Limassolla kunyica Huang & Zhang, 2020

Zhou, Xian, Dietrich, Christopher H., Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2020, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4878 (3), pp. 559-571 : 564

Limassolla kunyica Huang & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 2, 7, 12, 17 , 29–36 )

Body pale ( Fig. 2 ). Eyes white and face yellowish ( Figs 2, 12 ). Crown with 2 circular white patches near anterior margin and extending to face; longitudinal patch along coronal suture white ( Fig. 7 ). Pronotum with 5 white patches obscure in shape and boundary. Scutellum with basal triangles and apex orange ( Figs 2, 7 ). Forewing nearly transparent with few small brown spots on inner margins; 3 large patches on clavus orange ( Figs 2, 17 ).

Abdominal apodemes extending to middle of 5th sternite ( Fig. 29 ).

Male genitalia: Pygofer side with ventral process developed and surpassing dorsal margin of lobe; several microsetae on disc and base of ventral margin ( Fig. 30 ). Subgenital plate wide with single long macroseta at base, a row of fine setae along outer margin subbasally and a row of rigid setae along mid-line from middle part to subapex ( Figs 31, 34 ). Paramere medium long with part distad of preapical heel moderately long and straight; numerous microsetae scattered along central part ( Figs 32, 34 ). Connective without median anterior lobe, stem relatively long ( Figs 33, 34 ). Aedeagus short with preatrium well developed; shaft tubular with longitudinal ridge on each side, apex irregularly rounded with membranous duct. Gonopore apical ( Figs 35, 36 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, China, Shandong Prov., Yantai, Mt. Kunyu , 500m, 21.vii. 2001, coll. Dao- zheng Qin . Paratypes: 14 ♂ & 18♀, same data as holotype .

Measurement. Male, 2.8–2.9mm (including wing).

Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality “Kunyu”, Shandong, China.

Notes. This species belongs to the Limassolla multipunctata group and resembles L. uncata sp. nov., but differs from the latter in having a longer pygofer ventral process and wider subgenital plate, in lacking a median anterior lobe on the connective and in having a longitudinal ridge on each side of the aedeagal shaft.

Figures

FIGURES 1–20. 1–5, dorsal view; 6–10, head and thorax, dorsal view; 11–15, face; 16–20, lateral view. 1, 6, 11, 16, L. bicruralis sp. nov.; 2, 7, 12, 17, L. kunyica sp. nov.; 3, 8, 13, 18, L. uncata sp. nov.; 4, 9, 14, 19, L. nigropunctata sp. nov.; 5, 10, 15, 20, L. spinulata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (1–5, 16–19). Scale bars = 0.5 mm (6–15, 20).

FIGURES 29–36. Limassolla kunyica sp. nov. 29. Abdominal apodemes; 30. Pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view; 31. Subgenital plate; 32. Paramere; 33. Connective; 34. Paramere, connective, subgenital plate, ventral view; 35. Aedeagus, lateral view; 36. Aedeagus, ventral view.