New species and new records of the leafhopper genus Aguriahana Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China
Author
Huang, Min
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2011
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39
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205727
3bb4b58d-9e3d-48d1-8a57-7c33353ff2c5
1175-5326
205727
7.
Aguriahana longicorna
sp. nov.
Figs 7
a–c, 37–46.
Description.
Face, most of vertex and scutum reddish or yellowish ocher; anterior margin of vertex and pronotum yellowish; in lateral view 2 parallel horizonal narrow bands on anterior margin of head extending to side of pronotum blackish brown, area between bands yellowish. Color pattern of habitus, face and forewings as in
Figs 7
a–c. Vertex extended anteriorly. Forewings with
RP
diverging from MP’ beyond midlength of MP’; hind wings with apical
RP
vestigial and with MP’’ situated in line with CuA’’.
Abdominal apodemes reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite (
Fig.37
).
Male genitalia. Side of pygofer tall, upper lobe long with numerous tubercles, several teeth and few rigid setae terminally; central lobe narrow with numerous rigid short setae; lower lobe round with small protrusion at caudoventral angle (
Figs 38, 39
). Subgenital plate short with 2 basal macrosetae, 3 peg-like setae and several rigid short setae (
Figs 40, 41
). Paramere straight with subapical tooth spur-like (
Figs 43, 44
). Aedeagal shaft with laminar extension terminally at ventral margin and with single long ventral process slightly arched not exceeding apex of shaft (
Figs 45, 46
).
FIGURES 28–36.
Aguriahana simplex
sp.nov.
28, abdominal apodemes; 29, male pygofer, lateral view; 30, male pygofer lobe, lateral view; 31, paramere, connective, subgenital plate and sternite IX, dorsal view; 32, apex of subgenital plate; 33, connective; 34, paramere; 35, aedeagus, lateral view; 36, aedeagus, posterior view.
Measurement.
Male 3.90 mm, female 3.69 mm long, including wings.
Notes.
This species belongs to the
stellulata
group and resembles
Aguriahana deviata
Dworakowska
in external color pattern. It differs from the latter species in being darker and having 3 peg-like setae on the subgenital plate (
Fig.41
) and the ventral process of the aedeagal shaft arising near base (
Figs 45, 46
).
Type
material.
Holotype
, 3,
CHINA
.
Yunnan Province
: Xinzhu Botanical Garden, altitude
2300 m
,
16.xi.1999
, coll. I. Dworakowska.
Paratype
, same data as
holotype
except, 132ƤƤ, altitude
2500 m
,
Alnus
,
15.xi.1999
; 2ƤƤ, altitude
2500 m
,
15.xi.1999
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the combined Latin word “
longicorna
” which refers to the long ventral process of the aedeagal shaft.