Onukigallia onukii (Matsumura)

Zhang, Bin, 2011, Revision of the leafhopper genus Onukigallia Ishihara, 1955 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae), Zootaxa 2915, pp. 52-60 : 58-59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277865
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296645
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scientific name	Onukigallia onukii (Matsumura)
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Onukigallia onukii (Matsumura) View in CoL

( Figs 4–5 View FIGURES 1 – 5 , 9–10 View FIGURES 6 – 10 , 13–14 View FIGURES 11 – 14 , 33–40 View FIGURES 33 – 40 , 43–44 View FIGURES 41 – 46 )

Agallia onukii Matsumura, 1912 View in CoL ; Cai & Shen, 1998: 245.

Onukigallia onukii (Matsumura) View in CoL : Ishihara 1955: 10, Figs 2, 3 View FIGURES 1 – 5 , 7–10 View FIGURES 6 – 10 ; Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988: 71, Figs 5–9 View FIGURES 1 – 5 View FIGURES 6 – 10 ; Viraktamath 2011: 101 View Cited Treatment , Figs 496–503.

Diagnosis. Sexually dimorphic in coloration. Ground color yellowish brown with dark markings. Pronotum ( Figs 4, 5 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ) with pair of dark maculae. Large dark area on frontoclypeus and anteclypeus in most specimens, but in a few specimens on much smaller area. Forewings ( Figs 4–5 View FIGURES 1 – 5 , 9–10 View FIGURES 6 – 10 ) with inner anteapical cell closed behind in majority of specimens (i.e. m-cu2 vein present), but open behind in a few (i.e. m-cu2 vein absent).

Male pygofer ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33 – 40 ) with more or less triangular caudal lobe covered with slender setae along caudoventral margin. Dorsal margin of aedeagal shaft with tooth-like projections. Posterior margin of seventh sternite slightly convex medially.

Measurements. Male 4.3–4.5 mm long, head 1.2–1.3 mm wide across eyes, pronotum 1.1–1.2 mm wide. Female 4.8–5.2 mm long, head 1.3–1.7 mm wide across eyes, pronotum 1.2–1.3 mm wide.

Material examined. CHINA: 9 male, 6 female, Henan Prov., Mt. Baiyunshan, 1600 m, 15–18 August 2008, Zhang Bin; 1 male, 1 female, Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Wugongshan, 16 July 2008, Meng Zehong.

Host plant. Unidentified ferns.

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Henan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea, Russia.

Remarks. Onukigallia onukii differs from the other species of Onukigallia in having a tooth-like projection on the dorsal margin of aedeagal shaft. This is the most common species of Onukigallia from the Palearctic and Oriental Regions.