Sinocentrus sinensis Yuan, 2002

Li, Feng-E, Yang, Lin, Long, Jian-Kun, Chang, Zhi-Min & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2019, A review of the genus Sinocentrus Yuan (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Centrotinae) with description of a new species from China, ZooKeys 886, pp. 135-144 : 135

Sinocentrus sinensis Yuan, 2002 Figs 24-28

Sinocentrus sinensis Yuan, 2002: 170, by original designation.

Description.

Coloration. General color reddish-brown with golden setae ( Fig. 28 ). Head blackish-brown. Ocelli pale yellow. Eyes yellow-brown. Forewing dark brown; A1, A2, A3, and Cu1 white hyaline; Sc, R, and M brown; Cu and A pale yellow. Hindwing with veins pale yellow. Thorax dark brown. Legs reddish-brown except with tarsi yellow. Abdomen dark brown.

Head and thorax. Head wider than long. Vertex with dorsal margin arched and ventral margin oblique. Eyes oval. Ocelli hyaline, slightly closer to the inner margin of eyes less than to each other. Frontoclypeus distinct and trilobed, the apex of lateral lobes and the median lobes on the same plane, two-thirds of median lobe extending beyond towards ventral margin of vertex. Pronotum with dense setae and punctures. Humeral angles large, apices blunt. Suprahumeral horns leaflike pyramidal, horizontally extended laterally, width between suprahumeral horns apices nearly as long as body length ( Figs 24-25 ). Nearly median part of the posterior pronotal process concave and touching forewing, apical upward, with four carinas. Scutellum short, wider greater than length, posterior margin round emarginate. Forewing with opaque sclerotization at basal one-eighth, Venation similar to that of S. brevicornis . Metathoracic trochanter without spines and tibia with 3 rows of cucullate setae.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Note.

While holotype was not examined, an online image of the holotype ( Fig. 28 ) and detailed Chinese description were available.

Figures

Figures 24 - 28. Sinocentrus sinensis Yuan, 2002 24 female habitus, lateral view 25 head and pronotum, anterior view 26 female habitus, dorsal view 27 forewing and hindwing 28 holotype, female, habitus, lateral view, photo by Robert L. Snyder from the treehopper website http: // treehoppers. insectmuseum. org Note: 24 - 27 from Fauna Sinica. Insecta Vol. 28, 171 pp, figure 66.