ZooKeys 172: 1–6, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.172.1741
A new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Seriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China
Yuehua Song 1,2,3,†, Zizhong Li 2,‡
1 Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
2 Institute of South China Karst, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, China
3 The State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Karst Mountain Ecology Environment of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, China

Corresponding author: ZizhongLi (songyuehua@163.com; lizizhong38@163.com)

Academic editor: M. Webb

received 28 August 2011 | accepted 22 February 2012 | Published 1 March 2012


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Abstract

Seriana menglaensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) is described and illustrated from Southwest China. Seriana equata (Singh, 1969) is recorded for the first time from China.

Keywords

Hemiptera, morphology, taxonomy

Introduction

The leafhopper genus Seriana was established by Dworakowska (1971) in the tribe Erythroneurini of Typhlocybinae with Seriana frater Dworakowska, 1971 as the type species. Seriana consists of thirty-three species in the world distributed in Oriental and Palaearctic regions. The genus can be distinguished by the body fuscous, the crown usually with median dark patch on anterior margin of vertex, the pronotum with five oval grey impressed patches near anterior marign; the pygofer hind margin acutely produced, with oblique dorsolateral internal ridge and basolateral setae in distinct group and the pygofer dorsal appendage not movably articulated; the subgenital plate pocket-like apically, with 2–4 basal macrosetae and several short rigid setae on upper margin subbasally; the style apex truncate; the aedeagus usually with pair of processes and the connective nearly Y-shaped.

Only two species, Seriana indefinita Dworakowska, 1971 from Guangzhou and Seriana ochrata Dworakowska, 1971 from Taiwan were so far reported from China. We describe a new species from Yunnan Province, China and provide illustrations for both the new species and Seriana equata (Singh) recorded for the first time from China.

Methods and materials

The specimens were obtained by sweep net method and were studied under Olympus SZX7 and CX41 microscopes. Morphological techniques and terminology follow Dietrich and Dmitriev (2006). Measurements of the new species are given in millimeters; body length is measured from the apex of the head to the apex of the fore wing in repose. All specimens examined are deposited to the collection of the Insititute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

Taxonomy Key to species of Seriana from China
1 Aedeagus with paired processes 2
Aedeagus with unpaired processes (Figs 18, 19) Seriana indefinita Dworakowska
2 The paired processes arising from the base of aedeagual shaft (Figs 6, 7) Seriana menglaensis sp. n.
The paired processes arising from the midlength of aedeagual shaft 3
3 The paired processes shorter, hook-like (Figs 16, 17) Seriana equata (Singh)
The paired processes longer, finger-like (Figs 20, 21) Seriana ochrata Dworakowska
Description.

General color fuscous. Head (Fig. 1) with vertex dirty yellow, with an irregular brown spot at anterior margin medially; eyes black. Pronotum (Fig. 1) with five whitish oval impressed patches near anterior margin. Forewing light testaceous, without markings; brochosome field blackish brown.

Head (Fig. 1) distinctly narrower than pronotum; vertex bluntly rounded.

Abdominal apodemes (Fig. 2) small, acuminate apically, not extended beyond hind margin of 3rd sternite.

Pygofer lobe (Fig. 3) broad, with distinct oblique dorsolateral internal ridge, numerous macrosetae at lower basal angle. Pygofer dorsal appendage very long and fused with dorsal margin of pygofer. Subgenital plate (Fig. 4) with three long macrosetae and short rigid setae at upper margin subbasally; several microsetae scattered on apical portion. Style (Fig. 5) long, apex truncate; preapical lobe large. Connecitve (Fig. 8) Y-shaped, stem strong, central lobe absent. Aedeagus (Figs 6, 7) with shaft long and straight, with two pairs processes, one pair very long, arising from basolateral part of shaft; another pair placed apically very short, lamellate; gonopore at apex, on ventral margin, dorsal apodeme short, weakly expanded.

Figures 1–10.

Seriana menglaensis Song & Li, sp. n. (♂) 1 Head and thorax, dorsal view 2 Abdominal apodemes 3 Pygofer lobe, lateral view 4 Subgenital plate 5 Style 6 Aedeagus, ventral view 7 Aedeagus, lateral view 8 Connective 9 Forewing 10 Hind wing.

Measurement.

Body length males 3.2 mm.

Type material.

Holotype, male, China: Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, at light, 23 July 2008, coll. Yuehua Song. Paratype: one male, same data as holotype.

Remarks.

The new species is similar to Seriana ochrata Dworakowska (1971), but can be distinguished from the latter by the aedeagal shaft longer and straighter, similar in width throughout length in ventral view; the paired long processes arising from the base of aedeagal shaft, not at midlength and the dorsal apodeme small.

Etymology.

The new species is named after its type locality: Mengla.

Seriana equata (Singh, 1969), rec. n.

http://species-id.net/wiki/Seriana_equata

Figures 11–17
Zygina equata Singh, 1969: 344, figs 20-23
Empoascanara equata (Singh, 1969) (Sohi 1976: 204)
Seriana equata (Singh, 1969) (Dworakowska and Viraktamath 1975: 529, no figures)
Seriana punjabensis Dworakowska, Nagaich & Singh, 1978: 246, figs 38-42 (Syn. by Sohi and Dworakowska 1983: 180)
Material examined.

One male, China: Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Original Forest Park, 21 July 2008, coll. YUEHUA SONG; one male, China: Henan Prov., Luanchuan, Heyu, 19 August 2008, coll. JIANDA LI.

Figures 11–21.

Seriana equata (Singh, 1969) rec. n. (after Dworakowska et al. 1978) 11 Head and thorax, dorsal view 12 Face 13 Fore wing 14 Pygofer lobe, lateral view 15 Pygofer dorsal appendage 16 Aedeagus, lateral view 17 Aedeagus, ventral view; Seriana indefinita Dworakowska, 1971 18 Aedeagus, lateral view 19 Aedeagus, ventral view; Seriana ochrata Dworakowska, 1971 20 Aedeagus, lateral view 21 Aedeagus, ventral view. (after Dworakowska 1971)

Host plant.

Grasses, potato, black gram, cowpea, Egyptian clover, groundnut, linseed, lucerne, musk melon, spinach, sweet potato, sunnhemp (Sohi and Dworakowska 1983).

Distribution.

India; China (Henan, Yunnan).

Acknowledgements

The project was supported partly by the “Scientific Research Foundation for Doctor’s Degree Members, Guizhou Normal University: Taxonomic Study of Erythroneurini and Zyginellini from South China Karst Area”, the Social Development and Science & Technology of People’s Livelihood Program of Guiyang City (No. 201110362), the Key Technologies R&D Program of Guizhou Province (SY[2010]3068) and the Guizhou Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. [2010]2063).

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