A new erythroneurine leafhopper genus and species from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Author
Li, Can
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-12
4319
2
379
382
journal article
32126
10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.9
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Songana muscula
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1–16
)
Description.
Male length
3.8–3.9 mm
.
Vertex milky yellow, with single large black spot medially (
Figs 1, 3
). Eyes greyish black (
Figs 1-4
). Face with most of anteclypeus blackish brown; frontoclypeus with two large arched dark brown stripes along sides, other areas brownish (
Fig. 4
). Pronotum dark brown medially, with diamond-shaped muscle impression in middle and two dark brown marks scattered on each lateral margin, other part milky yellow (
Fig. 3
). Mesonotum and scutellum milky yellow, with vertical central yellow belt divided by scutellar suture; two tiny brownish spots located anterad of scutellar suture (
Figs 1, 3
). Scutellum with apex brownish (
Fig. 3
).
FIGURES 1–5.
Songana muscula
sp. nov.
1
Habitus, dorsal view
2
Habitus, lateral view
3
Head and thorax, dorsal view
4
Face
5
Apex of male abdomen, ventral view.
FIGURES 6–16.
Songana muscula
sp. nov.
6
Forewing
7
Hind wing
8
Abdominal apodemes
9
Genital capsule
10
Dorsal appendage of pygofer
11
Subgenital plate
12
Style
13
Connective
14
Subgenital plate, Style and Connective
15
Aedeagus, lateral view
16
Aedeagus, ventral view.
Male
abdominal apodemes short, hooklike apically, extended mesad at base of 3rd sternite (
Fig. 8
).
Pygofer
side with dorsal appendage basal half inflated and distal half narrowed; ventrolateral setal group with 9 rigid setae, much smaller than macrosetae (
Fig. 9
).
Style
apex long and sharp, preapical lobe prominent but not acutely angulate (
Fig. 12
).
Connective
lamellate, with two lateral arms and stem long; central lobe broad, well developed, with median sclerotized area darker than margins (
Fig. 13
).
Aedeagal
shaft curved dorsad, tapering apically, with pair of divergent long processes basally; preatrium mostly as long as aedeagal shaft, curved dorsad basally (
Figs 15, 16
).
Material
examined.
Holotype
:
♂
,
THAILAND
,
Mae
Hong Son
, Namtok Mae
Surin
NP,
Haad Saen
/
Huai Fai Kor
reservoir,
19°20.857'N
;
97°59.123'E
,
Malaise trap
,
20-27.i.2008
, coll.
Kamkoon, A
.
Paratypes
:
17♂♂
, same data as holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the Latin word “musculus” (robust, strong), referring to the leafhopper body large and robust (
Fig. 1
).