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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus A, B Kuvera elongata sp. nov., male A dorsal view B lateral view C, D Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), male C dorsal view D lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796869" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Figs 2C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), male A head and thorax, dorsal view B face, ventral view C forewing D genitalia, lateral view E pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view F anal segment, dorsal view G gonostyli, inner lateral view H aedeagus, right side I aedeagus, left side J aedeagus, dorsal view K aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D-K); 1.0 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796873" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), female A genitalia, lateral view B genitalia, ventral view C anal segment, dorsal view D tergite IX, caudal view E gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view F gonapophysis IX, lateral view G gonoplac, inner lateral view H posterior vagina, ventral view I posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796874" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">, 7</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Cixius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cixius latifrons" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latifrons">Cixius latifrons</taxonomicName>
Melichar, 1902: 85, preoccupied by
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Walker, 1851.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Metcalf" authorityYear="1936" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Cixius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cixius laticeps" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticeps">Cixius laticeps</taxonomicName>
Metcalf, 1936: 180, nom. nov. for
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Melichar, 1902.
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(Metcalf, 1936): combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Anufriev, GA" pageId="0" pageNumber="41" refId="B1" refString="Anufriev, GA, 1987. Review of the cixiid genus Kuvera Distant (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cixiidae). In: Kapustina OG (1987) [Taxonomy of the insects of Siberia and Soviet Far East], Taksonomiia nasekomykh Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka SSR., Vladivostok Dalnauka, Russia, 4-21." title="Review of the cixiid genus Kuvera Distant (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cixiidae). In: Kapustina OG (1987) [Taxonomy of the insects of Siberia and Soviet Far East], Taksonomiia nasekomykh Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka SSR., Vladivostok Dalnauka, Russia, 4 - 21." year="1987">Anufriev 1987</bibRefCitation>
: 6.
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:
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Body length: male 5.4-6.2 mm (
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= 16), female 6.1-6.8 mm (
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= 22).
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.
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General color blackish brown (Figs
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,
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). Eyes brown, ocelli yellow. Vertex brown, pronotum brown and mesonotum blackish brown. Frons generally brown and clypeus blackish brown. Rostrum generally brown except darker tip. Forewing semi-translucent, with a very small irregular blackish brown spot at branch of Y-vein, stigma dark brown. Hind tibiae brown and abdominal sternites blackish brown.
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.
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Vertex (Fig.
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) broad, 3.0 times wider than long; anterior margin slightly arched convex, posterior margin arched concave; median carina reaching transverse carinae. Frons (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), male A head and thorax, dorsal view B face, ventral view C forewing D genitalia, lateral view E pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view F anal segment, dorsal view G gonostyli, inner lateral view H aedeagus, right side I aedeagus, left side J aedeagus, dorsal view K aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D-K); 1.0 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796873" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">6B</figureCitation>
) 1.2 times as wide as long, median carina indistinct, extending from basal 1/4 to median ocellus. Clypeus with median carina distinct and elevated throughout. Pronotum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), male A head and thorax, dorsal view B face, ventral view C forewing D genitalia, lateral view E pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view F anal segment, dorsal view G gonostyli, inner lateral view H aedeagus, right side I aedeagus, left side J aedeagus, dorsal view K aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D-K); 1.0 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796873" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">6A</figureCitation>
) 2.8 times longer than vertex, posterior margin nearly at right angle. Mesonotum 1.6 times longer than pronotum and vertex combined. Forewing (Fig.
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) 3.0 times longer than wide, with 11 apical and 6 subapical cells; fork Sc+RP distad of fork CuA1+CuA2; first crossvein r-m basad of fork MP; RP 3 branches, MP with five terminals: MP11, MP12, MP2, MP3, and MP4, fork MP1+MP2 basad of fork MP3+MP4. Hind tibia with 3-4 lateral spines, metatibiotarsal formula: 6/7/8, second segment of hind tarsus with 2-4 platellae.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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(Metcalf, 1936), male
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head and thorax, dorsal view
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face, ventral view
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forewing
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genitalia, lateral view
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pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view
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anal segment, dorsal view
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gonostyli, inner lateral view
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aedeagus, right side
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aedeagus, left side
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aedeagus, dorsal view
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aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
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); 1.0 mm (
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).
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.
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Pygofer (Fig.
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) symmetrical, dorsal margin concave and U-shaped ventrally, slightly widened towards apex; in lateral view, lateral lobes arched extended caudally. Medioventral process triangular in ventral view. Anal segment (Fig.
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) long, tubular, nearly symmetrical, apical lobes slightly enlarged, 2.4 times longer than wide in dorsal view; anal style finger-like, not extending beyond anal segment. Gonostyli (Fig.
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) symmetrical in ventral view; in inner lateral view, apical part extended, apical margin round. Aedeagus (Fig.
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) in total with three processes. Spinose process on right side at apex of periandrium being the longest, gently curved from right to left side over periandrium, apex strongly recurved at 90° and directed apically; left side near base with a straight long spinose process, apex directed ventrocephalad; base of periandrium ventrally with several very small teeth. Endosoma slender, structure simple, left side near the middle with a stout and short spinose process, nearly straight, apex directed dorsocephalad.
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.
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Tergite IX (Fig.
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) moderately sclerotized, with a large wax plate, nearly oval, dorsal and ventral margins concave. Anal segment (Fig.
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) rectangular, 2.1 times wider than long in dorsal view, anal style strap-like. Gonapophysis VIII (Fig.
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) elongate, and slightly curved upwards. Gonapophysis IX (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kuvera laticeps (Metcalf, 1936), female A genitalia, lateral view B genitalia, ventral view C anal segment, dorsal view D tergite IX, caudal view E gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view F gonapophysis IX, lateral view G gonoplac, inner lateral view H posterior vagina, ventral view I posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1141.84211.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796874" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">7F</figureCitation>
) with two middle teeth, distance ratio between distal middle tooth to apex and length of denticulate portion is 2.6. Gonoplac (Fig.
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) rod-like, 4.6 times longer than wide in lateral view. Posterior vagina pattern as shown in Figure
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Metcalf" baseAuthorityYear="1936" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kuvera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Kuvera laticeps" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Kuvera laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Metcalf, 1936), female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">A</emphasis>
genitalia, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">B</emphasis>
genitalia, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">C</emphasis>
anal segment, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">D</emphasis>
tergite IX, caudal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">E</emphasis>
gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">F</emphasis>
gonapophysis IX, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">G</emphasis>
gonoplac, inner lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">H</emphasis>
posterior vagina, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="41">I</emphasis>
posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="41" type="host">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Host plant.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="41" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">China (Guizhou, Sichuan).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="41" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">The female genitalia of this species are described and illustrated for the first time.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="41" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="41">This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: anal segment symmetrical; right spinose process of periandrium being the longest, S-shaped, curved over periandrium and apex exceeding left lateral margin of periandrium; left spinose process of periandrium straight, apex directed ventrocephalad; spinose process of endosoma stout and short straight, apex directed dorsocephalad.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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