Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 57

Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003

Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003: 434 .

( Fig. 39‒41 )

Supplementary description. Female genitalia. Posterior margin of pregenital sternite concave. Tergite IX ( Fig. 41A, D ) moderately sclerotised, 1.1 times longer than wide. Anal tube ( Fig. 41A, C ) short, nearly rectangular, 1.2 times wider than long in dorsal view; dorsal and ventral margins slightly widened towards apex in lateral view, anal styles strap-shaped. Gonapophysis VIII ( Fig. 41E ) elongate, and slightly curved upwards. Gonapophysis IX ( Fig. 41F ) with one middle tooth, at a distance ratio, between middle tooth to apex and length of denticulate portion, of 1.9. Gonoplac ( Fig. 41G ) rod-like, 3.8 times longer than wide. Posterior vagina ( Fig. 41H, I ) elongate. The left side of the ventral wall of posterior vagina with a long sclerite, thin and twisted in the middle, a nearly triangular sclerite on the right side basally; the dorsal wall with a small long sclerite in the middle aera.

Material examined. 3♂♂ 1♀, CHINA: Laiyanghe National Forest Park (22°36’N, 101°0’E), Simao City , Yunnan Province, 23 August 2014, leg. Zheng-Xiang Zhou ; 5♂♂ 3♀♀, Yuanjiang County (23°36’N, 101°59’E), Yunnan Province, 27 August 2014, leg. Zheng-Xiang Zhou ; 1♂, Menghai County (21°57’N, 100°27’E), Yunnan Province, 13 July 2013, leg. Ji-Chun Xing ; 7♂♂ 8♀♀, Longling County (24°35’N, 98°41’E), Yunnan Province, 11 August 2010 , Xiang-Sheng Chen ; 2♂♂, Wangmo County (25°10’N, 106°7’E), Guizhou Province, 19 August 2012, leg. Zhi-Min Chang ; 1♀, Fuxing Town , Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, 20 August 2012 , Shi-Yan Xu; 1♂, Dayi Town , Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, 16 July 2016, leg. Liang-Jing Yang and Yong-Shun Ding ; 2♂♂, Deshun Town (26°10’N, 109°20’E), Wangmo County, Guizhou Province; 14 July 2016, leg. Zheng-Xue Zhao ; 1♂, Luodian County (25°26’N, 106°45’E), Guizhou Province, 15 September 2015, leg. Meng-Shu Dong ; 1♂, Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°17’N, 108°4’E), Libo County, Guizhou Province, 20 July 2011 , Wei-Bin Zheng ; 1♂, Sinan County (27°58’N, 108°15’E), Guizhou Province, 24 July 2016, leg. Zheng-Xiang Zhou ; 1♂, Sinan County, Guizhou Province, 24 July 2016, leg. Zheng-Xiang Zhou ; 1♂, Siyetun Village, Qinggangpo Town , Sinan County, Guizhou Province, 3 August 2016 , Yong-Shun Ding .

Host plant. Grass.

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Taiwan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characters: periandrium with a compressed production on apical two-thirds of left side; ventral margin of periandrium with 1 short spinous process nearly in the middle and 2 longer ones at apex; dorsal margin of endosoma with 1 long process and 1 small subulate process.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003, male. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Face, ventral view; E. Head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 40. Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003, male.A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face, ventral view; C. Forewing; D. Genitalia, lateral view; E. Pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view; F. Anal segment, dorsal view; G. Gonostyli, inner lateral view; H. Aedeagus, right side; I. Aedeagus, left side; J. Aedeagus, dorsal view; K. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D–K); 1.0 mm (C).

FIGURE 41. Kirbyana lini Tsaur & Hsu, 2003, female.A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Tergite IX, caudal view; E. Gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view; G. Gonoplac, lateral view; H. Posterior vagina, ventral view; I. Posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.