Parathaia bimaculata Kuoh, 1982

Cao, Yanghui, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Review of the leafhopper genus Thaia Ghauri and related genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), Zootaxa 4868 (3), pp. 331-367 : 357

1. Parathaia bimaculata Kuoh, 1982

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Parathaia bimaculata Kuoh, 1982: 398 , Fig. 2 ; Zhang, 1990: 141, Fig. 154

Thaia (Thaia) bimaculata: Song & Li, 2014: 187

Description. Ground color light brown, eyes black. Basal triangles of mesonotum dark brown.

Anal tube appendage long and straight, crumpled subapically and pointed apically.

Pygofer lobe well sclerotized basally and less sclerotized at distal half; ventral appendage long, exceeding hind margin of lobe, apex hooked. Connective with broad manubrium, central lobe convex apically. Aedeagal shaft long, straight, with single ventral lamellate process beneath gonopore, asymmetric, Γ-shaped apically, with pair of long slim processes basally on atrium; dorsal apodeme very large in lateral view; preatrium very short, slightly protruded at connection with shaft.

Material examined. 4♂ 5♀, CHINA, Hunan Prov., Mt. Heng , 11 viii 1985, coll. Yalin Zhang & Yonghui Chai. [ NWAFU] .

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Nlunga reeneni Dworakowska, 1974. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. anal tube and appendage, lateral view; d. pygofer ventral appendage, ventral view; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, caudal view; k, preatrial process, ventral view.

FIGURE 15. Parathaia bimaculata Kuoh, 1982. a. forewing; b. hind wing; c. genital capsule; d. anal tube appendage; e. pygofer ventral appendage, lateral view; f. subgenital plate, style and connective; g. subgenital plate, dorsal view; h. style, dorsal view; i. connective; j. aedeagus, lateral view; k. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 20. a–d. Thaia (Thaia) longipenia Thapa & Sohi, 1982; e–h. Thaia (Thaia) oryzivora Ghauri, 1962; i–l. Parathaia bimaculata Kuoh, 1982; m–p. Pseudothaia forcipis Cao & Zhang sp. nov.; q–t. Pseudothaia striata Kuoh, 1982