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
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2
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journal article
28013
10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.9
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Diomma (Diomma) sangzhiensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 4
,
5
m–p)
Description.
Ground color (
Figs 5
m–p) yellowish-brown, face dark, eyes black. Vertex with pair of dark patches. Pronotum with fore margin yellowish-brown, midline and hind margin of pronotum grey bordered with dark brown. Brochosome field of forewing grey. Crown fore margin rounded in dorsal view, anteclypeus ovoid. Hind wing (
Fig. 4b
) with av almost complete between AP’+AA and CuP.
Male 2S abdominal apodemes (
Fig. 4c
) not extended to hind margin of sternite IV. Anal tube appendage (
Fig. 4d
) very short and weakly sclerotized.
Pygofer lobe (
Fig. 4d
) with group of macrosetae in middle area and some fine setae near ventral and caudal margins; dorsal appendage (
Fig. 4e
) thick, apex pointed and sharply bent cephalad. Subgenital plate (
Fig.
4g
) with about 6 macrosetae, apical ones much thinner than basal ones, with row of microsetae along outer margin. Style (
Fig. 4h
) stout, apical part thick and straight. Connective (
Fig.
4i
) with manubrium very narrow, lateral arms horizonal, in a line. Aedeagal shaft (
Figs 4j, k
) almost straight, dorsal and lateral margins serrated, apex blunt in lateral view, widened basally and tapering towards apex in ventral view; dorsal apodeme well developed, narrow and long in lateral view; preatrium as long as shaft, widened near preatrial process, process narrow and long; gonopore middle on ventral margin.
Diagnosis.
The new species has av of hind wing developed basally (between AP’+AA and CuP), which is similar to
Diomma
(
Diomma
)
knighti
Dworakowska, 1981
, but different with most other species in
Diomma
. The male genitalia of the new species is very close to
Diomma
(
Diomma
)
pincersa
Song, Li & Xiong, 2011
, but the pygofer dorsal appendage is bent cephalad, the subgenital plate is much wider and has a straight outer margin, the style has shorter, thicker apical part and the lateral arms of the connective are shorter.
Measurement.
Male length 2.70mm.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♂
,
CHINA
,
Hunan
Prov.,
Sangzhi
, 0
6 ix 1981
, coll.
Xinwang Tong.
Etymology.
The new species name is an adjective referring to the
type
locality, Sangzhi.