Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China
Author
Song, Yue-Hua
Author
Li, Zi-Zhong
text
Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282029
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282029
Salka congjianga
sp. nov.
(
Figs 9–18
)
Description.
Dorsum brownish black. Vertex with large central black patch. Eyes black (
Fig. 9
). Face sordid yellow; anteclypeus blackish brown; postclypeus brown, with apex yellow medially (
Fig. 10
). Fore wing brownish black; brochosome field darker, with blue tint (
Fig. 11
).
Male abdominal apodemes not exceeding 3rd sternite (
Fig. 13
).
Male genitalia
: Pygofer lobe with 2 macrosetae near caudal margin; dorsal appendage bifurcate. Subgenital plate robust, with 6 macrosetae in oblique row and row of short stout setae along upper margin; apex broad and quadrate (
Fig. 14
). Style apex extremely long, subapical tooth short and preapical lobe small (
Fig. 15
). Aedeagal shaft tubular, S-shaped curved in lateral view, with pair of short apical processes; preatrium large, with paired processes directed latero-ventrally and single process extended dorsally; dorsal apodeme inconspicuous; gonopore apical on ventral surface (
Figs 16, 17
). Connective large, Y-shaped with feeble sclerotized margin; central lobe distinct (
Fig. 18
).
Specimen examined.
Holotype
: 3,
CHINA
, Guizhou Prov., Congjiang, Mt. Moon,
20-VII-2006
, coll. Yi Tang.
Measurement.
Male length 3.6 mm (including wing).
Remarks.
This species is close to
S. longiprocessa
Zhang, Yang & Huang (2009)
, but differs in having the style apex exceedingly long, the subapical tooth short and the preapical lobe small (
Fig. 15
); the aedeagal shaft with apical processes short, extended dorsally (
Figs 16, 17
); and the connective large (
Fig. 18
).
Etymology.
The specific name is named for the
type
locality, Congjiang.