Hepneriana bicruris, Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 266-284 : 270

Hepneriana bicruris sp. nov.

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Description. Body yellowish, eyes black medially and yellowish marginally.

Abdominal apodemes rectangular, extended to anterior margin of the 4th sternite. Anal tube appendage ( Fig. 2 a) short.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 2 b) with apical part narrower than other species, rounded apically and slightly curved laterad. Style ( Fig. 2 c) with club-shaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process broad, ventral side without longitudinal ridge. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 2 d, e) narrow, with paired apical processes slim and slightly bifurcated at apex; preatrial process thick and sinuated.

Measurement. male length 2.97 mm, female length 2.97 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , 570m, 9 xii 1999, Lagerstroemia tomentosa , coll. Qin Daozheng . Paratypes: 5Ƌ 6♀, same date as holotype; 1Ƌ, Yunnan Prov., Mengla, Yaoqu , 800m, 16 xii 1999, grasses, coll. Qin Daozheng .

Remarks. The new species is similar to H. inquinata (Dworakowska) , but can be distinguished by the lamellar process of the style longer and less expended apically, the aedeagal shaft straight with apical processes much longer and bifurcated apically, and the preatrial process sinuate and less curved.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ bicruris ”, referring to the bifurcated apical process of the aedeagal shaft.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Hepneriana bicruris sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view.