Multiformis nigrifacialis, Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012

Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012, Multiformis, a new genus of Evacanthini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae), with the descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 3185, pp. 53-58 : 57

Multiformis nigrifacialis sp. nov.

Figs 3–4 , 11–15

Description. Crown ( Fig. 3 ) light yellow. Pronotum and scutellum ( Fig. 3 ) black, lateral part of pronotum becoming yellow. Eyes ( Fig. 3 ) dark with some yellow, ocelli nearly translucent. Face ( Fig. 4 ) black, base of anteclypeus black, apex of anteclypeus yellowish gray. Forewings ( Figs 3, 4 ) gray yellow and translucent, area near the apex of forewing gray, veins gray black. Hind wings ( Figs 3, 4 ) gray.

Male pygofer ( Fig. 11 ) appreciably longer than high, conically produced caudally. Subgenital ( Figs 11, 15 ) with twelve fine setae on inside submargin and several long setae near apex. Aedeagus ( Figs 12–13 ) swollen at base; dorsal apodeme with ventral margin somewhat flexed; processes on side of aedeagal shaft with three small spicules lamellate on ventral submargin, spacing of two contiguous spicules even; apex of aedeagal ventral processes bifurcate. Other male genitalia characteristics as in Figs 11–15 .

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): 3, 6.3–6.5 mm.

Type material. Holotype 3, CHINA: Yunnan, Longling, 25 July 2002, coll. Li Zizhong. Paratypes: 33, same data as holotype.

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin words nigri- (black) and facialis (face), indicating the color of its face.

Remarks. This species resembles Multiformis longlingensis sp. nov., but it can be distinguished by its entirely black face ( Fig. 4 ) and by the bifurcate apices of the aedeagal ventral processes ( Figs 12–13 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Male, dorsal view and ventral view. 1 – 2. Multiformis longlingensis sp. nov.; 3 – 4. Multiformis nigrafacialis sp. nov..

FIGURES 11 – 15. Multiformis nigrifacialis sp. nov. 11. Male pygofer, lateral view; 12. Aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; 13. Aedeagus, connective and style, ventral view; 14. Style; 15. Subgenital plate.