Dilacreon (Eluzalmon) lobatus Zhang & Chen, 2013

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 37

Dilacreon (Eluzalmon) lobatus Zhang & Chen, 2013

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Dilacreon (Eluzalmon) lobatus Zhang & Chen, 2013a: 322 .

Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Lijiaba (28°32’N, 108°25’E) (700 m), Yanhe County, Guizhou Province, 5–12 June 2007, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen (holotype); 2♀♀, same data (paratypes) ; 1♂, Shiwandashan National Forest Park (21°56’N, 108°6’E), Shangsi County, 2 May 2007, Xiao-Fei Yu (paratype) .

Host plant. Bamboo ( Dendrocalamus sp. ).

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Guangxi).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: aedeagus with total of five processes, left and right side of apex of periandrium each with a spinous process, apex of endosoma with three processes, the left one longest, apex ventrocephalically directed, the right one sheet-like, the middle one shorter, curving downwards.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Dilacreon (Eluzalmon) lobatus Zhang & Chen, 2013, 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 23. Dilacreon (Eluzalmon) lobatus Zhang & Chen, 2013, 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. Anal segment, caudal view; H. Gonostyli, lateral view; I. Connective, dorsocephalic view; J. Aedeagus, right side; K. Aedeagus, left side; L. Aedeagus, dorsal view; M. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D–M); 1.0 mm (C). (After Zhang and Chen, 2013a).