Taxonomic revision of the leafhopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from China, with description of new taxa
Author
Dai, Wu
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2012
3430
1
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.215156
7fe75df4-2178-4baf-9d53-b55f343ec717
1175-5326
215156
Purvigallia maculata
sp. nov.
Figs 5
A, E, I; 20A–K; 21A, D.
Ground color pale brown with dark brown markings as in (
Figs 5
A, I, 20A B. Forewings with venation dark brown, cells pale brown. Legs pale brown with dark brown markings.
Stouter and shorter compared to species of
Japanagallia
. Forewings with claval veins connected on right side only, cross veins between outer claval vein and claval suture on right wing, 1–3 m-cu cross veins dividing inner and mesal subapical cells.
Male genitalia.
Pygofer narrowed caudally into narrow process directed slightly caudodorsally. Subgenital plates flat, more transparent with lateral marginal hair-like setae on caudal 0.33. Connective heavily pigmented. Aedeagus, simple tube-like, curved first caudally and then dorsally with apical gonopore, preatrium prolonged ventrally bearing caudally directed pair of long ventral processes, each process of uniform width but near caudal end curved slightly laterally and gradually tapered, surface with sparsely distributed setae.
Female
. Unknown.
Measurements.
Male 3.75 mm long, 1.2 mm wide across eyes.
Material examined.
Holotype
3, Yunnan, Yiliang,
1840m
,
29.vii.2005
, Li Meng (
NWAU
).
Distribution.
China
(Ynnan).
Etymology.
The name
maculata
refers to the dark brown spots on the body of this species.
Remarks.
This species has unique coloration of the pronotum (
Fig. 5
A) and has paired ventral preatrial processes and the caudal lobe of the pygofer narrowed and prolonged caudodorsally.