Hepneriana longa, Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 266-284 : 273

Hepneriana longa sp. nov.

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Description. Body yellowish, eyes black. Posterior margin of pronotum, basal triangles and claval area of fore wing brown.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 6 f) narrow, extended to middle part of 3rd sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 6 a) slim and long, greatly exceeding posterior margin of pygofer side.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 6 b) rounded apically, outer margin slightly expanded. Style ( Fig. 6 c) with club-shaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process narrow, apex pointed on outer margin. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 6 d, e) depressed, with paired subapical processes slim and short; preatrial process quite thick (apex broken in type specimen).

Measurement. male length 2.93 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China: Yunnan Prov., Mengla, Mt. Nangong , 1100m, 13 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng.

Remarks. The new species can be distinguished from the others by the extremely long anal tube appendage which greatly exceeds the pygofer side, and the robust preatrial process.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ longus ”, referring to the elongate anal tube appendage.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Hepneriana longa sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.