Destinoides Cai & He

Sun, Jing, Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Destinoides Cai & He (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae), with a new synonym and two new combinations, Zootaxa 3786 (1), pp. 79-84 : 80

Destinoides Cai & He

Destinoides Cai & He, 2000: 57

Type species: Destinoides fasciata Cai & He , by original designation (= D. latifrons (Walker)) .

Relatively large (13–14mm) and robust. Lateral margins of head and pronotum dark ( Figs 1 , 10 ). Anterior and posterior margins of pronotum with a black dot medially ( Figs 1 , 10 ). Anterolateral margins of scutellum black ( Figs 1 , 10 ).

Head and thorax densely punctate. Head about as wide as pronotum, flat and slightly upturned anteriorly. Eyes kidney-shaped. Crown flat, approximately as long as half width between eyes; anterior margin obtusely angled slightly distad of eye; coronal suture distinct ( Figs 1 , 10 ); ocelli near posterior margin of crown, closer to each other than to eyes ( Figs 1 , 10 ). Face as long as wide, concave in lateral view ( Figs 3 , 12 ); clypeal suture distinct; frontoclypeus broadened medially, then tapered apically; gena flat, with mesal margin deeply depressed; lora broad ( Figs 3 , 12 ); antennal ledges distinct, extending nearly to margin of crown ( Figs 3 , 12 ). Pronotum broad, slightly shorter than crown; anterior margin nearly straight, lateral margins nearly parallel ( Figs 1 , 10 ). Scutellum with scutellar suture concave deeply. Forewing veins reticulate apically, clavus densely punctate ( Figs 1 , 10 ). Fore femur with numerous irregularly arranged short setae. Hind tibiae flattened with five to seven stout anterodorsal (AD) setae; posterodorsal (PD) setae fine, anteroventral (AV) and posteroventral (PV) setae shorter and finer. First hind tarsomere with numerous long fine setae ventrally and two platellae apically.

Male 8th sternite about as long as 7th sternite, posterior margin strongly concave medially ( Figs 4 , 13 ).

Male pygofer tapering apically, narrowly subtriangular in lateral view, with well developed inner subapical process ventrally ( Figs 6 , 15 ). Anal tube with apical ventral process. Subgenital plates broad at midlength, tapered to rounded apex, with numerous short setae on ventral surface and slightly stouter setae near inner-lateral margins ( Figs 5 , 14 ). Aedeagal shaft slim and cylindrical, curved dorsally, with single or pair of processes apically. Style flat, curved ventrally at apex, footlike, with some fine setae on ventral edge, a few fine long setae on heel and a small subapical tooth lateral ( Figs 8, 9 , 17 ). Connective short ( Figs 9 , 19 ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan; Guangxi; Hainan; Xizang autonomous region), India (Assam), Singapore.

Remarks. The genus Destinoides is similar to Petalocephala Stål. It can be distinguished from the latter by: 1) crown shorter, about half as long as wide; 2) style slightly flattened laterally with small subapical lateral tooth; 3) aedeagus rather slender without sinuation or processes medially. Jones and Deitz (2009: 38) considered Destinoides doubtfully different from Petalocephala . Though some possible unique characters were noted, they appear to be variable characters.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Destinoides latifrons (Walker) (holotype). 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, habitus, lateral view; 3, face; 4, male 8 th sternite, ventral view; 5, subgenital plate, ventral view; 6, pygofer, lateral view; 7, magnified process of pygofer, ventral view; 8, aedeagus, style and connective, ventral view; 9, aedeagus, style and connective, lateral view.

FIGURES 10 – 19. Destinoides conspicuus (Distant). 10, habitus, dorsal view; 11, habitus, lateral view; 12, face; 13, male 8 th sternite, ventral view; 14, subgenital plate, ventral view; 15, pygofer, lateral view; 16, magnified process of pygofer, ventral view; 17, aedeagus, style and connective, lateral view; 18, magnified apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 19, connective, dorsal view.