Review of the leafhopper genus Singapora Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)
Author
Cao, Yanghui
Author
Yang, Meixia
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2014
3774
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3774.4.3
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12.
Singapora yingjiangica
Cao & Zhang
sp. nov.
(Fig. 11)
Description.
Body greenish-yellow, apical patch on vertex large. Basal triangles on mesonotum light tan. Male 2S abdominal apodemes (Fig. 11j) extended to posterior margin of 7th sternite. Anal tube appendage (Fig. 11j) with apex narrow and sinuate.
Pygofer side (Fig. 11a) short, hind margin truncate, without microsetae at dorso-caudal angle. Subgenital plate (Figs 11a, d) with row of microsetae along dorsal outer margin from near base to apex and another row along ventral margin from midlength to apex, with about 5 macrosetae medially. Style (Figs 11e, f) with inner protrusion shifted basad, apex curved laterad obviously. Connective (Fig.
11g
) with manubrium short but broad. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 11h, i) long and slim, with pair of slim processes apically which curved ventrad; preatrial process thick, gradually narrowing apically, subapex expanded in lateral view, curved dorsad, apex twisted.
FIGURE 10.
Singapora triacantha
Yang & Zhang
sp. nov.
a. genital capsule; b. pygofer side, lateral view; c. anal tube appendage with its setting; d. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9th sternite, dorsal view; e. style, dorsal view; f. apex of style, lateral view; g. connective; h. aedeagus, ventral view; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. abdominal apodemes.
FIGURE 11.
Singapora yingjiangica
Cao & Zhang
sp. nov.
a. genital capsule; b. anal tube appendage; c. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9th sternite, dorsal view; d. subgenital plate; e. style, dorsal view; f. apex of style, lateral view; g. connective; h. aedeagus, caudal view; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. abdominal apodemes.
Measurement.
length male
3.80mm
.
Material examined.
Holotype
: ♂,
China
, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang, Tongbiguan,
24°36'44''N
,
97°39'30''E
,
1338m
, 0
3 v 2012
, coll. Cao Yanghui.
Deposition.
Entomological Museum,
NWAFU
, Yangling,
China
.
Remarks.
The new species is similar to
S. fopingensis
Chou & Ma
, but the body is much larger, the pygofer side is shorter, anal tube appendage has the base broader and apex sinuate, the manubrium of the connective is shorter and broader, and the aedeagal apical processes are longer and less curved.
Etymology.
The new species is named for its
type
locality “Yingjiang”.