Hepneriana prostrata, 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 : 277

Hepneriana prostrata sp. nov.

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Description. Body yellowish, eyes black medially and yellowish marginally.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 9 g) triangular, extended to middle part of 3rd sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 9 a) short.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 9 b) blunt apically, distinctly produced on outer margin. Style ( Fig. 9 c) with club-shaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process quite narrow, apex pointed on outer margin. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 9 d–f) compressed, broadened basally and tapering towards apex, apex slightly expended in caudal view, without process; preatrial process relatively slim, straight basally and curved dorsad apically.

Measurement. male length 2.73 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan , 1000m, 18 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng.

Remarks. The new species is similar to H. hepneri (Dworakowska) in lacking an aedeagal process, but the style lamellar process is distinctly longer than the club-shaped process, the aedeagal shaft is broader basally in lateral view, and the preatrial process is curved dorsad.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ prostratus ”, referring to the compressed aedeagal shaft.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Hepneriana prostrata 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. aedeagal shaft, caudal view; e. basal preatrial process of aedeagus, ventral view; f. aedeagus, lateral view; g. abdominal apodemes.