Subgenital plate, lateral view; (98) Connective and style; (99) Aedeagus, connective and style, ventral view; (100) Aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view.