Limassolla yingjianga, Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3127, pp. 53-63 : 60-62

Limassolla (L.) yingjianga Song & Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 38–46 )

Crown and pronotum ( Fig. 38 ) milky yellow, with brown orange pattern. Eyes ( Fig. 38 ) greyish brown. Scutellum ( Fig. 38 ) whitish yellow, its apex light orange red, with small black spot; basal triangles brown yellow. Two dark Lshaped (or orthogonal) stripes near inner margins of basal triangles. Forewing ( Fig. 39 ) yellowish white, with few brownish or brown spots; on clavus two orange red markings as indicated by dashed in Fig. 39 .

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 40 ) strong, extending to posterior margin of 5th segment.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 41 ) broad, dorsoposterior margin produced, with prominent stout setae and microtrichia well developed. Pygofer ventral appendage ( Fig. 41 ) very strong, not extended beyond dorsal margin of pygofer. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 42 ) strongly broadened, with single long macroseta subbasally; apex tapered abruptly, with numerous microsetae. Style ( Fig. 43 ) with three fine setae on base of caudal part. Aedeagus ( Figs. 44, 45 ) truncate at apex, with paired subapical processes serrated laterally. Gonopore ( Figs. 44, 45 ) apical. Long atrial process arising from base of aedeagal shaft ventrally, curved arcuately ( Figs. 44, 45 ). Preatrium ( Figs. 44, 45 ) much longer than dorsal apodeme, dorsal apodeme distinctly expanded. Connective ( Fig. 46 ) Y-shaped, stem very broad, central lobe weak.

Specimen examined. Holotype, 3, China, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, 1300–1400 m, 21 Jul. 2002, coll. Renhuai Dai.

Measurement. Body length male 2. 9 mm (including wing).

Remarks. The new species is distinguishable from L. sharmai Dworakowska (1994) by the aedeagal shaft subapical processes with serrate lateral margins ( Figs. 44, 45 ); the atrial long process distinctly curved, arc-like ( Figs. 44, 45 ); the terminal portion of the aedeagal shaft truncate ( Figs. 44, 45 ); and the dorsoposterior margin of the pygofer lobe protrudent, with prominent stout setae ( Fig. 41 ).

Etymology. The new species is named for its type locality ‘‘Yingjiang’’.

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 46. Limassolla yingjianga sp. nov. 38. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 39. Fore wing. 40. Abdominal apodemes. 41. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 42. Subgenital plate. 43. Style. 44. Aedeagus, lateral view. 45. Aedeagus ventral view. 46. Connective, ventral view.