Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen, 2017

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 86

Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen, 2017

Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen , in Zhi et al., 2017: 30 .

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Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Fadou (23°22’N, 104°46’E), Xichou County, Yunnan Province, 28 June 2013, leg. Ying-Jian Wang (holotype); 11♂♂, 29♀♀, Fadou, Xichou County , Yunnan Province, China, leg. Ying-Jian Wang and Qiang Luo (paratypes) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: forewing with black spots on end of longitudinal veins, with 10 apical and 6 subapical cells; metatibiotarsal formula: 6/5/7; aedeagus with five spinose processes: right side of periandrium with a very long process near apex; left side of periandrium with a reversed short process at base, and a medium sized process near apex; right side of endosoma with a long process near base and apex near dorsal margin with a short process.

Figures

FIGURE 62. Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen, 2017, 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. (After Zhi et al., 2017).

FIGURE 63. Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen, 2017, 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). (After Zhi et al., 2017).

FIGURE 64. Neocarpia reversa Zhi & Chen, 2017, 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. (After Zhi et al., 2017).