New species of the leafhopper genera Kusala Dworakowska and Diomma Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with description of a new subgenus
Author
Cao, Yanghui
Author
Dmitriev, Dmitry A.
Author
Zhang, Yalin
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-07
4514
2
263
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.9
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Kusala
(
Scodela
)
sgen. n.
Type
species:
Kusala
(
Scodela
)
directa
sp. nov.
Description.
Crown fore margin angulately produced to rounded in dorsal view, rounded in lateral view.
Pygofer lobe with fine setae, macrosetae absent. Subgenital plate relatively narrow, with about 3–4 macrosetae medially near outer margin. Style with apical part very long, pointed apically. Connective V-shaped or lamellate. Aedeagal shaft without dorso-apical lamella; dorsal apodeme rudimentary to large; preatrium not folded, short to long, directed cephalad.
Diagnosis.
The new subgenus is similar to subgenus
Kusala
externally, but the head is more broadly rounded in profile, the male pygofer lobe lacks macrosetae, the subgenital plate is narrower and lacks thin macrosetae along the apical outer margin, the style is elongated apically, the aedeagus lacks dorsal lamella and the preatrium is not bent.
Etymology.
The new subgeneric name is an arbitrary combination of letters, the gender is feminine.