Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li) Zhao & Luo & Yang & Chen, 2024

Zhao, Yong-Tao, Luo, Qiang, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2024, Review of bamboo-feeding leafhoppers of the genus Mukaria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description two new species, Zootaxa 5474 (3), pp. 259-270 : 266

Mukariella pallipes (Chen & Li) comb. nov.

Figs. 33, 35–38

Mukaria pallipes Li & Chen, 1999:119 ;

Mukaria pallipes Chen, Yang & Li, 2012:74 .

Body length: male: 4.0– 4.2 mm, female: 4.5–4.8 mm.

Descriptions and illustrations of external features and male genitalia of this species see Chen et al., 2012:74.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII is about 2.7 times as wide as long, with nearly straight anterior margin, posterior margin slightly concave, Central M-shaped protuberance slightly higher than lateral ones ( Fig. 33 ). Dorsal surface of Valvula I with scaly sculpturing occupying approximately distal 1/2 ( Figs. 35, 36 ). Valvula II with prominent teeth, occupying about distal 1/3 ( Figs. 37, 38 ).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1 ♂, China: Guizhou, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County, Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°25’N, 107°96’E), 23 April 1998, collectors: Zizhong Li, paratypes: 8♂♂ 5♀♀, China: Guizhou, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County , Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°25’N, 107°96’E), 23 April 1998, collectors: Zizhong Li. 25♂♂ 13♀♀, China: Guizhou, Guiyang City, Huaxi District , Huaxi Park, (26°44’N, 106°66’E), 26 May 2022, collectors: Yongtao Zhao. 11♂♂ 7♀♀, China: Guizhou, Guiyang City, Huaxi District , Shilihetan Wetland Park, (26°45’N, 106°68’E), 5 July 2022, collectors: Yongtao Zhao, Min Tang.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian).

Host Plant. Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro , Bambusa emeiensis Chia & Fung , Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro.

Note. This species moved to the Mukariella based on the following characteristics: (1) crown with flattened anterior margin in lateral view; (2) forewings basal and middle leathery, tips membranous and slightly transparent; (3) aedeagus single-branched, subterminal abruptly thinned and curved outward in a hook-like shape, one gonopore.

Figures

FIGURES 33–42. Mukariella pallipes, female: 33. Female sternite VII, ventral view; 35. First valvula; 36. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of first valvula; 37. Second valvula; 38. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of second valvular; Mukariella testacea, female: 34. Female sternite VII, ventral view; 39. First valvula; 40. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of first valvula; 41. Second valvula; 42. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of second valvular. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.