Farynala sinistra, Yan & Yang, 2017

Yan, Bin & Yang, Mao-Fa, 2017, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genera Farynala Dworakowska and Xaniona Zhang & Huang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini), with descriptions of three new species from China, Zootaxa 4276 (4), pp. 519-528 : 520-523

Farynala sinistra sp. nov.

( Figs 5–8 , 23–32 )

Type material. Holotype, ♂, Yingshan, Huanggang , Hubei Province, 23–27 June 2014, coll. Meng Jiao. Paratypes, 8 ♂♂, same data as holotype.

Length of male 2.6–2.8 mm.

Coloration and external features as in Farynala dextra sp. nov. ( Figs 5–8 , 24, 25 ).

Abdominal apodemes reaching middle of 6th sternite ( Fig. 26 ).

Male genitalia. Male genital capsule triangle in lateral view. Anal tube weaker and pygofer smaller than in F. dextra sp. nov.. Pygofer lobe more strongly sloped towards posterior margin than in F. dextra sp. nov., with two groups of macrosetae near lower margin in lateral view, one group (two macrosetae) near base, other on posteroventral margin; hind margin of pygofer lobe with numerous short macrosetae and many of small teeth on posteroventral margin; several microsetae on posterodorsal margin ( Fig. 23 ). Subgenital plate more elongate than in F. dextra sp. nov. ( Figs 23, 27 ). Paramere apical part longer and more strongly curved dorsad than in F. dextra sp. nov., when viewed in dorsal view, not broadened at distal middle part, with row of microsetae on outer and mesal margin, not ornamented ( Figs 28, 29 ). Connective trapezoidal ( Fig. 28 ). Aedeagus with 2 asymmetrical processes and one shorter process near midlength of shaft ( Figs 30–32 ).

Etymology. The species name refers to its middle aedeagal process on the left side.

Remarks. This new species is closely related to F. starica Dworakowska in the aedeagal structure, but differs in having the pygofer side more slopes towards the posterior margin, the aedeagal shaft with two distal processes shorter and curved dorsad, the basal process situated more basad, and the aedeagal shaft parallel sided when viewed in lateral aspect.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Habitus (dorsal and lateral views) and face. 1 – 4, Farynala dextra sp. nov., 5 – 8, Farynala sinistra sp. nov., 9 – 12, Xaniona falcata sp. nov.. Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 23 – 32. Farynala sinistra sp. nov. 23, male pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view. 24, fore wing. 25, hind wing. 26, abdominal apodemes, ventral view. 27, subgenital plate, ventral view. 28, paramere and connective, ventral view. 29, paramere, dorsal view. 30, aedeagus, posterior view. 31, aedeagus, lateral view. 32, aedeagus, dorsal view.