Corresponding author: Ren-Huai Dai (
Academic editor: Mick Webb
Two new species of the
The leafhopper genus
In the present paper, 2 new species,
Terminology used in describing the structures follows
External morphology and dissected male genitalia were observed under an Olympus SZ2-ILST stereoscopic microscope and YS 100 microscope. Habitus images of adults were obtained by using a KEYENCE VHX-1000 system and were processed using the software Adobe Photoshop CS6. Hand drawings of the male genitalia were processed with Adobe Illustrator CS6. The body length is measured from the apex of the head to the apex of the forewings and are given in millimeter (mm.).
The type specimens of the new species are all deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).
The nominate subgenus was characterized by
Oriental region: China, Japan and India.
CHINA: Guangxi Province, Damingshan.
Body length (including tegmina), ♂, 4.0 mm.
Holotype, ♂, CHINA: Guangxi Province, Damingshan National Natural Reserve, 14. V. 2012, collected by Li Hu.
This new species differs from other members of the subgenus
The new species name refers to the type locality,
CHINA: Guangxi Province, Tianlin.
Body length (including tegmina), ♂, 4.5 mm.
Holotype, ♂, CHINA: Guangxi Province, Baise City, Tianlin County, Langping Village, 23. IV. 2012, collected by Zheng Weibin.
Guangxi Prov. (Tianlin), China (
Map showing the distribution of
The new species is similar to
This species is named in honour of Dr. Dmitri Yu. Tishechkin for his excellent contribution to
Male
1 | Aedeagal shaft with processes | 2 |
– | Aedeagal shaft without processes ( |
4 |
2 | Aedeagal shaft with apical processes laterally directed and on either side of gonopore | |
– | Aedeagal shaft with subapical processes directed dorsally or ventrally | 3 |
3 | Aedeagal shaft processes directed dorsally | |
– | Aedeagal shaft processes directed ventrally | |
4 | Aedeagal shaft inflated subapically in lateral view | |
– | Aedeagal shaft either of uniform width ( |
5 |
5 | Clypellus black | |
– | Clypellus not black | 6 |
6 | Aedeagal shaft of uniform width in lateral view ( |
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– | Aedeagal shaft tapered variously distally ( |
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7 | Style with subapical tooth-like process ( |
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– | Style without a subapical tooth-like process |
The authors thank Zheng Wei-Bin (Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China) for providing material studied. This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31000952).