Calodia sichuanensis, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 9

Calodia sichuanensis , sp. nov.

( Plate 1B , Fig. 20-27 )

Description. Length. Male 7.70 mm., female unknown.

External morphology. Moderate size, slightly robust species. General color black throughout with numerous, small, tannish specks dorsally, except eyes, eyes nearly transparent; head narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely rounded; crown very narrow, narrower than width of eyes, slightly produced anteriorly, lateral margins convergent basally; eyes large, elongate ovoid; pronotum moderately large, about ½ longer medially than crown, surface bullated, mesonotum large, nearly twice as long medially as pronotum; clypeus long, narrow, lateral margins broadly convex; clypellus narrow, about 1/3 as long as clypeus, apex flared.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangulate, with small lobe apically, sparsely setose apically ( Fig. 20 ); aedeagus asymmetrical, slightly broad, tubular in dorsal and lateral views, with 2 long, subapical processes, 1 very narrow, glabrous, 1 broad, with few spines apically in ventral view, 2 spines subapically in lateral view, shaft toothed on dorsal margin between apex and base of subapical process, gonopore near base of processes ( Fig. 21, 22 ); style long and narrow, apex tapered ( Fig. 23, 24 ); dorsal connective long, broad basally, tapered apically ( Fig. 25 ); connective large, membranous arms broad, tapered distally, stem oval ( Fig. 26 ) subgenital plate long, sparsely setose apically ( Fig. 27 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. CHINA: Sichuan, Mt. Emei , 1050 m., 18.VII.1990, L. and M. Bocák, leg. ( NHMB).

Etymology. The name of the species is geographical for province of Sichuan, China.

Remarks. From C. bicompressa , sp. nov. to which it is similar in aedeagal and stylar features, C. sichuanensis , sp. nov. can be distinguished by the aedeagal processes, both of which are glabrous and by the tapered apex of the style.

Figures

PLATE 1. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Calodia sinuata, sp. nov.; (B) Calodia sichuanensis, sp. nov.; (C) Calodia vincula, sp. nov.; (D) Calodia bicompressa, sp. nov.; (E) Calodia propennata, sp. nov.; (F) Calodia birama, sp. nov.; (G) Creberulidia multipenicula, sp. nov.; (H) Creberulidia inflata, sp. nov.; (I) Creberulidia ordospinosa, sp. nov.

Figures 20-27. Genitalia, Calodia sichuanensis, sp. nov. 20) Male pygofer, lateral view. 21) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 22) Aedeagus, ventral view. 23) Style, lateral view. 24) Style, dorsal view. 25) Dorsal connective, dorsal view. 26) Connective, caudal view. 27) Subgenital plate, ventral view.