<documentid="CE7E7AD2781F1E29312AE094B9251918"ID-CLB-Dataset="298459"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.5"ID-GBIF-Dataset="9b9df7bd-ef13-4ece-a105-6302665d5a38"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="11610232"ID-ZooBank="9DA4824F-8260-469F-B58B-8CC419E87126"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="carolina"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="carolina"checkinTime="1718180887015"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Lin, Shuanghu, Zou, Hongfen & Zhang, Yalin"docDate="2024"docId="004787EEFF922822AD8336CF4057087D"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5463.1.5.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5463 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.5"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="95"masterDocId="FC7EFF96FF982829AD14332A425F0A64"masterDocTitle="Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Tautoneura Anufriev with four new species and one new record, and one new species for Qadria Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China"masterLastPageNumber="96"masterPageNumber="84"pageNumber="94"updateTime="1718315980699"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="B6E319573D9315191F3DD4FE3EB94773">Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Tautoneura Anufriev with four new species and one new record, and one new species for Qadria Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="2001EFFF288CEFB619A509CBB0252CDB">Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="49FEF61F978FE11150A9B215C60A25A5">Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="E44445D2F79B0D8CCA7B8A7F38C1EC7E">Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="4FEE4D7BFF922823ADD336CF40F60F9B"authority="Lin & Zhang"authorityName="Lin & Zhang"authorityYear="2024"box="[199,681,1508,1535]"class="Insecta"family="Cicadellidae"genus="Tautoneura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hemiptera"pageId="10"pageNumber="94"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="bracteiformis"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823AD8B352243450C47"box="[159,282,1544,1571]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1938,1962]"captionTargetBox="[198,1390,181,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-18@4.[193,1394,176,1914]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 1. a–d. Tautoneura apicidentata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. e–h. Tautoneura bicruris Lin & Zhang sp. nov. i–l. Tautoneura gigaerythromacula Lin & Zhang sp. nov. m–p. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. q–t. Qadria longibinata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a, c, e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s. dorsal view; b, f, j, n, r. lateral view; d, h, l, p, t. face."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610234"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610234/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823AC323522436B0C47"box="[294,308,1544,1571]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">5</figureCitation>
Ground color white to pale yellow. Head narrower than pronotum. Crown white, angulately produced medially, side of coronal suture light yellow, coronal suture distinct basally. Eyes pale gray. Face slightly flat in profile, frontoclypeal area long and relatively broad, anteclypeus long and slim, lorum small. Forewing light yellow, irregular sanguineous spot on inner margin and near outer margin respectively (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A9063596469B0CB3"box="[1042,1220,1724,1751]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1938,1962]"captionTargetBox="[198,1390,181,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-18@4.[193,1394,176,1914]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 1. a–d. Tautoneura apicidentata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. e–h. Tautoneura bicruris Lin & Zhang sp. nov. i–l. Tautoneura gigaerythromacula Lin & Zhang sp. nov. m–p. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. q–t. Qadria longibinata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a, c, e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s. dorsal view; b, f, j, n, r. lateral view; d, h, l, p, t. face."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610234"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610234/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">
Abdominal apodemes developed, extending to anterior part of sternite IV (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A92C35CA46D20C9F"box="[1080,1165,1760,1787]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Fig. 5b</figureCitation>
). Anal tube appendage developed and S-shaped, tapering towards apex (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823AFA8342E41530D7B"box="[700,780,1796,1823]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Fig. 5a</figureCitation>
Pygofer dorsal appendage tapering towards apex and curved ventrad with apex pointed (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A9AD340247740D27"box="[1209,1323,1832,1859]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Figs 5a, c</figureCitation>
). Pygofer ventral appendage slim, longer than dorsal appendage, exceeding posterior margin of pygofer lobe (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A803346647D20D02"box="[1303,1421,1868,1895]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Figs 5a, d</figureCitation>
). Pygofer lobe with 1 fine seta at cephalo-ventral angle and barely on distal part (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A91C345A46070DEF"box="[1032,1112,1904,1931]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Fig. 5a</figureCitation>
). Subgenital plate contracted medially, with row of microsetae along outer margin from subbase towards apex, subbasal microsetae larger, 3 macrosetae medially (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823AC9A349243800DB7"box="[398,479,1976,2003]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Fig. 5a</figureCitation>
). Connective Y-shaped, with manubrium narrow and central lobe degraded (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823A829349247D30DB7"box="[1341,1420,1976,2003]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Fig. 5e</figureCitation>
). Style with apical part relatively short (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF922823AF5A34F640E00D93"box="[590,703,2012,2039]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="94">Figs 5f, g</figureCitation>
). Aedeagus with both preatrium and dorsal apodeme developed, aedeagal shaft tubular, slightly curved dorsad and tapered from middle to apex in lateral view, gonopore near middle on ventral side, 2 tiny lamellar processes of different size developed on gonopore upper side, apex slightly expanded in ventral view (
<figureCitationid="10D52A7DFF932822AC5A33F543E60A9D"box="[334,441,222,249]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[199,1388,186,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-18@8.[194,1393,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Tautoneura bracteiformis Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. connective; f. style, ventral view; g. style, lateral view; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11610242"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11610242/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="95">Figs 5h, i</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="4FEE4D7BFF932822AFAB324541320BED"authorityName="Lin & Zhang"authorityYear="2024"box="[703,877,367,393]"class="Insecta"family="Cicadellidae"genus="Tautoneura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hemiptera"pageId="11"pageNumber="95"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="apicidentata">
, but has the anal tube appendage S-shaped, the gonopore near the middle of the shaft on the ventral side, and the aedeagal shaft with 2 tiny lamellar processes of different sizes.
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word
<taxonomicNameid="4FEE4D7BFF932822AE8732F146650B91"authorityName="Lin & Zhang"authorityYear="2024"box="[915,1082,475,501]"class="Insecta"family="Cicadellidae"genus="Tautoneura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hemiptera"pageId="11"pageNumber="95"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="bracteiformis">“bracteiformis</taxonomicName>
”, referring to the aedeagal shaft having 2 tiny lamellar processes.