Salka fanjinga, Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012

Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012, Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3430, pp. 50-60 : 52-54

Salka fanjinga sp. nov.

( Figs 19–25 )

Description. External morphology resembles S. congjianga sp. nov., but pronotum with two symmetrical lighter impressions and anterior margin yellow ( Fig. 19 ).

Male abdominal apodemes not exceeding 3rd sternite ( Fig. 21 ).

Male genitalia: Genitalia somewhat similar to those of S. congjianga sp. nov. Pygofer lobe with 3 macrosetae near dorso-caudal margin; dorsal appendage slim, not bifurcate. Subgenital plate robust, with 7 macrosetae in oblique row some distance from base and row of short rigid setae along upper margin; its apex broad and quadrate ( Fig. 22 ). Style apex extremely long, preapical lobe small ( Fig. 23 ). Aedeagus simple, with pair of short apical processes; preatrium small, expanded roundly in ventral view; dorsal apodeme large; gonopore apical, on ventral surface ( Figs 24, 25 ). Connective large, Y-shaped with feebly sclerotized margin; central lobe well developed ( Fig. 25 ).

Specimen examined. Holotype: 3, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Mt. Fanjing, 2-VIII-2001, coll. Zizhong Li.

Measurement. Male length 3.8 mm (including wing).

Remarks. This species is very similar to S. congjianga sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the aedeagus without basal atrial processes ( Figs 24, 25 ) and the dorsal pygofer appendage not branched apically ( Fig. 22 ). Etymology. The species is named for the type locality: Mt. Fanjing.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 25. Salka fanjinga sp. nov. 19. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 20. Face. 21. Abdominal apodemes. 22. Pygofer, lateral view. 23. Style, dorsal view. 24. Aedeagus, lateral view. 25. Aedeagus and connective, ventral view.