Radicafurcus breviprocessus Qin & Zhang

Qin, Dao-Zheng, Liu, Yang & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2010, A taxonomic study of Chinese Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) (I), Zootaxa 2481, pp. 52-60 : 53

Radicafurcus breviprocessus Qin & Zhang , sp. n.

( Figs. 1–14 )

Type materials. Holotype, male ( NWAFU), Mt. Emei, Sichuan Province, 29 Oct. 1999, 700- 900 m, coll. Daozheng Qin. Paratypes, 1 male, same data as holotype; 1 male, 1100 m, 1 male, 1400 m, 31 Oct. 1999, other data as holotype.

Description. Length, male 3.0–3.1 mm.

General color beige to reddish brown. Eyes black. Ocelli surrounded by reddish patches. Coronal suture blackish brown, not reaching anterior margin of crown. Face yellow. Pronotum surrounded with irregular arch of patches anteriorly and laterally, Scutellum centrally with quadrate sordid cream patch, scutoscutellar sulcus black. Fore wing and hind wing hyaline. Dorsum of abdomen tan, venter of abdomen, legs and subgenital plate yellow. In some specimens transition of vertex to face with tinge of red.

Abdominal apodemes of segment III reaching middle of segment V ( Fig. 14 ). Male pygofer with about 14 rigid microsetae at apex of lobe ( Fig. 5 ). Subgenital plate with basolateral protrusion well developed, 6–7 uniseriate lateral macrosetae, about 15 marginal microsetae and several fine microsetae in irregular two rows starting caudad of lateral macrosetae ( Figs. 5, 13 ). Paramere with apex acuminated and bearing 7 teeth preceded by 2 fine microsetae ( Fig. 12 ). Aedeagus branched at ventral third, ventral branch short, sinuate or

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14. Radicafurcus breviprocessus Qin & Zhang, sp. n., 1, head and thorax, dorsal view; 2, face; 3, fore wing; 4, hind wing; 5, male terminalia, lateral view; 6, pygofer side, dorsal view; 7, subgenital plates, parameres, connective and sternite 9, ventral view; 8, 9, aedeagus, lateral view; 10, same, dorsal view; 11, anal tube process, lateral view; 12, paramere; 13, subgenital plate, dorsal view; 14, abdominal apodeme.