Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China
Author
Kang, Ju-Xia
Author
Zhang, Ya-Lin
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Zootaxa
2015
3974
2
245
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.8
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Sobrala quadrilatera
sp. nov.
(Figures 4, 9, 14, 55–62)
Vertex beige, eyes dark brown. Pronotum yellowish-brown, scutum yellowish, scutellum dark brown, pale yellowish at scutoscutellar sulcus. Fore wing and hind wing pale infuscate and semitransparent, wing venation deep infuscate.
FIGURES 46–54.
Sobrala lamellaris
sp. nov.
46, forewing; 47, hindwing; 48, abdominal apodemes; 49, pygofer side, lateral view; 50, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 51, subgenital plate, ventral view; 52, connective, ventral view; 53, paramere, ventral view; 54, aedeagus, lateral view.
Male genitalia.
Abdominal apodemes (
Fig. 55
) reaching 4th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side (
Fig. 56
) broad and sclerotized, provided with a big quadrilateral extension (
Fig. 57
) with some teeth and setae. Subgenital plate (
Fig. 58
) small, much shorter than pygofer side, provided few microsetae at process. Connective (
Fig. 59
) Vshaped. Paramere (
Figs. 60, 61
) with apex curved laterad. Penis (
Fig. 62
) dorsal apodeme with developed membrane, penis stem thin and long, curved dorsad, gonopore apical.
Measurements.
Male 3.90–4.00 mm (including wing).
FIGURES 55–62.
Sobrala quadrilatera
sp. nov.
55, abdominal apodemes; 56, pygofer side, lateral view; 57, pygofer side, posterior view; 58, subgenital plate, ventral view; 59, connective, ventral view; 60, paramere, lateral view; 61, paramere, ventral view; 62, aedeagus and connective, lateral view.
Material examined.
Holotype
: male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov.,
800m
,
1 Jun. 2009
, coll. Cui Wei;
Paratypes
:
2 males
, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov.,
800m
,
28 May. 2009
, coll. Cui Wei;
3 males
, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov.,
1300m
,
1 Jun. 2009
, coll. Cui Wei;
1 male
, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov.,
800m
,
2 Jun. 2009
, coll. Cui Wei;
2 males
, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov.,
800m
,
3 Jun. 2009
, coll. Cui Wei.
Remarks.
This species differs from all others in this genus by the quadrilateral extension of its pygofer side.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “
quadrilatera
” referring to the shape of the pygofer side extension.