Empoasca (Matsumurasca) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994

Liu, Yang, Qin, Dao-Zheng, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, Review of Empoasca (Matsumurasca) Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species from China, Zootaxa 3003, pp. 22-42 : 33-34

Empoasca (Matsumurasca) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994 , new record for China

( Figs 92–108 , 144 , 153 , 162,171)

Empoasca (Matsumurasca) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994: 103 Type locality. Holotype: Kurseong, W Bengal, India. (BMNH).

Specimens examined. China: 1 3, Mt. Tiantan, Fengxian, Shaanxi Prov., 9 Jun. 1998, 2000 m, coll. Linghuan Yang; 2 3, Xunyangba, Ningdong, Shaanxi Prov., 6 Jun. 1998, coll. Linghuan Yang; 2 3, Simao, Yunnan Prov., 12 Sept. 1979, coll. Huanguang Zou.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Yunnan), India (West Bengal, Sikkim).

Remarks. The specimens from China differ somewhat from the specimens from India: the abdominal apodemes reach the 5th abdominal segment ( Fig. 108 ) rather than only reaching the 4th segment, and the anal tube is not so tapered towards the apex ( Fig. 95 ).

Figures

FIGURES 92 – 108. Empoasca (Matsumurasca) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994, 92, male pygofer, lateral view; 93, 94, ventral pygofer appendage; 95, 96, anal tube appendage; 97, 98, subgenital plate, lateral view; 99, 100, aedeagus, ventral view; 101, 102, same, lateral view; 103, 104, connective; 105, 106, paramere; 107, 108, abdominal apodemes (92, 96, 97, 99, 101, 104, 105, 107 after Dworakowska, 1994).

FIGURES 138 – 146. Faces. 138, E. (M.) biloba Qin & Zhang, 2008; 139, E. (M.) biprocessa Qin & Liu, sp. nov.; 140, E. (M.) clypealata Qin & Zhang, 2008; 141, E. (M.) dentalis Qin & Liu, sp. nov.; 142, E. (M.) diversa Vilbaste, 1968; 143, E. (M.) onukii Matsuda, 1952; 144, E. (M.) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994; 145, E. (M.) quadrialata Qin & Zhang, 2008; 146, E. (M.) spinalis Qin & Liu, sp. nov.

FIGURES 147 – 155. Heads and thoraxes, dorsal view. 147, E. (M.) biloba Qin & Zhang, 2008; 148, E. (M.) biprocessa Qin & Liu, sp. nov.; 149, E. (M.) clypealata Qin & Zhang, 2008; 150, E. (M.) dentalis Qin & Liu, sp. nov.; 151, E. (M.) diversa Vilbaste, 1968; 152, E. (M.) onukii Matsuda, 1952; 153, E. (M.) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994; 154, E. (M.) quadrialata Qin & Zhang, 2008; 155, E. (M.) spinalis Qin & Liu, sp. nov.