Paramesodes mokanshanae Wilson

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Paramesodes Ishihara (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from China, Zootaxa 3151, pp. 53-62 : 57-58

Paramesodes mokanshanae Wilson

( Figs 4–6 ; Plate I: D)

Paramesodes mokanshanae Wilson, 1983: 26 , Figs 47–52.

Coloration, structure and male genitalia as described by Wilson (1983).

Material examined. 83, 3ƤƤ, China, Fujian Prov., Shouning County, 30/ 31 July 2003, coll. Duan Yani ( NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian).

Remarks. The above material runs to P. mokanshanae in Wilson’s (1983) key based on the proximity of the pygofer process to the dorsal margin. However, the examined specimens show considerable variation in the curvature of this structure in dorsal view (see Figs 4–6 ). We consider this variation to be intraspecific, particularly because the specimens studied were from the same locality.

Figures

FIGURE 4. P. mokanshanae. A: male pygofer, lateral view (without macrosetae); B: male pygofer, dorsal view (without macrosetae); C: subgenital plate, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E & F: connective and aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.

FIGURE 5. P. mokanshanae. A: male pygofer, lateral view (without macrosetae); B: male pygofer, dorsal view (without macrosetae); C: subgenital plate, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E & F: connective and aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.

FIGURE 6. P. mokanshanae. A, C & E: male pygofer, lateral view (without macrosetae); B, D & F: male pygofer, dorsal view (without macrosetae).