Shortcrowna leishanensis, Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014

Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2014, Shortcrowna, a new genus of Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China, Zootaxa 3764 (4), pp. 467-474 : 472-473

Shortcrowna leishanensis sp. nov.

Figs 26 – 36

Description. General coloration. Head, pronotum and scutellum black, caudal area of pronotum brown ( Fig. 7 ). Eyes dark; ocelli translucent ( Fig. 7 ). Face light yellow; apex of anteclypeus black; lora light yellow ( Fig. 8 ). Forewings brown with black translucent longitudinal stripes on clavus and corium ( Fig. 8 ). Hindwings dark gray. Head and thorax. Head apex arcuately produced, median longitudinal carina lamellate ( Fig. 7 ); submarginal carina concentrated on head, and submarginal carina furcated in front of ocelli ( Fig. 7 ); area between median carina and submarginal carina distinctly concave ( Fig. 7 ). Vertex shorter than pronotum and scutellum ( Fig. 7 ). Ocelli small, about in the middle of eye and vertex ( Fig. 7 ). Pronotum broad, wider than head ( Fig. 7 ). Scutellum triangular, shorter than pronotum, with transverse depression distinct ( Fig. 7 ). Face including eyes, longer than wide ( Figs. 8 ). Frontoclypeus broad and swollen at base, with median longitudinal carina more strongly elevated, laterally obliquely striate; lora nearly reaching apex of clypellus ( Fig. 8 ). Forewing veins slightly prominent, with R1a; four apical cells; appendix very narrow ( Fig. 7 ).

Male genitalia. Subgenital plate with single longitudinal row of macrosetae. Aedeagal shaft tubular, nearly straight in lateral view; lateral membranous lobes extended beyond the end of shaft ( Figs 26 – 28 ). Style apex strongly recurved medioventrally, with few small setae on preapical lobe ( Figs 26 – 28 ). Connective with large median anterior lobe between relatively short arms ( Figs 26 – 28 ). Other genitalia characteristics as shown in Figs 26 – 30 .

Female genitalia. Female seventh sternite ( Fig. 31 ) longer than sixth and posterior margin produced; first valvulae ( Figs 32 – 33 ) slender, dorsal sculpturing concatenate; apex of second valvulae ( Figs 34 – 35 ) with dorsal teeth more numerous, prominent and closely spaced. Other genitalia characteristics as shown in Figs 31 – 36 .

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 7.4~7.6 mm; ♀, 8.5~8.7 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Guizhou, Leishan, Fangxiang, 4 June 2005, coll. Li Zizhong & Zhang Bin. Paratypes: 2 ♂ ♂2♀, same data as holotype.

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the place name where the specimen was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 30. Shortcrowna leishanensis sp. nov. 26. Aedeagus, style and connective, lateral view; 27. Aedeagus, style and connective, ventral view; 28. Aedeagus, style and connective, dorsal view; 29. Male pygofer, lateral view; 30. Subgenital plate.

FIGURES 31 – 36. Shortcrowna leishanensis sp. nov., female genitalia: 31. sternite VII, ventral view; 32. valvula I, lateral view; 33. apex of valvula I, lateral view; 34. valvula II, lateral view; 35. apex of valvula II, lateral view; 36. gonoplac, lateral view.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Body dorsal view and ventral view (♂). 1 – 2, Shortcrowna biguttata comb. nov.. 3 – 4, Shortcrowna flavocapitata comb. nov .. 5 – 6, Shortcrowna nigrimargina comb. nov.. 7 – 8, Shortcrowna leishanensis sp. nov.