Review of bamboo-feeding leafhoppers of the genus Mukaria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description two new species
Author
Zhao, Yong-Tao
0000-0002-2954-1332
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Author
Luo, Qiang
0000-0001-9927-1887
Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, PR China.
Author
Yang, Lin
0000-0002-7841-5156
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
Author
Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China. & Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, PR China.
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Zootaxa
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2024-06-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.3.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5474.3.4
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Mukariella testacea
(Chen, Liang & Li)
comb. nov.
Figs. 34, 39–42
Mukaria testacea
Chen, Liang & Li, 2009: 144
;
Mukaria testacea
Chen, Yang & Li, 2012: 75
.
Body length: male:
3.65–3.86 mm
, female:
3.7–4.25 mm
.
Descriptions and illustrations of external features and male genitalia of this species see
Chen
et al.
, 2012:75
.
Female genitalia
. Sternite VII is about 2.3 times as wide as long, with nearly straight anterior margin, posterior margin concave, Central “M”-shaped protuberance (
Fig. 34
). Dorsal surface of Valvula I (
Figs. 39, 40
) and Valvula II (
Figs. 41, 42
) is similar to
Mukariella pallipes
.
Material examined.
HOLOTYPE
:
1 ♂
,
China
:
Guangdong
,
Guangzhou
city,
Tianhe District
,
South
China
National Botanical Garden
(
23°19’N
,
113°37’E
),
22 November 2006
, collectors:
Xiangsheng Chen
,
paratypes
:
2♂♂
21♀♀
,
China
:
Guangdong
,
Guangzhou
city,
Tianhe District
,
South
China
National Botanical Garden
(
23°19’N
,
113°37’E
),
22 November 2006
, collectors:
Xiangsheng Chen.
11♂♂
18♀♀
,
China
:
Fujiang
,
Nanping City
,
Wuyishan Nature Reserve
, (26°67N, 117°96’E),
22 August 2019
, collectors:
Jing Wang
,
Yongjin Sui.
Distribution.
China
(
Guangdong
,
Jiangxi
,
Fujian
).
Host Plant.
Bambusa emeiensis
Chia & Fung.
Note.
This species is moved to
Mukariella
based on the following characteristics: (1) body tawny; (2) crown with pronounced forward extension, crown seam clearly visible; (3) frontoclypeus large flattened in lateral view; (4) aedeagus single-branched, terminal 1/3 with two pairs of spines, one gonopore.