Parapiromis nom. nov., a new name for Piromis Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae), with descriptions of three new species Author Bu, Cui-Ping Author Larivière, Marie-Claude Author Liang, Ai-Ping text Zootaxa 2010 2400 29 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.275881 a2f2e242-844a-4790-a055-4c19d6cf6c68 1175-5326 275881 Parapiromis santacruzensis sp. nov. ( Figs. 34–42 , 43 ) Description. 3 (n=1), BL: 7.0 mm, FWL: 6.5 mm . General colour fuscous. Frons and clypeus brown. Rostrum pallid. Vertex and pronotum brown. Mesonotum fuscous. Thorax fuscous ventrally. Legs pale brown; tarsi and tips of tibiae fuscous. Abdomen brown ventrally, and pale brown dorsally. Fore wing with brown precostal area, costal cell and basal cell, anterior part of corium brown with many hyaline areoles, forming a wide brown band near middle; apical margins with a wider brown fascia; stigma white, nearly opaque. FIGURES 34–42. Parapiromis santacruzensis sp. nov. , 3, holotype. 34. head, pronotum and mesonotum (dorsal view). 35. head (ventral view). 36. fore wing. 37. hind wing. 38. anal tube (dorsal view). 39. genitalia (lateral view). 40. aedeagus (dorsal view). 41. aedeagus (lateral view). 42. aedeagus (ventral view). FIGURE 43. Geographic distribution of Parapiromis species in the south Pacific region. Head (including compound eyes) ( Figs. 34, 35 ) slightly narrower than pronotum. Vertex ( Fig. 34 ) wider at anterior margin than long in middle line (10.9:1). Frons ( Fig. 35 ) wider at widest part than long in middle line (1.3:1); disc tricarinate, sublateral carinae slightly longer than central carina, a transverse carina present distally. Clypeus ( Fig. 35 ) triangular, without central carina. Pronotum ( Fig. 34 ) wider at widest part than long in middle line (6.2:1), punctuated beside central carina. Mesonotum ( Fig. 34 ) large, longer than broad, with tricarinate on disc, lateral carinae weakly sinuately converging anteriorly and narrowly rounding to meet in middle line, anterolateral carinae forward bending slightly, uniting with lateral carinae at middle. Wing venation as in Figs. 36–37 . Male genitalia with pygofer ( Fig. 39 ) narrow and high, with dorsal posterior margin smoothly produced posteriorly in lateral view. Anal tube ( Fig. 38 ) moderately large, oval in dorsal view, longer than wide at middle (1.4:1). Genital styles ( Fig. 39 ) relatively small, broad in lateral aspect, with long apical process, in profile longer than wide at middle (2.5:1). Aedeagus ( Figs. 40–42 ) stout, nearly straight, mostly sclerotised, with two rows of short spines ventrally in discal half: one row of 14 spines, and another row of 15 spines, and two pairs of cephalad directed dorsal processes at apex, the inner pair spinose short, deeply crossed, the outer pair long, moderately sinuate, narrowly tubular and weakly sinuate in basal, membranous in the succeeding, and sclerotised and acuminate apically, nearly paralleled near base, crossed at end. Material examined. Holotype 3, Solomon Islands Santa Cruz: Graciosa Bay, 0–50 m , i.1977 . N.L.H. Krauss ( AMNH ). Etymology. The name is derived from the type locality (Santa Cruz) of the only known specimen. Distribution. Solomon Islands . Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other known species in Parapiromis by its aedeagus with two rows of short spines.