Four new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) and one new record from China
Author
Liu, Y.
Author
Qin, D. Z.
Author
Fletcher, M. J.
Author
Zhang, Y. L.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-27
3070
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3003.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3003.1.2
1175-5326
5280483
Empoasca
(
Empoasca
)
dahaopingensis
Qin & Liu
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 26–34
;
Figs. 66–69
)
Type materials:
China
:
holotype
: m#,
Dahaoping
(
24° 58’ 42” N
,
98° 43’ 55” E
),
Tengchong
,
Yunnan Prov.
,
25 November 1999
,
2000 m
, coll.
I. Dworakowska
;
paratypes
:
2 m
#, same data as holotype;
1 m
#,
Mt. Cang
,
Dali
,
Yunnan Prov.
,
12 November
1999
, 2350 m, coll.
Daozheng Qin
;
2 m
#,
Mt. Gaoligong
,
Tengchong
,
Yunnan Prov.
,
12 November 1999
,
2000 m
, coll.
Daozheng Qin
;
1 m
#,
Mt. Gongga
,
Yunnan Prov.
, date unknown, coll.
I. Dworakowska
;
1 m
#,
Hailuogou
,
Luding
,
Sichuan Prov.
,
5 November 1999
,
2700 m
, coll.
I. Dworakowska
;
1 m
#,
Wenxian
,
Gansu Prov.
,
3 July 2001
,
2000 m
, coll
Qiang Sun.
(all in
NWAFU
)
.
Length: m# 2.7–2.8 mm.
Ground color of body yellowish-green (
Fig. 69
). Crown with light yellow patch on each side of coronal suture (
Fig. 66
). Eyes brown. Pronotum with irregular patches on anterior margin of pronotum and under eyes. Forewing and hindwing semitransparent. Abdomen light yellow. Legs light yellow to green (
Fig. 68
).
Ventral abdominal apodemes well developed, reaching segment 5, parallel-sided to broadly rounded apices (
Fig. 27
). Pygofer in lateral view broadly rounded on posterior margin, ornamented with 18–20 rigid setae distributed from outer to inner face (
Fig. 26
); pygofer appendage in lateral view bent dorsad and nearly straight in distal half except abruptly narrowed and slightly sinuate near apex, exceeding pygofer margin, apex acute and excavated (
Fig. 32
). Anal appendage stout, broad at base, tapering to apex, nearly straight (
Fig. 28
). Subgenital plate in lateral view, curved gradually caudodorsad apically, tapering to rounded apex; with numerous macrosetae and fine setae somewhat irregularly scattered; dorsolateral margin group A with 4–5 long stout setae sub-basally, group B with 22–24 short microsetae on apical 2/3 (
Fig. 34
). Paramere with 6–7 teeth on dentifer, 7–9 setae subapically (
Fig. 33
). Connective longer than broad, posterior margin medially emarginate, median anterior lobe small but distinct (
Fig. 29
). Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium long, with numerous rugae on shaft margin from lateral view (
Figs. 30, 31
). Gonopore terminal.
FIGURES 26–34.
Empoasca
(
Empoasca
)
dahaopingensis
, 26, male pygofer, lateral view; 27, abdominal apodemes; 28, anal tube appendage; 29, connective; 30, aedeagus, ventral view; 31, aedeagus, lateral view; 32, pygofer appendage; 33, paramere; 34, subgenital plate.
Etymology:
The specific epithet is derived from the location “Dahaoping” in
Yunnan Province
(S.W.
China
) where the
holotype
of the new species was collected.
Diagnosis:
This species is similar to
Empoasca yubocola
Dworakowska, 1977a
, but differs in having the aedeagal shaft with numerous rugae on the margin in lateral view and the apex of the pygofer appendage being extended and apex acute and excavated.