Multiformis longlingensis, Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012

Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012, Multiformis, a new genus of Evacanthini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae), with the descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 3185, pp. 53-58 : 55-56

Multiformis longlingensis sp. nov.

Figs 1–2 , 5–10

Description. Crown ( Fig. 1 ) light yellow. Pronotum and scutellum ( Fig. 1 ) dirty yellow. Area around ocelli yellow. Eyes dark with some yellow, ocelli light red and near translucent ( Fig. 1 ). Face ( Fig. 2 ) yellow, marginal and middle area of frontoclypeus black, anteclypeus yellowish black. Forewings ( Fig. 1 ) gray yellow and translucent, veins gray black. Hindwings ( Fig. 1 ) gray.

Male pygofer ( Fig. 5 ) longer than high, conically produced caudally. Subgenital plate ( Figs 5, 9 ) elongate, with nine macrosetae on submedial row and several long setae near apex. Aedeagus ( Figs 6–7 ) somewhat tubular; dorsal apodeme’s ventral margin somewhat smooth; the processes on side of aedeagal shift with three small spicules lamellate on ventral submargin, spacing of two contiguous spicules uneven; aedeagal ventral processes slender, curved, longer than shaft. Other male genitalia characteristics as in Figs 5–10 .

Female slightly longer than male; general coloration of female as in male.

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): 3, 6.6mm; Ƥ, 7.1mm.

Type material. Holotype 3, CHINA: Yunnan, Longling, 25 July 2002, coll. Li Zizhong. Paratypes: 1Ƥ, Yunnan, Longling, 24 July 2002, coll. Li Zizhong.

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Male, dorsal view and ventral view. 1 – 2. Multiformis longlingensis sp. nov.; 3 – 4. Multiformis nigrafacialis sp. nov..

FIGURES 5 – 10. Multiformis longlingensis sp. nov. 5. Male pygofer, lateral view; 6. Aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; 7. Aedeagus, connective and style, ventral view; 8. Connective and style; 9. Subgenital plate; 10. Forewing.