Tautoneura puerensis (Chiang & Knight, 1990) Chiang & Knight, 1990

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Taxonomic study of the genus Kapsa Dworakowska with a new subgenus, and new combinations and records for Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 3630 (1), pp. 117-142 : 140

6. Tautoneura puerensis (Chiang & Knight, 1990) n. comb.

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Kapsa puerensis Song & Li, 2012: 30, Figs 18–24

Material examined. 23, China: Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan, 1000m, 18 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Distribution: China (Yunnan).

Remarks. Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 17 a) long, extended to 5th sternite; male genitalia ( Fig. 17 b) elongated; pygofer side ( Fig. 17 b) with macrosetae at lower basal angle; apex of paramere ( Fig. 17 f) extremely long, basal part robust and short; connective ( Fig. 17 g) with manubrium very broad and concave at center. These characters suggested this species should not be included in Kapsa . Although this species resembles T. decorata in the shape of the anal tube appendage ( Fig. 17 c) and aedeagus ( Fig. 17 h, i), it is much more similar to Tautoneura zygina Dworakowska, 1994 in view of the length of abdominal apodemes, elongated male genitalia, presence of smaller macrosetae at lower basal angle of pygofer side, shape of paramere and connective. Based on the above analysis, it is more reasonable to place this species in Tautoneura .

Figures

FIGURE 17. Tautoneura puerensis (Song & Li, 2012) n. comb. a. abdominal apodemes; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage and anal tube appendage, lateral view; d. subgenital plate, paramere, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; e. subgenital plate, dorsal view; f. paramere, lateral view; g. connective; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view.