Arboridia (Arboridia) jinghongensis Pu & Song, sp. nov.

(Figs 1a–f, Figs 2a–h)

Description

Vertex reddish yellow, apex with two black preapical spots, (Figs 1a, c). Face brownish yellow, sides of frontoclypeus with reddish orange horizontal stripes, reddish orange medially (Fig1. d). Pronotum brownish, anterior margin with reddish pattern; posterior margin reddish yellow, with U-shaped ribbon in middle field (Figs 1b, c). Scutellum yellowish brown with basal triangles black (Figs 1a, c).

Male abdominal apodemes short, not exceeding 3rd sternite (Fig. 2h).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with microsetae scattered, caudal margin sinuated (Fig. 2e); pygofer dorsal appendage expanded at base, narrowed and curving at apex (Fig. 2f). Subgenital plate with 2 macrosetae on lateral surface, and row of peg-like setae from subbase to apex, several microsetae scattered on apical portion (Fig. 2d). Style long and slender, with 3 points at apex, preapical lobe distinct (Fig. 2a). Connective nearly U-shaped, with central lobe small and stem short (Fig. 2g). Aedeagus slightly asymmetrical; shaft tubular, tapered distally, with large flangelike dorsolateral lobes fused to sides of shaft and partly wrapped around dorsal part of shaft; preatrium short; dorsal apodeme columnlike, connected to base of pygofer appendage by sclerotized V-shaped dorsal connective; gonopore subapical, on ventral surface (Figs 1e, f and Figs, 2b, c).

Measurement. Male length 3.2–3.3 mm, female length 3.3–3.4 (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong, 2021.Ⅴ.20, coll. Guimei Luo.

Remarks. This species is similar to Arboridia changlingensis (Jiang et al, 2021), but differs in having the vertex apex with two black preapical spots (Figs 1a, c); the pronotum brownish with reddish pattern on the anterior margin (Fig. 1c); the abdominal apodemes not surpassing the 3rd sternite (Fig. 2h); the connective nearly U-shaped, with central lobe small and stem short (Fig. 2g); the aedeagal shaft without a pair of long tapered processes but with large dorsolateral flanges partly wrapped around shaft (Figs 1e, f and Figs, 2b, c).

Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality: “Jinghong” City, Yunnan Province, China.