Herbiflata chromata, Peng, Lingfei, Fletcher, Murray & Zhang, Yalin, 2016

Peng, Lingfei, Fletcher, Murray & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, A new genus in the family Flatidae with one new combination and three new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), Zootaxa 4117 (2), pp. 265-276 : 270-272

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5051D6FE-3FE6-4053-B3B8-2EA1FA01E240
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079037
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/310E4A6E-AD3A-AD06-A7F6-ADA556187004
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Herbiflata chromata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Herbiflata chromata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 A, E, I, M; 4A–I)

Etymology. This specific epithet is derived from the Greek word “chrōma”, which means “color”.

Diagnosis. This new species resembles H. saxeta sp. nov., but can be differentiated by the following characters: anal tube with ventral margin inflated to fin-like apex ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E), larger than H. saxeta ; aedeagus with an ear-like lateral lobe (LL) near ventral apex ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 F).

Description. Size. Body length 8–9.5 mm.

Coloration. General color light green to whitish grey; eyes fuscous; ocelli very pale white; clypeus yellow; legs brownish yellow, tibia and tarsus slightly darker; tegminal margin slightly orange.

Head. Head ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 E, 4A) about 3.8 times broader than long, narrower than pronotum, anterior margin obtusely pointed, lateral margins slightly ridged. Vertex ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 E, 4A) in form of hourglass, anterior margin concaved, partly concealed beneath anterior margin of pronotum. Frons ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 I, 4B) convex, slightly wider than long, lateral margin convex, strongly carinate, with median longitudinal carina almost full length of frons. Clypeus ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 I, 4B) without carina. Rostrum long, extending to meta-trochanter. Antennal segment I ring-like, segment II about three times longer than segment I ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C).

Thorax. Pronotum ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 E, 4A, 4C): anterior margin convex, posterior margin concave. Mesonotum ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 E, 4A): anterior margin convex, three longitudinal obscure carinae. Metatibia with six or seven spines apically, basal metatarsal segment with six or seven spines apically.

Tegmen ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 A, 4D) length 7.5–8.5 mm, width between costal margin and apex of clavus 4–4.5 mm; costal margin convex, apical margin rounded to apex of clavus; postclaval sutural margin convex; costal membrane about 1.3 times wider than costal cell at bulla ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 D); costal cell without transverse veinlets; ScP+R stem short, ScP+RA not forked, RP forked slightly apicad of MP fork; MP forked apicad bulla, branch MP1+2 forked near midlength of tegmen, MP3+4 forked slightly before MP1+2 fork; CuA forked at midlength of CuP, CuA1 forked apicad of MP3+4 fork, CuA2 not forked, CuP about 0.54 length of tegmen, Pcu and A1 fused in apical portion of clavus; m-cua present middle of CuP.

Male terminalia. Male anal tube ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E): ventral margin inflated to fin-like apex, apical margin truncate, anus placed near apex of anal tube. Pygofer ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E) ring-like, slightly higher than wide, anterior margin concave, posterior margin straight, ventral margin much longer than dorsal margin. Genital style ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E) elongate, posterior margin projected upward. Phallic complex ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E) arched, periandrium ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 G) closed basally, open apically, dorsally with membranous lobe; ventral part with an apical pointed process; lateral lobe with one long process ventrad, lateral emargination deeply concave. Aedeagus ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 F) bipartite, dorsal part of apex with a wide cephalad process and lateral portion with sharply raised carina, small hooked process (HP) beneath wide process, ventral part of apex pointed, with dorsal lobe (DL) and ear-like lateral lobe (LL).

Female terminalia. Female anal segment ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 H–I) ovate in dorsal view, apical margin obtusely convex; anal pore situated near middle, paraproct very short, about 0.2 times as long as anal segment. Gonoplac, in lateral view, narrowly rounded apically, dorsal margin concave medially; disc flat, bearing small teeth in upper and posterior part, posterior margin with long seate ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 H). Gonapophysis IX narrow and small, lateral field flat, membranous near apex ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 H). Endogonocoxal process narrowly foliate, with apex cuspidal ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 H). Anterior connective laminae of gonapophysis VIII narrow, tapering apicad, apex saw-like, with three teeth along dorsal margin at apex, and ventral margin with one small tooth near apex ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 H). Sternum VII with posterior margin distinctly concave at middle.

Type material. Holotype, ♂, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China, 900 m, 1.vi.2007, Zhang Xu ( CAU). Paratypes: 1♀, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China, 900 m, 1.vi.2007, Zhang Xu ( CAU); 1♂, 3♀♀, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China, 27.iii.1964, Liu Shengli ( TMNH); 1♀, Mt.

Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China, 900 m, 2.iv.1980, Xiong Jiang ( NWAFU); 1♂, Mingfenggu, Mt. Jiangfengling, Hainan Province, China, 900 m, 6.vi.2007, Dong Pengzhi ( CAU); 1♂, Mt. Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan Province, China, 18.iii.2008 ( NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Hainan) ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).