Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
(Figs 1–13)
Type material. Holotype, ♂, Linzhi, Tibet, 3. July. 2012, coll. Maofa Yang.
Length: ♂ 4.3mm.
Crown brownish (Fig 1). Ocellus surrounded with yellowish stripe (Figs 1, 2). Coronal suture brownish, not reaching apex of crown (Fig 1). Face dark-brown except apex of postclypeus yellowish (Fig 3). Pronotum yellowish, semitransparent posteriorly (Fig 1). Scutellum yellowish, with a median white longitudinal spot; scutlscutellar sulcus present (Fig 1). Forewing sandy beige, semitransparent; hindwing off-white, hyaline (Fig 1). Abdomen black. Legs yellowish except claws black.
Male ventral abdominal apodemes developed, reaching segment 5 (Fig 5). Male pygofer with anterior margin arcuate, (Fig. 6), lobe with setae along apical margin; ventral pygofer appendage extended to apex of lobe, in lateral view abruptly bent dorsad near base and straight through most of length, acuminate, with numerous small strumae near apex; dorsal bridge less than 1/3 length of pygofer, lateral lobes weakly developed (Figs 4, 6, 7). Subgenital plate extended beyond pygofer in lateral view, with 22 macrosetae, 3 rows of ca. 46 elongate fine setae, ca. 27 marginal setae, outer margin bearing 4 moderately long and stout setae forming basal group (Fig 8). Parameres elongate, apex with teeth and setae. Aedeagus sinuate in lateral view, apex expanded in ventral view, irregularly serrate laterally, membranous and branched (Figs 10, 11). Anal tube process thin, with a thickset basal process (Fig 12). Connective much longer than wide, with posterior V-shaped emargination (Fig 13).
Etymology. The new species name alludes to pygofer appendage with strumae .
Remarks. The new speices is close to A. involutus Dworakowska, but differs in having the anal tube process with a thickset basal process (Fig 12) and the aedeagus sinuate in lateral view (Fig 11).