Thagria multipars (Walker)

Fan, Zhi-Hua, Li, Zi-Zhong & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2015, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Thagria Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3918 (4), pp. 451-491 : 462-463

Thagria multipars (Walker)

( Figs. 140–152 )

Tettigonia multipars Walker 1858: 220

Jassus multifasciatus Jacobi 1944: 49

Coelidia multispars (Walker) , Metcalf 1964: 46

Coelidia multifasciatus (Jacobi) , Metcalf 1964: 61

Thagria multispars (sic) (Walker), Nielson 1977: 56 –58, Figs. 175–181 ; Zhang 1990: 93, Fig. 89 , after Nielson; Li & Wang 1991: 276; Li 1993: 30; Zhang 1994: 26, Fig. 18 , after Nielson

Thagria multipars (Walker) , Nielson 2013: 93

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hongkong); Laos; Vietnam.

Material examined. 3♂, CHINA: Jiangxi, Jinggangshan, 19 July 2008, coll. Yang Zaihua & Meng Zehong; 4♂ 2♀, CHINA: Jiangxi, Jiulianshan, 25 July 2008, coll. Yang Zaihua; 1♂, CHINA: Zhejiang, Tianmushan, 20 July 2009, coll. Meng Zehong & Chen Yong; 2♀, CHINA: Zhejiang, Fengyangshan, 28 July 2009, coll. Meng Zehong & Chen Yong; 1♂, CHINA: Fujian, Jianou, 10 Aug. 2009, coll. Zhang Pei; 1♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Damingshan, 5–10 Aug. 2011, coll. Yang Zaihua; 1♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Dushan, 14–17 July 2012, coll. Xing Dongliang; 1♂, CHINA: Anhui, Guniujiang, 27 July 2013, coll. Yu Xiaofei ( GUGC).

Variation. Based on the examined specimens, the pygofer has the inner membrane forming a wrinkled process at about basal 2/3 ( Fig. 144 ), undescribed in the diagnosis of Nielson (1977: 58, Fig. 175 ); the paraphysis basal process is a mirror image from Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui ( Fig. 147 ) to specimens from Fujian, Guangxi ( Fig. 150 ); style sharply pointed forming spine distally ( Figs. 147, 149 ) or truncated ( Figs. 150, 152 ).

Remarks. This species was described from the holotype (female) from BMNH. It is very similar to T. fossa Nieslon, 1977 in general appearance, but differs in having the ventral processes of segment X shorter ( Fig. 144 ) than in T. fossa ( Fig. 101 ); also, the paraphysis has one basal process, and the distal half is not excavated as in T. fossa ( Figs. 104, 107 , 147, 150 ).

Figures

FIGURES 140 – 152. Thagria multipars. 140 – 149 from Guizhou: 140. habitus, dorsal view; 141. habitus, lateral view; 142. head and thorax, dorsal view; 143. face; 144. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 145. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 146. subgential plate, lateral view; 147. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 148. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 149. style, lateral view. 150 – 152 from Fujian: 150. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 151. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 152. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 140 – 143 = 1.0 mm; 144 – 152 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 164 – 175. Thagria paramultipars Fan & Li, sp. nov. Holotype: 164 – 173 from Guangxi, Nonggang: 164. habitus, dorsal view; 165. habitus, lateral view; 166. head and thorax, dorsal view; 167. face; 168. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 169. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 170. subgential plate, lateral view; 171. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 172. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 173. style, lateral view. 174 – 175 aedeagus and paraphysis from Guangxi, Nanning: 174. dorsal view; 175. lateral view. Scale bars: 164 – 167 = 1.0 mm; 168 – 175 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 176 – 190. Thagria paramultipars Fan & Li, sp. nov. Female: 176. habitus, dorsal view; 177. habitus, lateral view; 178. head and thorax, dorsal view; 179. face; 180. sternite VII, ventral view; 181. pygofer, lateral view; 182. valvifer I, lateral view; 183. valvifer II, lateral view; 184. valvua I, lateral view; 185. base of valvua I, lateral view; 186. apex of valvua I, lateral view; 187. valvua II, lateral view; 188. apex of valvua II, dorsal view; 189. apex of valvua II, lateral view; 190. valvua III, lateral view. Scale bars: 176 – 179, 182 – 184, 187, 190 = 1.0 mm; 180, 181, 188 = 0.5 mm; 185, 186 = 0.1; 189 = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 85 – 96. Thagria digitata. 85 – 94 from Sichuan: 85. habitus, dorsal view; 86. habitus, lateral view; 87. head and thorax, dorsal view; 88. face; 89. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 90. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 91. subgential plate, lateral view; 92. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 93. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 94. style, lateral view. 95 – 96 aedeagus and paraphysis from Guizhou: 95. dorsal view; 96. lateral view. Scale bars: 85 – 88 = 1.0 mm; 89 – 96 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 25. Thagria birama. 16. habitus, dorsal view; 17. habitus, lateral view; 18. head and thorax, dorsal view; 19. face; 20. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 21. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 22. subgential plate, lateral view; 23. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 24. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 25. style, lateral view. Scale bars: 16 – 19 = 1.0 mm; 20 – 25 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 97 – 108. Thagria fossa. 97 – 106 from Fujian: 97. habitus, dorsal view; 98. habitus, lateral view; 99. head and thorax, dorsal view; 100. face; 101. pygofer and segment X ventral process, lateral view; 102. dorsal connective, pygofer and segment X processes, dorsal view; 103. subgential plate, lateral view; 104. aedeagus, paraphysis, connective and style, dorsal view; 105. aedeagus and paraphysis, lateral view; 106. style, lateral view. 107 – 108 aedeagus and paraphysis from Sichuan: 107. dorsal view; 108. lateral view. Scale bars: 97 – 100 = 1.0 mm; 101 – 108 = 0.5 mm.