Four new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) and one new record from China
Author
Liu, Y.
Author
Qin, D. Z.
Author
Fletcher, M. J.
Author
Zhang, Y. L.
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-27
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3003.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3003.1.2
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Empoasca
(
Empoasca
)
apibicruris
Liu
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 10–18
;
Figs. 58–61
)
Type materials:
China
:
holotype
: m#,
Jianfengling
(
18° 43’ 14” N
,
108° 49’ 45” E
),
Hainan Prov.
,
5 May
2008
, 980 m, coll.
Qiulei Men
;
paratypes
:
2 m
#, same data as holotype. (all in
NWAFU
)
.
Length: m# 3.0 mm.
Ground color of body yellowish-green (
Fig. 61
). Crown with distinct light green patch on each side of coronal suture (
Fig. 58
). Eyes dark-brown. Pronotum with irregular yellow patches on anterior margin of pronotum and under eyes. Forewing and hindwing semitransparent. Abdomen yellow. Legs light yellow to green (
Fig. 60
).
Ventral abdominal apodemes subparallel-sided, reaching segment 5 (
Fig. 12
). Pygofer with short dorso-apical lobe curved mediad, posterior margin broadly rounded, ornamented with 8–9 rigid setae distributed from outer to inner face of pygofer (
Fig. 10
); pygofer appendage not exceeding pygofer margin, arcuate distally in lateral view, apex broadened and obliquely tapered (
Fig. 11
). Anal appendage stout, swollen distinctly in sub-apical part, narrowing and curved anterad apically (
Fig. 13
). Subgenital plate in lateral view curved gradually caudodorsad apically, expanded apically; with numerous macrosetae on apical half; dorsolateral margin group A with 4–5 long stout setae subbasally and group B with 22–23 short microsetae over apical 2/3 (
Fig. 18
). Paramere with 4 teeth on dentifer, 9–10 setae subapically, apex bent ventrad and blunt in lateral view, evenly tapered and curved laterad in ventral view (
Fig. 17
). Connective slightly broader than long, posterior margin medially emarginate, strongly sclerotized along mid-line but without obvious dorsal keel (
Fig. 14
). Aedeagus shaft well sclerotized, unevenly tapered in lateral view; distal appendages slightly shorter than shaft, divergent at ca. 45º angle in posterior view; basal appendages slightly shorter than shaft, subparallel in ventral view (
Figs. 15, 16
). Gonopore terminal.
Etymology:
The specific epithet is derived from the combination “
api–
” and “
bicruris
” which refers to the shape of apex shaft being furcated.
Diagnosis:
The new species is similar to
Empoasca albipennis
Dworakowska, 1977b
, but differs in having the two pairs of processes short and the pygofer appendage not forked.