A revision of the VartaStymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Old World
Author
Viraktamath, C. A.
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
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Varta rubrovittata
(Matsumura)
comb. nov.
Figs 37
,
64–68
.
Platymetopius rubrovittatus
Matsumura 1914
: 214
.
Syntype
ɗ,
TAIWAN
[EIHU, examined].
Coloration and structure as in
V. rubrostriata
.
Male genitalia
: Pygophore produced caudally into a ribbonlike process, ventral process in contact with it up to distal 0.25 length then divergent, ventral process curved ventrally. Segment X with very small denticles. Subgenital plate caudally rounded. Apophysis of style slender, evenly curved and narrowed distally. Aedeagus less sinuate, shaft elongate, ventroapical process about 0.33 as long as shaft, its basal
0.3 in
close proximity with shaft, dorsoapical ridge more distal than in other species of
Va rt a
, dorsal apodeme stout.
Female genitalia
: Seventh sternum twice as broad as long, medially broadly produced caudally with a median notch.
Measurements
: Male 6.1 (5.7–6.4) mm long,
1.3 mm
wide across hind margin of head,
1.4 mm
wide across hind margin of pronotum. Female
7.4 mm
long,
1.5 mm
wide across hind margin of head,
1.7 mm
wide across hind margin of pronotum.
Material examined
:
TAIWAN
:
Syntype
ɗ, <
Formosa
, Matsumura [printed]><Tappan,
24/12/07
[hand written on reverse of the first label]><5 [blue label]>(
EIHU
). Other material:
TAIWAN
:
Formosa
: 1ɗ,
i.1916
[struck and overwritten on
Dec. 1913
], F. Muir; 1 Ψ, Lienhuachih,
650 m
, Nantou Hsien,
viii.1984
, K.S. Lin & K.C. Chou, Malaise trap, Yalin Zhang
China
; 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ, same data but collected on
ix.1984
; 3 ɗ, 1 Ψ, same data but collected on
xi.1984
. C.
Taiwan
: 1ɗ, Tungpu,
1200 m
, Nantou Hsien,
25–29.ix.1980
, L.Y. Chou & T. Lin; 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, same data but collected on
18–23.xi.1981
by T.Lin and W.S. Tang; 1 Ψ, same data but collected on
10–14.i.1983
by K.C. Chou and P. Huang; 1 ɗ, same data but collected on
xi. 1985
by K.S. Lin. E.
Taiwan
: 2 ɗ, 7 Ψ Fuli, HwalienTungha, Taitung, Hsien,
9–11.xi.1982
, K.C. Chou & S.P. Huang, 1 Ψ, same data but collected on
16.ii.1984
by K.C. Chou and C.L. Pau; 1Ψ, Horisha,
xii.1913
, F. Muir (
BMNH
,
BPBM
,
UAS
,
TARI
). S.
CHINA
: 1 ɗ, Foochow [Fuchai],
iii.1936
, M. S. Yang (
BMNH
).
Remarks
:
V. rubrovittata
resembles
V. rubrofasciata
but differs in the shape of male pygophore and the aedeagus especially in having much straighter, elongate, aedeagal shaft with longer ventroapical process and slender apophysis of the style.