Sounama (Stenaulophrys) expandipeni

Liang, A. - P. & Webb, M. D., 2002, New taxa and revisionary notes in Rhinaulacini spittlebugs from southern Asia (Homoptera: Cercopidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (6), pp. 729-756 : 753

Sounama (Stenaulophrys) expandipeni s sp. nov

(®gures 93, 94, 111)

Length: 5.4 mm.

External characters as in S. (Sounama) acuta but in the single specimen the dorsum is more uniformly yellowish brown with fore wing with only a pale patch apically and medially on costal margin.

Male genitalia with subgenital plates (®gure 94) with basal expanded region very small and short, tapered apically to long apical spine-like process; aedeagus with shaft (®gure 93) in lateral view distinctly broad basally then narrowed subapically and then expanded apically with a subapical dorsal tooth.

Etymology. Named for its expanded apex of the aedeagus.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE:, China, Guangxi: [Longsheng], Huaping, Hongtan , 11 June 1963 (J.-K. Yang) ( IZCAS).

Distribution. Southwestern China (Guangxi).