Miradeltaphus

Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Review of the grass-feeding leafhopper genera Miradeltaphus Dash & Viraktamath and Yua namia Zhang & Duan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini), Zootaxa 4098 (1), pp. 158-166 : 162

Miradeltaphus sp.

( Figs. 3–4 )

Length. Female: 4.5mm.

Description. Sternite VII with “V” shaped concave on posterior margin ( Figs. 3 D, 4E).

Female genitalia. First valvula dorsal sculpturing granulose to maculose, submarginal ( Figs. 4 A–B). Second valvula abruptly broadened ~1/2 its length from base, with small obliquely triangular dorsal teeth on nearly apical 1/2 ( Figs. 4 C–D).

Material examined. 1♀, Thailand: Loei Phu Ruea NP Nem Wibaak ditch, 17° 29.907′N, 101° 20.483′E, 1196m, Malaise trap, 19–26 ii 2007, Patikhom Tumtip, leg T1711.

Remarks. This specimen closely resembles M. sanogae in general coloration and external form but the claval veins are not confluent. It may represent the female of M. sanogae or another species of the genus. The shape of sternite VII is very similar to that of M. mirabilis Dash & Viraktamath , as illustrated by Dash & Viraktamath (1995) but the median emargination is somewhat shallower and more V-shaped and the lateral lobes lack conspicuous teeth.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Miradeltaphus sp. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: face; D: the end of female abdomen, ventral view.

FIGURE 4. Miradeltaphus sp. A: first valvula; B: detail of first valvula (base); C: second valvula; D: detail of second valvula; E: female sternite VII, ventral view.