Songana muscula, Li, 2017

Li, Can, 2017, A new erythroneurine leafhopper genus and species from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4319 (2), pp. 379-382 : 380-381

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6F62D7Fd-696E-4948-Ab16-742607390B6E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6038782

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03805578-FFA6-9028-95B5-FDDB180FDD40

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scientific name

Songana muscula
status

sp. nov.

Songana muscula View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 1–16 View FIGURES 1 – 5 View FIGURES 6 – 16 )

Description. Male length 3.8–3.9 mm.

Vertex milky yellow, with single large black spot medially ( Figs 1, 3 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Eyes greyish black ( Figs 1-4 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Face with most of anteclypeus blackish brown; frontoclypeus with two large arched dark brown stripes along sides, other areas brownish ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Pronotum dark brown medially, with diamond-shaped muscle impression in middle and two dark brown marks scattered on each lateral margin, other part milky yellow ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Mesonotum and scutellum milky yellow, with vertical central yellow belt divided by scutellar suture; two tiny brownish spots located anterad of scutellar suture ( Figs 1, 3 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Scutellum with apex brownish ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ).

Male abdominal apodemes short, hooklike apically, extended mesad at base of 3rd sternite ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 6 – 16 ). Pygofer side with dorsal appendage basal half inflated and distal half narrowed; ventrolateral setal group with 9 rigid setae, much smaller than macrosetae ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 6 – 16 ). Style apex long and sharp, preapical lobe prominent but not acutely angulate ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 6 – 16 ). Connective lamellate, with two lateral arms and stem long; central lobe broad, well developed, with median sclerotized area darker than margins ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 6 – 16 ). Aedeagal shaft curved dorsad, tapering apically, with pair of divergent long processes basally; preatrium mostly as long as aedeagal shaft, curved dorsad basally ( Figs 15, 16 View FIGURES 6 – 16 ). Material examined. Holotype : ♂, THAILAND, Mae Hong Son, Namtok Mae Surin NP, Haad Saen / Huai Fai Kor reservoir, 19°20.857'N; 97°59.123'E, Malaise trap, 20-27.i.2008, coll. Kamkoon, A. Paratypes GoogleMaps : 17♂♂, same data as holotype .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “musculus” (robust, strong), referring to the leafhopper body large and robust ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Songana

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