A new genus in the family Flatidae with one new combination and three new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) Author Peng, Lingfei Author Fletcher, Murray Author Zhang, Yalin text Zootaxa 2016 4117 2 265 276 journal article 38961 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.8 1c1fefa6-cdc5-421b-bd8d-2de1413fdee5 1175-5326 259803 5051D6FE-3FE6-4053-B3B8-2EA1FA01E240 Herbiflata chromata sp. nov. ( Figs 2 A, E, I, M; 4A–I) Etymology. This specific epithet is derived from the Greek word “chrōma”, which means “color”. Diagnosis. This new species resembles H. saxeta sp. nov. , but can be differentiated by the following characters: anal tube with ventral margin inflated to fin-like apex ( Fig. 4 E), larger than H. saxeta ; aedeagus with an ear-like lateral lobe (LL) near ventral apex ( Fig. 4 F). Description. Size. Body length 8–9.5 mm . Coloration. General color light green to whitish grey; eyes fuscous; ocelli very pale white; clypeus yellow; legs brownish yellow, tibia and tarsus slightly darker; tegminal margin slightly orange. Head. Head ( Figs 2 E, 4A) about 3.8 times broader than long, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely pointed, lateral margins slightly ridged. Vertex ( Figs. 2 E, 4A) in form of hourglass, anterior margin concaved, partly concealed beneath anterior margin of pronotum. Frons ( Figs 2 I, 4B) convex, slightly wider than long, lateral margin convex, strongly carinate, with median longitudinal carina almost full length of frons. Clypeus ( Figs 2 I, 4B) without carina. Rostrum long, extending to meta-trochanter. Antennal segment I ring-like, segment II about three times longer than segment I ( Fig. 4 C). Thorax. Pronotum ( Figs 2 E, 4A, 4C): anterior margin convex, posterior margin concave. Mesonotum ( Figs 2 E, 4A): anterior margin convex, three longitudinal obscure carinae. Metatibia with six or seven spines apically, basal metatarsal segment with six or seven spines apically. Tegmen ( Figs 2 A, 4D) length 7.5–8.5 mm , width between costal margin and apex of clavus 4–4.5 mm ; costal margin convex, apical margin rounded to apex of clavus; postclaval sutural margin convex; costal membrane about 1.3 times wider than costal cell at bulla ( Fig. 4 D); costal cell without transverse veinlets; ScP+R stem short, ScP+RA not forked, RP forked slightly apicad of MP fork; MP forked apicad bulla, branch MP1+2 forked near midlength of tegmen, MP3+4 forked slightly before MP1+2 fork; CuA forked at midlength of CuP, CuA1 forked apicad of MP3+4 fork, CuA2 not forked, CuP about 0.54 length of tegmen, Pcu and A1 fused in apical portion of clavus; m-cua present middle of CuP. Male terminalia. Male anal tube ( Fig. 4 E): ventral margin inflated to fin-like apex, apical margin truncate, anus placed near apex of anal tube. Pygofer ( Fig. 4 E) ring-like, slightly higher than wide, anterior margin concave, posterior margin straight, ventral margin much longer than dorsal margin. Genital style ( Fig. 4 E) elongate, posterior margin projected upward. Phallic complex ( Fig. 4 E) arched, periandrium ( Fig. 4 G) closed basally, open apically, dorsally with membranous lobe; ventral part with an apical pointed process; lateral lobe with one long process ventrad, lateral emargination deeply concave. Aedeagus ( Fig. 4 F) bipartite, dorsal part of apex with a wide cephalad process and lateral portion with sharply raised carina, small hooked process (HP) beneath wide process, ventral part of apex pointed, with dorsal lobe (DL) and ear-like lateral lobe (LL). Female terminalia. Female anal segment ( Figs 4 H–I) ovate in dorsal view, apical margin obtusely convex; anal pore situated near middle, paraproct very short, about 0.2 times as long as anal segment. Gonoplac, in lateral view, narrowly rounded apically, dorsal margin concave medially; disc flat, bearing small teeth in upper and posterior part, posterior margin with long seate ( Fig. 4 H). Gonapophysis IX narrow and small, lateral field flat, membranous near apex ( Fig. 4 H). Endogonocoxal process narrowly foliate, with apex cuspidal ( Fig. 4 H). Anterior connective laminae of gonapophysis VIII narrow, tapering apicad, apex saw-like, with three teeth along dorsal margin at apex, and ventral margin with one small tooth near apex ( Fig. 4 H). Sternum VII with posterior margin distinctly concave at middle. FIGURE 4. Herbiflata chromata sp. nov. (A) head and thorax, dorsal view; (B) head, frontal view; (C) head and thorax, left lateral view; (D) tegmen; (E) male terminalia, left lateral view; (F) aedeagus, left lateral view; (G) periandrium, left lateral view; (H) female terminalia, left lateral view; (I) female anal segment, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1mm. Abbreviations: HPhooked process; DL—dorsal lobe; LL—lateral lobe. Type material. Holotype , ♂, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China , 900 m , 1.vi.2007 , Zhang Xu ( CAU ). Paratypes : 1♀, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China , 900 m , 1.vi.2007 , Zhang Xu ( CAU ); 1♂ , 3♀♀, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China , 27.iii.1964 , Liu Shengli ( TMNH ); 1♀, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China , 900 m , 2.iv.1980 , Xiong Jiang ( NWAFU ); 1♂ , Mingfenggu, Mt. Jiangfengling, Hainan Province, China , 900 m , 6.vi.2007 , Dong Pengzhi ( CAU ); 1♂ , Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China , 18.iii.2008 ( NWAFU ). Distribution. China (Hainan) ( Fig. 1 ).