Forficus maculatus Qu

Qu, Ling, Webb, M. D. & Dai, Ren-Huai, 2015, A new genus and species of the leafhopper subtribe Paraboloponina from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 3919 (2), pp. 260-270 : 268-269

Forficus maculatus Qu sp. nov.

Body length (including tegmina): ♂, 7.0–7.2 mm.

Description. Body color. Body yellow to brown, vertex with four black spots near anterior margin, with or without pair of black spots on posterior margin.

External morphology. As in generic description.

Male genitalia. As in generic description with pygofer lobe ( Fig. 11 ) broadly truncate in lateral view. Valve ( Fig. 10 ) short and broad. Connective ( Figs 13, 15 ) with arms of bifurcated posterior extension long, slightly divergent. Style with lateral lobe broadly rounded. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 13, 14 ) slightly sinuate in lateral view, processes short nearly straight, directed ventrally parallel to shaft.

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, CHINA: Zhejiang Province, Fengyangshan National Natural Reserve, 28–VII–2009, collected by Yong Chen; Paratypes, 1 ♂, same data as holotype; 1 ♂, CHINA: Guizhou Province, Leigongshan National Natural Reserve, 2–VI–2005, collected by Zai-Hua Yang; 1 ♂, Guangdong Province, Lianshan County, Nanlingdianzhan, 7–VIII–2006, collected by Zai-Hua Yang.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guizhou Provinces)

Etymology. The new species name is derived from the Latin word “ maculatus ”, indicating the black spots on the head.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 15. Forficus maculatus. 10 — valve and subgenital plate, in ventral view; 11 — pygofer, in lateral view; 12 — style, in dorsal view; 13 — aedeagus and connective, in lateral view; 14 — aedeagus, in ventral view; 15 — connective, in dorsal view.