Corresponding author: Zizhong Li (
Academic editor: M. Webb
A new species,
The leafhopper genus
Recent taxonomic work on the genus includes
Forewing (
Head (
Male pygofer (
Oriental region, Palaearctic region, Afrotropical region.
1 | Vertex with black stripe between eyes subapically ( |
2 |
– | Vertex without black stripe between eyes subapically ( |
4 |
2 | Pronotum with two black transverse stripes | |
– | Pronotum without black transverse stripes | 3 |
3 | Vertex and pronotum with pair of dark spots respectively | |
– | Vertex and pronotum without spots | |
4 | Forewings without a large rhombus-like patch along inner margin subbasally ( |
5 |
– | Forewings with a large rhombus-like patch along inner margin subbasally ( |
7 |
5 | Aedeagus preatrium well developed, about as long as length of aedeagal shaft ( |
6 |
– | Aedeagus preatrium vestigial | |
6 | Aedeagal shaft with a single short dorsal process subapically ( |
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– | Aedeagal shaft without a single short dorsal processes subapically | |
7 | Pygofer lobe with a hook-like process caudo-dorsally | |
– | Pygofer lobe without hook-like process caudo-dorsally |
Head and thorax yellowish brown; vertex with lateral margins with soft red tinge; eyes brownish grey; pronotum brownish with two longitudinal darker stripes; scutellum with basal triangles testaceous. Forewing (
Coronal suture (
Abdominal apodemes (
Pygofer lobe (
Body length males 2.9~3.1 mm.
The new species is similar to
The new species is named for its type locality: Menghai.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. M. D. Webb (Natural History Museum, London, UK) for his detailed remarks and suggestions on the manuscript. The project was supported partly by the “Scientific Research Foundation for Doctor’s Degree Members, Guizhou Normal University: Taxonomic Study of