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Academic editor: M.Webb
Li Y, Li Z, Yang M (2017)
Body medium-sized, usually black. Head (Figs
Male genitalia. Pygofer without ventral process, triangular in lateral view, with some small setae on ventral side near apex. Subgenital plate ligulate with many macrosetae and long fine setae ventrally. Aedeagal shaft short with pair of lamellae dorsally near base and pair of lateral processes subbasally. Style short, foot-like apically. Connective similar in length to style, arms very short.
China (Yunnan).
The genus name is formed from a combination of the collection locality and the similar evacanthine genus
This genus can be distinguished by the moderately conically produced head with five distinct longitudinal carinae and dense striations and a transverse carinate ridge basally on disk. In the key to genera by
body length (including forewing): ♂: 4.9 mm.
Vertex, pronotum and scutellum black (Figs
Male pygofer (Fig.
Holotype: ♂, CHINA,
The species name refers to the long lateral spine of the aedeagus.
This species can be distinguished by the dorsum and upper part of face blackish brown and area along R1a in the forewing red and in the male genitalia by the elongate lateral processes of the aedeagus bifurcate sub-basally.
We thank Mr. M. D. Webb (Natural History Museum, London) for reading the manuscript and making some suggestions and we are grateful to Guo Meina (Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, China) for providing specimen used in this work. The project is supported by the Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (No. J13LE15), the Scientific Research Foundation of Qufu Normal University (No. Bsqd2012037) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31093430).