Japanagallia sclerotica, Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2012

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the leafhopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from China, with description of new taxa, Zootaxa 3430, pp. 1-49 : 17

Japanagallia sclerotica sp. nov.

Figs 4 D, H, L; 18A–E.

Coloration as in J. decliva . Anterior margin of pronotum narrowly chocolate brown with median and lateral short extensions posteriorly. Forewing pale brown with paler venation, claval cells darker.

Male genitalia: Pygofer elongate, slightly narrowed caudally with dorsal margin uneven, with marginal sclerotization ending before caudal margin into broadened triangular lobe both dorsally and ventrally, dorso-caudal margin crenulate, caudal lobe rounded, ventral margin convex. Connective longer than wide, caudal margin trilobed. Aedeagus with poorly developed dorsal apodeme, shaft broad at base in lateral view narrowed slightly in distal half, strongly curved dorsally with crest on ventral margin before apex and with lateral flanges, apex of shaft with finger-like lateral processes on either side of apical gonopore; preatrium well developed with long spine-like process about 0.66 as long as shaft.

Measurements. Male 4.75 mm long, 1.45 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined. Holotype 3, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, Zhongnanshan, 27.vi.1951. Paratypes: 23, data as for holotype ( NWAU).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi).

Etymology. The species name alludes to the more sclerotized process on the dorsal margin of the male pygofer.

Remarks. J. sclerotica sp. nov. shares the subapical ridge on ventral margin and lateral flanges on the aedeagal shaft with J. decliva but differs in having a differently shaped pygofer and the well developed preatrium of the aedeagus with a process.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Species of Japanagallia. A, E, I, J. multispina sp. nov.; B, F, J, J. lamellata; C, G, K, J. palmata sp. nov.; D, H, L, J. sclerotica sp. nov. [A – D. Habitus, dorsal view; E – H. Habitus, lateral view; I – L. Face.]