Mimotettix sinuatus, Wei, Xingtao & Xing, Jichun, 2018

Wei, Xingtao & Xing, Jichun, 2018, Additions to the leafhopper genus Mimotettix (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from Yunnan Province, China, ZooKeys 786, pp. 129-138 : 129

Mimotettix sinuatus sp. n. Figs 13-16, 17-23

Description.

External features as in M. multispinosus (see above), but spots on front wing are lighter. Mesonotum and genae appear to be darker.

Male genitalia: As in M. multispinosus (see above) but pygofer less elongate (Fig. 17) and aedeagal shaft distinctly broader distally in lateral view, with sinuate elongate apical process tapered to acute apex, half length of shaft (Figs 20, 21). Connective ‘H’ shaped with arms of stem short and not sinuate in lateral view, bracing base of aedeagus (Fig. 22).

Measurement.

Length (including tegmen): ♂, 5.4-5.6 mm; ♀, 5.5-5.7 mm.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan Prov., Lvchun County, Huanglianshan, 14 August 2014, coll. Meina Guo (GUGC); paratypes, 1♂2♀♀, same data as holotype except 14 August 2014, coll. Zhengxiang Zhou (GUGC).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Remarks.

The new species is similar to M. multispinosus sp. n. but can be distinguished by the characters noted in the key. See also Discussion.

Etymology.

The new species name is derived from the Latin word “sinuatus”, referring to the sinuate aedeagal process.