Notes on Chinese species of the genus Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of two new species
Author
Song, Yuehua
Author
Li, Zizhong
text
Zootaxa
2008
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60
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182115
d5835315-92d3-43f8-8062-e84c4171ee90
1175-5326
182115
Tautoneura longiprocessa
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 11–20
,
25, 26
)
Morphology:
Structural characters as in
T. multimaculata
, but anteclypeus slim, not broad. Vertex and pronotum (
Fig. 11
) brownish-yellow with testaceous-brownish patches. Eyes brownish black. Scutellum (
Fig. 11
) milky yellow, basal triangles brownish-yellow. Thorax dirty yellow; abdomen vivid-yellowish, turning brown yellow caudally. Forewing (
Fig. 19
) yellow, brownish at apex, with 3 red markings around claval suture and 3 round black spots; hindwing (
Fig. 20
) transparent, veins obvious, two transverse veins closely aligned to each other.
FIGURES 21–39.
Tautoneura arachisi
(Matsumura, 1916)
: 21. Aedeagus, ventral view. 22. Aedeagus, lateral view;
Tautoneura choui
Ma, 1983: 23
. Aedeagus, ventral view. 24. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. formosa
(Dworakowska, 1970)
: 25. Aedeagus, ventral view. 26. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. fusca
(Dworakowska, 1970)
: 27. Style. 28. Aedeagus, ventral view. 29. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. mori
(Matsumura, 1906)
: 30. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 31. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. prima
Dworakowska, 1979: 32
. Aedeagus, ventral view. 33. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. sinica
(Dworakowska, 1970)
: 34. Style. 35. Aedeagus, ventral view. 36. Aedeagus, lateral view;
T. tripunctula
(Melicher, 1903)
: 37. Aedeagus, ventral view. 38. Aedeagus, lateral view. 39. Forewing. (Note: Fig. 30 after Kuoh, others after Dworakowska)
Male genitalia:
Abdominal apodemes (
Fig. 18
) long and broad, reaching 5th segment. Pygofer lobe (
Fig. 12
) broad, with 3 macrosetae and a few microsetae at basal lower angle of lobe and numerous microsetae distributed in caudal part. Dorsal appendage tapering sharp (“sharp” means a blade) apically. Ventral appendage slightly curved (
Fig. 12
). Subgenital plate (
Fig. 13
) with 3 macrosetae near median area; expanded at base and with a few peg-like setae. Aedeagus (
Figs. 14, 15
) with a pair of very long belt-like apical processes, and two small teeth-like processes at middle of shaft; gonopore (
Fig. 14
) apical. Anal tube appendage extremely long, hook-like at apex.
Measurement:
Body length males 2.9–3.0 mm, females 3.0–3.1 mm.
Material examined:
Holotype
, male:
CHINA
, Guizhou: Lianhuaping, Mt. Leigong,
26°43'N
108°20'E
,
1400–2170 m
.,
15–IX–2005
, coll. Yuehua Song.
Paratypes
: one male, six females, same data as
holotype
.
Remarks:
This new species is similar to
T. formosa
(
Dworakowska, 1970
)
, which also has the aedeagal shaft with two pairs of processes, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics: 1) forewing of
T. formosa
with one large, carmine-red patch on clavus and some blackish-brown spots on corium, but the new species with 3 red markings around claval suture and 3 round black spots (
Fig. 19
); 2) the new species with a pair of long ribbon-like apical processes (
Fig. 14
) and pair of small tooth-like processes at middle of shaft (
Figs. 14, 15
), a feature unique within the genus; the apical processes of
T. formosa
shorter, with sculpture at apex and the second pair of processes finger-like, not teeth-like (
Figs. 25, 26
); 3) style of
T. formosa
with very long, twisted upper extension apically, and that of the new species short and expanded at apex.
Etymology:
The specific name refers to long processes of the aedeagus shaft.