The genus Leucodellus Reuter, 1906 in China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Author
Li, Xiao-Ming
Author
Liu, Guo-Qing
text
Zootaxa
2007
1478
33
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176797
373b2741-3b42-4218-8fe8-39f91f23359c
1175-5326
176797
Leucodellus xizangensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 5–6
,
9
,
18–21
,
24
)
Type
specimens:
Holotype
: male,
CHINA
:
Gyitang (
30°44'N
,
97°20'E
), Xizang Autonomous Region, alt.
3600m
,
13.ix.1976
, Yin-heng Han leg..
Paratypes
:
2 males
,
4 females
, same data as
holotype
.
Diagnosis:
Relatively large, elongate ovoid, total length 4.19–4.22 (male) 3.71–3.76 (female); vestiture with pale simple setae only; general coloration pale; membrane large; tibial spines black, base portion of hind tibia pale; vesica strongly twisted with serrations on dorsal surface, posterior spine hooked (
Fig.18
). Similar in body size and coloration to
L. albidus
, separated from
L. albidus
by the structure of vesica.
Description:
Male (
Fig. 5
): Relatively large, elongate-ovoid.
Coloration: General coloration pale; vestiture with pale simple setae only; apex of labium infuscate; all femora with numerous small dark spots (
Fig. 9
); tibiae entirely pale, tibial spines with dark spots at bases; tarsal segment III and claws darkened. Structure: Body relatively broad, dorsum moderately shining, smooth; vestiture composed of recumbent, pale, weakly shining, simple setae; head almost vertical, clypeus not very distinctly visible from above; frons and vertex broad and flattened in dorsal view; posterior margin of vertex weakly rounded; antenna inserted below ventral margin of eye; antennal segments III and IV slender than segment II, total length shorter than segment II; labium reaching to posterior margin of hind trochanters; hemelytra nearly parallel-sided, lateral corial margin slightly convex; membrane large relative to total size of wing; pygophore large. Male genitalia (
Figs. 18–21
): Vesica relatively stout, strongly twisted, with serrations on dorsal surface, anterior apical spine much longer than posterior and decurved apically, posterior spine hooked; phallotheca heavily sclerotized; left paramere boat-shaped; right paramere lanceolate.
Female (
Fig. 6
): Body shape and coloration are very similar to male’s, but smaller than in male.
Distribution:
China
(Xizang).
Etymology:
Named for the area (Xizang Autonomous Region of
China
) where the
type
material was found.