Limassolla spinulata Huang & Zhang, 2020

Zhou, Xian, Dietrich, Christopher H., Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2020, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4878 (3), pp. 559-571 : 567-570

Limassolla spinulata Huang & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 5, 10, 15, 20 , 54–61 )

Body and face light brownish ( Figs 5, 15 ). Eyes brown. Frontoclypeus with 2 patches yellowish ( Fig. 15 ). Crown with 2 white patches near anterior margin, remaining part brownish, trianglar ( Fig. 10 ). Pronotum with 5 patches white, remaining part brownish. Scutellum brownish with tip black; basal triangles brownish ( Figs 5, 10 ). Forewings with small brown spots in 2 oblique rows from outer margin near base and middle to inner margin respectively; row of small brown spots along inner margin, brown spots on clavus smaller than those on apex ( Figs 5, 20 ).

Abdominal apodemes surpassing posterior margin of 4th abdominal sternite ( Fig. 54 ).

Male genitalia: Pygofer side serrated laterally with ventral process developed and surpassing dorsal margin of lobe; numerous rigid microsetae and denticuli on disc ( Fig. 55 ). Subgenital plate short with long macroseta basally; several rigid microsetae on apex and preapical lobe ( Figs 56, 59 ). Paramere long and thick with preapical heel prominent and apical part relatively long ( Figs 57, 59 ). Connective with ridge and median anterior lobe absent ( Figs 58, 59 ). Aedeagus with preatrium well developed; shaft compressed wide in lateral view and slightly sinuated; basal process with apex bifurcated and rounded and with numerous irregular denticuli scattered on surface. Gonopore apical ( Figs 60, 61 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Sanchahe , 7.vi.1991, coll. Rungang Tian. Paratypes: 6♂ & 1♀, same data as holotype ; 9♂ & 3♀, China, Hainan Prov., Qixianling , 220m, 26.vii.2009, coll. Xia Gao and Manqiang Wang ; 26♂ & 23♀, China, Hainan Prov., Yinggeling , 400m, 5.viii.2009, coll. Xia Gao ; 20♂ & 15♀, China, Hainan Prov., Mt. Wuzhi, Maoyang village , 325m, 5.viii.2009, coll. Manqiang Wang ; 1 ♂, 10.viii.2009, coll. Xia Gao; 10 ♂ & 3♀, 2.viii.2009, coll. Xia Gao; 7♂, China, Hainan, Prov., Jianfeng village , 170m, 23.vii. 2009, coll. Xia Gao.

Measurement. Male, 2.4–2.5mm (including wing).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word from “spinulatus”, referring to having little thorns on surface of the aedeagal process.

Notes. This species belongs to the Limassolla aureata group and resembles L. auriculata in coloration and male genitalia, but differs in having spines on the aedeagal process and in lacking a median anterior lobe on the connective.

Figures

FIGURES 1–20. 1–5, dorsal view; 6–10, head and thorax, dorsal view; 11–15, face; 16–20, lateral view. 1, 6, 11, 16, L. bicruralis sp. nov.; 2, 7, 12, 17, L. kunyica sp. nov.; 3, 8, 13, 18, L. uncata sp. nov.; 4, 9, 14, 19, L. nigropunctata sp. nov.; 5, 10, 15, 20, L. spinulata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (1–5, 16–19). Scale bars = 0.5 mm (6–15, 20).

FIGURES 54–61. Limassolla spinulata sp. nov. 54. Abdominal apodemes; 55. Pygofer side, lateral view; 56. Subgenital plate; 57. Paramere; 58. Connective; 59. Paramere, connective, subgenital plate, ventral view; 60. Aedeagus, lateral view; 61. Aedeagus, ventral view.