Irenaneura, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with description of four new species
Author
Yanghui, Cao
Author
Min, Huang
Author
Yalin, Zhang
text
Zootaxa
2012
3333
58
65
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.211226
adb21b78-0254-4ba2-a4e9-1659103c3f99
1175-5326
211226
2.
Irenaneura dworakowski
sp. nov.
(
Figs 2, 5, 9
,
23–31
)
Description:
Color pattern as in
I. longiprocessa
, but face darker, and mesonotum lighter. (
Figs 2, 5, 9
)
Male pygofer dorsal appendage as in
I. longiprocessa
, but slightly shorter and exceeding pygofer side at its caudo-dorsal angle (
Figs 23, 24
). Subgenital plate broadened basally; with 2–3 irregular rows of thickened microsetae subbasally, several basal microsetae and microsetae of outer row much more blunt (
Fig. 26
). Style as in
I. longiprocessa
(
Figs 27, 28
). Connective triangular, two arms broadened (
Fig. 29
). Aedeagal shaft with minute teeth restricted to dorsal area from midlength to subapex, pair of bifurcate preatrial processes ventrobasally, arising close to shaft, ventral branches slightly longer and thicker than dorsal ones; dorsal apodeme inconspicuous; preatrium long (
Figs 30, 31
).
Measurement:
Male length 3.8mm (including wing).
Material examined:
Holotype
: 3,
CHINA
, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan, Sanchahe,
950m
,
20-xii-1999
, coll. I. Dworakowska.
Paratype
: 3, same data as
holotype
.
Diagnosis:
Resembling
I. longiprocessa
, but connective short with arms broadened, and aedeagal shaft evenly thick, with basal processes bifurcate and shorter than shaft.
Etymology:
The species is named for the collector Dr. I. Dworakowska.