Exitianus indicus (Distant)

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Review of the grassland leafhopper genus Exitianus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Chiasmini) from China, ZooKeys 333, pp. 31-43 : 36-40

Exitianus indicus (Distant) Plate II, Figures 3-6

Athysanus indicus Distant, 1908: 344.

Athysanus atkinsoni ; Distant 1908: 345. Synonymized by Ross 1968: 12.

Exitianus indicus ; Ross 1968: 12, figs 9 –10,26– 30, 69.

Exitianus major ; Ahmed et al. 1988: 10, fig. 1. Synonymized by Khatri and Webb 2010: 10.

Description.

Length. Male: 4.0-4.5mm; female: 4.0-5.2mm.

Yellow-brown with variable transverse arcuate brown band on vertex (Plate II: A–E); frontoclypeus with faint brown lateral arcs (Plate II: F). Scutellum with faint brown basal triangles (Plate II: A–E).

Malegenitalia. Pygofer side usually with 2-3 apical brown or black macrosetae (Figs 3-4). Style preapical lobe narrowly triangular, apophysis abruptly tapered at apex (Fig. 5E). Aedeagal shaft strongly laterally compressed, gonopore large with rim forming concave margin in lateral view; with pair of small dorsobasal processes (Figs 5G, 6).

Female. Sternite VII with posterior margin with a shallow notch in mid-line (Plate II: G).

Material examined.

China: Jilin Prov.: 1 male, Lingjiang City, 30.VII.1983, coll. Wu Zhengliang & Hua Baozhen; Zhejiang Prov.: 21 males, 10 females, Wuyanling, 400m, 1.VIII.2005, coll. DY; Fujian Prov.: 1 male, Wuyishan, Nantan, 18.VIII.2002, coll. SQ; 2 males, Guangze County, 24.VIII.2002, coll. SQ; 1 male, Wuyishan Sanggang, 19.VII.2006, coll. YM; 41 males, 10 females, Shanghang County, Buyun Town, 21.VII.2009, coll. CY; 3 males, 1 female, Wuyishan, Tongmucun, 7.VIII.2009, coll. CY; Jiangxi Prov.: 34 males, 10 females, Anfu County, 10.VIII.2002; 4 males, 4 females, Ruijin City, Baying Town, 280m, 15.VIII.2004, coll. WC & YM; 7 males, 6 females, Pingxiang City, Lianhua County, 4.VIII.2002, coll. SQ; Henan Prov.: 1 male, Jigongshan, 11.VII.1997, coll. SQ; 1 male, Ruijin City, Baying Town, 280m, 15.VIII.2004, coll. WC & YM; 1 male, Baiyunshan, 17.VIII.2008, coll. LL; Hubei Prov.: 1 male, Wudangshan, 22.VII.2001, coll. Huang Min & Zhang Guiling; Hunan Prov.: 1 male, Chenzhou City, 28.VIII.1985, coll. ZY & Chai Yonghui; 9 males, 3 females, Changde City, Huanan Factory, 22.VII.2002, coll. SQ; 6 males, Zhangjiajie, 25.VII.2002; Guangdong Prov.: 1 male, Dianbai County, 13.IV.1983, coll. ZY; 1 male, Shenzhen, 18.IV.1983, coll. ZY; 1 male, Dinghushan, 7.VII.1985, coll. ZY; Guangxi Prov.: 10 males, 4 females, Huaping, 9.VIII.2000, coll. LZ; 1 male, Huaping, 26.VIII.2000, coll. LZ; 5 males, Fangchenggang City, Naqin Town, 1-3.VIII.2001, coll. He Zhiqiang; 13 males, 6 females, Xinzhai, 18.VIII.2005, coll. YM & KJ;1 male, Yuanbaoshan, 12.VIII.2006, coll. YM & KJ; Hainan Prov.: 10 males, 5 females, Yacheng, 6.V.1983, coll. ZY; 1 male, Wuzhishan, 720m, 31.VII.2009, coll. Gaoxia; 1 male, Bawangling, 9.VIII.2010, coll. WY; 1 male, Tongguling, 26.VIII.2010, coll. WY; Sichuan Prov.: 2 males, 9 females, Kangding, 2500m, 8.XI.1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 2 males, 8 females, Zhubalong, 2450m, 11.VII.2011, coll. Sun Qiang; Guizhou Prov.: 5 males, Guiyang City, Huaxi Park, 1100m, 25.VII.2001; Yunnan Prov.: 1 male, Daluo Town, 26.X.1987, coll. Feng Jinian & Lili; 10 males, 8 females, Mengla County, Yaoqu Town, V.1991; 1 male, Tengchong County, 22.XI.1999; 2 males, Xishuangbanna, 11.VII.2003; 1 male, Mengla City, 21.VII.2005, coll. LL; 1 male, Simao City, 30.VII.2005, coll. LL; 31 males, 20 females, Tengchong County, Huoshan Park, 1930m, 14.VIII.2005, coll. YM & KJ; 1 male, Dali, 29.VIII.2010, coll. ZM;1 male, Diqing, 14.VIII.2010, coll. ZM; 1 male, Jinghong City, 1.IX.2010, coll. ZM; 1 male, Daluo Town, 679m, 23.V.2011, coll. LL; 1 male, Lancang County, 25.V.2011, coll. LL; 1 male, Nansan Town, 29.V.2011, coll. LL; 1 male, Yingjiang County, Zhanxi Town, 1009m, 2.VI.2011, coll. LL; 1 male, Tengchong County, 1632m, 5.VI.2011, coll. LL; 4 males, Lushui County, Chenggan Town, 1013m, 6.VI.2011, coll. LL; 1 male, Zhenyuan County, 13.VI.2011, coll. LL; Shaanxi Prov.: 1 male, Liuba County, 20.VII.1995, coll. ZR; 3 males, 3 females, Liuba County, 20.VIII.1995, coll. ZR; 1 male, Zhouzhi County, 24.IX.2008, coll. LL; 1 male, Foping County, 1060m, 1.X.2008, coll. LL; Gansu Prov.: 1 male, Cheng County, 25.VII.2002, coll. WC & Shang Suqin; 1 male, Ruijin City, Baying Town, 280m, 15.VIII.2004, coll. WC & YM. All deposited in NWAFU and mainly collected at light. Abbreviations for collectors: DY: Duan Yani; SQ: Sun Qinxia; LL: Lu Lin; YM: Yang Meixia; CY: Cao Yanghui; ZY: Zhang Yalin; ZM: Zhang Meng; ZR: Zhang Wenzhu & Ren Liyun; WC: Wei Cong; LZ: Liu Zhenjiang; KJ: Kang Juxia; WY: Wang Yang.

Distribution.

Eastern Hemisphere.

Remarks.

Considerablevariation was found in the apical black macrosetae of the male pygofer and shape of the aedeagus in this species (see Figs 3, 4 & 6).