Parapythamus, a new genus of Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China
Author
Li, Yu-Jian
Author
Li, Zi-Zhong
text
Zootaxa
2011
3004
40
44
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201601
e700c087-fb54-402c-86e7-fa6e9b6df79a
1175-5326
201601
Parapythamus suiyangensis
,
sp. nov.
Figs 1–11
Description. General coloration.
Head, pronotum and scutellum chocolate brown, with three black longitudinal stripes on pronotum and scutellum. White markings present on anterior part of vertex, behind ocelli and on posterior half of scutellum. Eyes dark, ocelli brown-yellow and near translucent. Face dark brown medially, white lateral area including lora, gena, and area above antennal pit. Forewings gray brown with some white translucent spots (
Fig. 9
), veins in apical half yellow. Hindwings dark gray. Legs gray white.
Head and thorax.
Vertex (
Figs 1
,
10
) about as long as pronotum and longer than scutellum. Distance between ocellus and eyes (
Figs 1
,
10
) shorter than ocellus and crown peak. Clypellus (
Figs 2–3
,
11
) broad and swollen at base. Pronotum (
Figs 1
,
10
) with many fine horizontal striations, without median carina.
Male genitalia.
Male pygofer (
Fig. 8
) with middle of ventral margin pellucid. Aedeagus (
Figs 4–5
) in lateral view with ventral margin bent at 90 degrees near base, distal two thirds straight, preapical flanges rounded, pair of falcate lateral processes present at apex, apex acute. Connective (
Figs 4–5
) with median anterior lobe short. Style (
Fig. 6
) slender, somewhat elongate, basal articulating arm elongate, foot-like apex of apophysis with elongated lateral angle and blunt apex. Other characteristics as shown in
Figs 4–8
.
Measurement.
Body length (including tegmen): 3, 6.5–7.0 mm.
Type
material.
Holotype
3,
CHINA
: Guizhou, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui,
14 August 2010
, coll. Xing Jichun.
Paratypes
: 13, same data as
holotype
, coll. Fan Zhihua; 13, same data as
holotype
, coll. Li Yujian; 13, Guizhou, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui,
26 August 2001
, coll. Li Zizhong.
Host plant
. Unknown.
Etymology.
The species name is derived from that of the
type
locality.