New species of the leafhopper genera Kusala Dworakowska and Diomma Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with description of a new subgenus
Author
Cao, Yanghui
Author
Dmitriev, Dmitry A.
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-07
4514
2
263
272
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.9
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Kusala
(
Scodela
)
sinuata
sp. nov.
(
Figs 3
,
5
i–l)
Description.
Ground color orange-brown, face brown. Crown fore margin rounded, anteclypeus ovoid. (
Figs 5
i–l)
Male 2S abdominal apodemes (
Fig. 3a
) surpassing hind margin of sternite IV. Anal tube appendage (
Figs 3b, c
) long.
Subgenital plate (
Fig. 3e
) narrow. Apical part of style (
Fig. 3f
) sinuate, subapical extension rectangular. Connective (
Fig.
3g
) lamellate, manubrium very broad. Aedeagal shaft (
Figs 3h, i
) directed dorso-caudad, with a small protrusion on dorsal margin subapically, apex concave in caudal view; dorsal apodeme large, Y-shaped in caudal view; preatrium relatively long.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar to
K
. (
S
.)
directa
sp. nov.
, but the subgenital plate is narrower, the apical part of the style is sinuate, the aedeagal shaft is narrower, directed dorso-caudad and has a small protrusion on the dorsal margin subapically, and the preatrium is longer.
Measurement.
Male length 2.60mm.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♂
,
CHINA
,
Yunnan
Prov.,
Yingjiang
,
Xima
,
24°48'18''N
,
97°45'03''E
, 1828.9m,
4 v 2012
, coll.
Yanghui Cao.
Etymology.
The new specific epithet is derived from Latin verb “
sinuatus
”, which means “bend”, referring to the sinuate apical part of the style.