Sobrala acanthophylla, Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015

Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015, Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China, Zootaxa 3974 (2), pp. 245-256 : 246-247

Sobrala acanthophylla sp. nov.

(Figures 1, 6, 11, 16–23)

Vertex beige to brown, eyes blackish. Pronotum brown, scutum and scutellum dark brown, yellowish at scutoscutellar sulcus. Fore wing and hind wing infuscate and semitransparent, brochosome field and wing venation dark infuscate.

Male genitalia. Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 16 ) reaching 4th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side ( Fig. 18 ) covered with many microsetae and blunt teeth, provided with expanded, serrate extension ( Fig. 19 ) covered with small teeth and several setae. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 20 ) small, shorter than pygofer side, roviding a few microsetae situated at process and several very small microsetae at the centre of plate. Connective ( Fig. 21 ) Y-shaped. Paramere ( Fig. 22 ) terminated on broadened lamella with apex curved ventrad. Penis ( Fig. 23 ) dorsal apodeme with well developed membrane, penis stem thin with blunt apex, gonopore apical.

Measurements. Male 4.00–4.28 mm (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800 m, 28 May. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype; 4 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800 m, 2 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 3 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800 m, 3 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 3 males, Mengla Longmen, Yunnan Prov., 930 m, 17 May. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Jinping, Yunnan Prov., 1900 m, 10 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Pingbian, Yunnan Prov., 1300 m, 14 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Pingbian, Yunnan Prov., 1700m, 15 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Yingjiang Zhanxi, Yunnan Prov., 1092 m, 2 Jun. 2009, coll. Xu Silong.

Remarks. This species differs from all others of the genus by the pygofer side extension with serrated margin and the thin penis stem.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ acanthophylla ” referring to the shape of the pygofer side extension.

FIGURES 1–15. 1–5, dorsal view; 6–10, lateral view; 11–15, face; 1, 6, 11, Sobrala acanthophylla sp. nov.; 2, 7, 12, S. dactylina sp. nov.; 3, 8, 13, S. lamellaris sp. nov.; 4, 9, 14, S. quadrilatera sp. nov.; 5, 10, 15, S. tmava .

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Sobrala acanthophylla sp. nov. 16, abdominal apodemes; 17, genital capsule, lateral view; 18, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 19, pygofer side, posterior view; 20, subgenital plate, ventral view; 21, connective, ventral view; 22, paramere, ventral view; 23, aedeagus, lateral view.