Review of the Old World leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of new species
Author
Dai, Wu
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2010
2651
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198836
d8a2bcc5-3df6-448e-88ec-0a53f24782e8
1175-5326
198836
Mimotettix distiflangentus
sp. nov.
Fig.7
Material examined.
Holotype
3,
Paratypes
23,
China
, Yunnan, Menglun,
19 May 1991
, Wang Yinglun and Tian Rungang (
NWAFU
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet ‘
distiflangentus
’ refers to the distal flanges of the aedeagus in this species.
Description.
Body length (including tegmen): 3,
5.4–5.5mm
.
Male genitalia: Pygophore very elongate and tapered posteriorly. Connective stem about 1.5 times longer than arms. Style relatively narrow. Aedeagal shaft with distal dorsal surface deeply concave with a pair of triangular-shape dentate flanges on each side, apical process with length approximately 1/2 length of shaft.
Diagnosis.
This species is very similar to
M
.
tibetensis
in the shape of the aedeagus but differs in most other aspects of the male genitalia.
Distribution.
China
(Yunnan) (
Fig.17
).