Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang

Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3780 (2), pp. 248-262 : 249

Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang , sp. nov.

( Figs 1–13 )

Type material. Holotype, ♂, Linzhi, Tibet, 3. July. 2012, coll. Maofa Yang.

Length: ♂ 4.3mm.

Crown brownish ( Fig 1 ). Ocellus surrounded with yellowish stripe ( Figs 1, 2 ). Coronal suture brownish, not reaching apex of crown ( Fig 1 ). Face dark-brown except apex of postclypeus yellowish ( Fig 3 ). Pronotum yellowish, semitransparent posteriorly ( Fig 1 ). Scutellum yellowish, with a median white longitudinal spot; scutlscutellar sulcus present ( Fig 1 ). Forewing sandy beige, semitransparent; hindwing off-white, hyaline ( Fig 1 ). Abdomen black. Legs yellowish except claws black.

Male ventral abdominal apodemes developed, reaching segment 5 ( Fig 5 ). Male pygofer with anterior margin arcuate, ( Fig. 6 ), lobe with setae along apical margin; ventral pygofer appendage extended to apex of lobe, in lateral view abruptly bent dorsad near base and straight through most of length, acuminate, with numerous small strumae near apex; dorsal bridge less than 1/3 length of pygofer, lateral lobes weakly developed ( Figs 4, 6, 7 ). Subgenital plate extended beyond pygofer in lateral view, with 22 macrosetae, 3 rows of ca. 46 elongate fine setae, ca. 27 marginal setae, outer margin bearing 4 moderately long and stout setae forming basal group ( Fig 8 ). Parameres elongate, apex with teeth and setae. Aedeagus sinuate in lateral view, apex expanded in ventral view, irregularly serrate laterally, membranous and branched ( Figs 10, 11 ). Anal tube process thin, with a thickset basal process ( Fig 12 ). Connective much longer than wide, with posterior V-shaped emargination ( Fig 13 ).

Etymology. The new species name alludes to pygofer appendage with strumae .

Remarks. The new speices is close to A. involutus Dworakowska , but differs in having the anal tube process with a thickset basal process ( Fig 12 ) and the aedeagus sinuate in lateral view ( Fig 11 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3 Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov., 1 whole body, dorsal view 2 head and thorax, lateral view 3 face

FIGURES 4 – 13 Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov., 4 male terminalia, lateral view 5 male abdominal apodemes 6 male pygofer, dorsal view 7 ventral pygofer appendage, outside lateral view 8 subgenital plate, ventral view 9 paramere 10 aedeagus, dorsal view 11 aedeagus, lateral view 12 anal tube process, lateral view 13 connective.