Philipposcopus processus Xue & Zhang

Xue, Qingquan, Mckamey, Stuart H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, Philippogalla, a new genus for Philipposcopus modestus (Baker) from the Philippines, and a new species of Philipposcopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae) from China, Zootaxa 4291 (1) : -

Philipposcopus processus Xue & Zhang sp. nov. ( Figs. 2 , 4 )

Description. Length (including wings): male 5.7 mm.

Body brownish. Ocelli transparent, surrounded by black; face basally brownish, medially yellowish; frontoclypeus and anteclypeus mainly yellowish, apex of anteclypeus brownish; lora and gena dark brown ( Fig. 2 D). Pronotum brown, with yellowish brown stripes, posterior margin black. Mesoscutum basal triangles brown, with small inner triangles, black; disc dark brown ( Fig. 2 C). Forewing brownish hyaline, veins dark brown.

Pygofer posterodorsal angle triangular, incurved, hook-like, with several small and stout setae ( Figs. 4 A–B). Subgenital plate slender, with several hairlike setae on dorsal margin. Style with middle part with several setae laterally. Aedeagus curved, with pair of long, thin, curved apical processes; shaft cylindrical, straight; gonopore apical on ventral surface; dorsal apodeme wide and short in lateral view; preatrium long ( Figs. 4 D–E).

Etymology. The specific name refers to the aedeagal shaft with a pair of processes.

Specimen examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , 19. v. 1991, coll. Wang Yinglun & Tian Rungang ( NWAFU).

Remarks. This new species is very similar to the type species in the color of the head and pronotum, and the shape of style. However, it can be distinguished from the type species by the aedeagal shaft processes.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Philipposcopus processus sp. nov. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, head and thorax, dorsal view; D, face.

FIGURE 4. Philipposcopus processus sp. nov. A, male pygofer, anal tube and subgenital plate, lateral view; B, apex of pygofer, ventral view; C, connective, ventral view; D, aedeagus, lateral view; E, aedeagus, ventral view; F, style, lateral view.