Chanohirata plania Wang & Zhang, 2022

Wang, Dongming & Zhang, Yalin, 2022, Three new species in the genus Chanohirata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Penthimiini) from China, Zootaxa 5129 (3), pp. 432-441 : 436-437

Chanohirata plania Wang & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs. 2. A–D , 4. A–F )

Measurement. Length of male including tegmen: 3.8–4.0 mm.

Coloration. Vertex orange, covered with dark brown reticulation; eyes grey with brown transverse stripe; ocelli yellowish brown ( Fig. 2C ). Face black ( Fig. 2D ). Pronotum pale orange, marked with dark brown reticulation. Scutellum orange with dark brown reticulation, spots on the end of the transverse dark brown ( Fig. 2C ). Forewing subhyaline, with many false veins consisting of dark pigment lines; five apical cells with small black brown spots ( Fig. 2A ).

Morphology. Head declivous, including eyes nearly as broad as pronotum ( Figs. 2B, C ). Postclypeus flat; anteclypeus ridged medially, truncate at apex ( Fig. 1D ). Pronotum length 1.5 times medial length of crown. Scutellum length 0.8 times medial length of pronotum ( Fig. 1C ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer with short and long macrosetae near posterior margin ( Fig. 4A ). Valve triangular. Subgenital plate triangular-shaped, longer than length of pygofer distinctly, on ventral side with scattered macrosetae ( Fig. 4B ,). Style apex cheliform, lateral margin sinuate, preapical lobe with several setae near inner margin ( Fig. 4C ). Connective ‘Y’-shaped, similar in length to style ( Fig. 4D ). Aedeagus dorso-ventrally flattened, dorsal apodeme well-developed, preatrium reduced, shaft curved caudo-dorsally, with triangular lateral processes apically, processes with finely serrated margins; gonopore apical ( Figs. 4E, F ).

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( NWAFU), CHINA, Tibet, Bomi County, 16 July 2014, coll. Wang Yang;

Paratype: 1♂ ( NWAFU), same data as holotype .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other species of this genus by the flattened aedeagus with triangular lobes at apex.

Etymology. This specific epithet is from the Latin word “ plani ” referring to the dorso-ventrally flattened aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A–D. Chanohirata minima A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, head and pronotum, dorsal view; D, face.

FIGURE 2. A–D Chanohirata plania A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, head and pronotum, dorsal view; D, face. E–H. Chanohirata yunnana E, habitus, dorsal view; F, habitus, lateral view; G, head and pronotum, dorsal view; H, face.

FIGURE 4. A–F. Chanohirata plania A, male genital capsule, lateral view; B, genital valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; C, style, ventral view; D, connective, ventral view; E, aedeagus, dorsal view; F, aedeagus, lateral view. G–L. Chanohirata yunnana G, male genital capsule, lateral view; H, genital valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; I, style, ventral view; J, connective, ventral view; K, aedeagus, ventral view; L, aedeagus, lateral view.