Qadria bannaensis, Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014

Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014, Five new species of Qadria Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 439-448 : 440-441

1. Qadria bannaensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 1–8; a–c)

Description. Body length male 2.0–2.1 mm; female 2.1–2.2 mm. Head (Fig. 1, a) slightly narrower than pronotum, its anterior margin angulately produced medially. Crown (Fig. 1, a) light yellow, with irregular blackish brown spots, with color lightening towards apex, becoming reddish at transition to face. Eyes (Fig. 1, a) blackish grey. Face (Fig. c) with whole anteclypeus and 2/3 of frontoclypeus orange-yellow, upper 1/3 of frontoclypeus sordid brown, with ivory-white patches near apex. Pronotum (Fig. 1, a) broad, light yellow, slightly wider than long, with large brown or blackish brown patches medially. Mesonotum (Fig. 1, a), concolorous with crown, with basal triangles and apex blackish brown, transverse impression short and distinct, slightly curved. Fore wing (Fig. 2, a) brownish white, with darker apex and several large orange red, orange yellow, or reddish brown markings.

Abdominal apodemes (Fig. 3) extending to hind margin of 4th sternite.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe (Fig. 4) broad, with several long macrosetae at basal lower angle and sparse long fine setae, few short rigid microsetae scattered near caudal magin on internal surface. Pygofer dorsal appendage (Fig. 4) with distinct line of weakness at base, but not movably articulated with pygofer lobe, bifurcate apically, dorsal branch extremely long, bent ventrad, more than 2 times longer than ventral branch. Anal tube process (Fig. 4) with truncate apex. Subgenital plate (Fig. 5) with lateral margin distinctly widened subbasally, several short peglike setae in distinct group subbasally, apex of plate pocketlike, and 3 basal macrosetae on outer surface. Style (Fig. 6) with apex expanded, second point long and tapering apically. Aedeagus (Figs. 7, 8) with two pairs of processes arising from base and apex of shaft respectively: apical pair short and straight, extended laterad; basal pair very long, much longer than shaft. Aedeagal shaft short, preatrium and dorsal apodeme slightly expanded. Gonopore (Fig. 8) at apex. Connective (Fig. 8) nearly Y-shaped.

Specimens examined. Holotype ♂: China, Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Virgin forest Park, 21 July 2008, coll. Yuehua Song. Paratypes: 1♂, 3♀♀, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles Qadria palniensis Ramakrishnan & Menon (1973) , but can be distinguished from the latter by the terminal aedeagal processes extending laterad and long ventral basal processes not twisted apically, and the stem of the connective short.

Etymology. The specific epithet is named for the type locality, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Prov.

FIGURES a–o. a–c, Qadria bannaensis Song & Li sp. nov.; d–f, Q. daliensis Song & Li sp. nov.; g–i, Q. dongfanga Song & Li sp. nov.; j–l, Q. guiyanga Song & Li sp. nov.; m–o, Q. cucullata Song & Li sp. nov. .