Aguriahana tripoda, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2011

Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2011, New species and new records of the leafhopper genus Aguriahana Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 2830, pp. 39-54 : 48-49

8. Aguriahana tripoda sp. nov.

Figs 8 a–c, 47–57.

Description. Most of vertex and scutum reddish-ocher; pronotum yellowish ocher; in lateral view two parallel horizonal narrow bands on anterior margin of head extending to side of pronotum blackish; anterior margin of vertex and area between 2 bands yellowish. Color pattern of habitus, face and forewings as in Figs 8 a–c.

Vertex extended anteriorly. Forewings with RP diverging from MP’ beyond midlength of MP’; hindwings with apical RP vestigial and with CuA’’ shifted towards wing apex.

Abdominal apodemes short reaching basal 1/3 of 4th abdominal sternite ( Fig.47 ).

Male genitalia. Side of pygofer long with row of fine setae near ventral margin; upper lobe with dense minute spines; central lobe nearly combined with upper lobe with several short rigid setae at centre and teeth terminally; lower lobe narrow and short with numerous short setae ( Figs 48, 49 ). Subgenital plate with 2 macrosetae, 3 peglike setae and one acute central apical seta ( Figs 52, 55 ). Paramere straight with subapical tooth small ( Figs 50, 51, 54 ). Aedeagal shaft with one pair of lateral process and single ventral process derived near base not exceeding apex of shaft ( Figs 56, 57 ).

Measurement. Male 3.75 mm, female 3.72 mm long, including wings.

Notes. This species belongs to the stellulata group and is similar to A. deviata in external color pattern, but can be distinguished from the latter by the pair of lateral process on the aedeagal shaft ( Figs 56, 57 ).

Type material. Holotype, 3, CHINA. Yunnan Province: xishanba, Tengchong, altitude 1700 m, Alnus , 22.xi.1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype, 2ƤƤ, same data as holotype except, volcano, altitude 2000 m, Alnus , 23.xi.1999; Yunnan Province: 1Ƥ, Dali, Mt. Weibao, altitude 2250 m, 20.vii.2001, coll. Qiang Sun, at lamp; 1Ƥ, Dali, Mt. Weibao, altitude 2250 m, 22.vii.2001, coll. Qiang Sun.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the prefix “tri-”and the Latin word “poda” which refers to the 3 processes of the aedeagal shaft.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Habitus (dorsal view and lateral view) and face. Figs 1 a – c. A. uncinata (Vilbaste). 1 a, habitus (dorsal view); 1 b, habitus (lateral view); 1 c, face. Figs 2 a – c. A. paivana (Distant). 2 a, habitus (dorsal view); 2 b, habitus (lateral view); 2 c, face. Figs 3 a – c. A. distanti Dworakowska. 3 a, habitus (dorsal view); 3 b, habitus (lateral view); 3 c, face. Figs 4 a – c. A. digitata sp. nov. 4 a, habitus (dorsal view); 4 b, habitus (lateral view); 4 c, face. Figs 5 a – c. A. singularis sp. nov. 5 a, habitus (dorsal view); 5 b, habitus (lateral view); 5 c, face. Figs 6 a – c. A. simplex sp. nov. 6 a, habitus (dorsal view); 6 b, habitus (lateral view); 16 c, face. Figs 7 a – c. A. longicorna sp. nov. 7 a, habitus (dorsal view); 7 b, habitus (lateral view); 7 c, face. Figs 8 a – c. A. tripoda sp. nov. 8 a, habitus (dorsal view); 8 b, habitus (lateral view); 8 c, face. Figs 9 a – c. A. recticornis sp. nov. 9 a, habitus (dorsal view); 9 b, habitus (lateral view); 9 c, face. Figs 10 a – c. A. furcata sp. nov. 10 a, habitus (dorsal view); 10 b, habitus (lateral view); 10 c, face. Figs 11 a – b. A. dilatata sp. nov. 11 a, vertex, pronotum and scutum (dorsal view); 11 b, forewing. Figs 12 a – c. A. recurva sp. nov. 12 a, habitus (dorsal view); 12 b, habitus (lateral view); 12 c, face.

FIGURES 47 – 57. Aguriahana tripoda sp. nov. 47, abdominal apodemes; 48, male pygofer, lateral view; 49, male pygofer lobe, lateral view; 50, apex of paramere- 1; 51, paramere; 52, apex of subgenital plate; 53, connective; 54, apex of paramere- 2; 55, paramere, connective, subgenital plate and sternite IX, dorsal view; 56, aedeagus, lateral view; 57, aedeagus, posterior view.