Two new species of the genus Japananus Ball, 1931 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Author
Xing, Ji-Chun
Author
Dai, Ren-Huai
Author
Li, Zi-Zhong
text
Zootaxa
2010
2415
63
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.294358
88316c3b-530c-4114-9f5a-329764592315
1175-5326
294358
Japananus lamellosus
sp. nov.
Figs.
16-22
Description.
Color and external features resemble
Japananus meilingensis
sp. nov.
. Pronotum broad, slightly shorter than length of vertex.
Male genitalia: Subgenital plate with a long caudal attenuated process, the end of process slightly swollen(
Fig.
18
). Aedeagus shafts U-shaped in ventral view, shafts with a lamellar subapical processes; gonopore is located below the subapical processes (
Figs19, 20
). Connective Y-shaped with arms fused apically (
Fig.
21
).
Measurement.
Length (including tegmen):
3
, 5.0 mm; Ƥ,
6.4 mm
.
Type
Material.
Holotype
3
,
China
: Guizhou Prov., Libo County,
21
September
1996
, coll. Maofa Yang (
GUGC
).
Paratypes
:
1
Ƥ, same data as
holotype
.
Remarks.
This species is similar to
Japananus bicurvatus
Xing, Dai & Li
, but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagal shafts in ventral view and shape of their processes. It also differs from
Japananus hyalinus
(Osborn)
in the subapical processes of aedeagus is lamellar, aedeagal shafts more slender and gonopore is located below the subapical processes.
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the Latin words
lamellosus
, indicating that the subapical processes of aedeagus is lamellar.