Paramritodus spatiosus Xue & Zhang, 2020

Yu, Tingting, Zhu, Qiuyi, Li, Guoqing & Zhang, Bin, 2024, Review of Chinese species of genus Paramritodus Xue & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5501 (4), pp. 583-592 : 587

Paramritodus spatiosus Xue & Zhang

( Figs 4 , 10 , 35–43 )

Paramritodus spatiosus Xue & Zhang, 2020: 1455 , figs. 9, 18.

Diagnosis. Crown ( Figs 4 , 10 ) with pair of black spots. Pronotum ( Fig. 4 ) with pair of triangular black markings on anterior margin, mesonotum ( Fig. 4 ) yellowish with basal triangles. Gena ( Fig. 10 ) pale yellowish. Forewings ( Fig. 4 ) yellowish brown except clavus yellow green.

Pygofer ( Fig. 36 ) inner process concave dorsally and not reaching caudal margin in lateral view. Aadeagus ( Figs 37–38 ) with preatrium broadened, process longer than half length of shaft, dorsal apodeme poorly developed; aedeagal shaft laterally obviously curved dorsally, and with elongate process on each side above preatrium. Gonopore subapical. Style ( Fig. 41 ) curved dorsally.

Material examined. 12 ♂, 8 ♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Gaoligong National Nature Reserve , 2100 m, 14.v.2009, coll. Bin Li ( IMNU) ; 1 ♂, Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Gaoligong National Nature Reserve , 2400 m, 1.vi.2009, coll. Bin Zhang ( IMNU) ; 5 ♂, 7 ♀, Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Jingdong County, Taizhong village , 18.viii.2009, coll. Bin Zhang ( IMNU) ; 3 ♂, 5 ♀, Yunnan Province, Dali City, Yangbin County, Shunbi village , 1700 m, 15.viii.2009, coll. Bin Zhang ( IMNU) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species has a pair of processes on the aedeagal preatrium as in P. introflexus , P. triangulus , and P. concavicaudus . It differs from P. introflexus and P. triangulus in having the aedeagal processes longer and the gonopore near the subapex, and from P. concavicaudus in having the style lacking a bifucate process on the apophysis.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Paramritodus dorsal habitus, male. 1, P. introflexus; 2, P. pistacious; 3, P. podocarpus; 4, P. spatiosus; 5, P. triangulus; 6, P. concavicaudus.

FIGURES 7–12. Facial aspect of Paramritodus, male. 7, P. introflexus; 8, P. pistacious; 9, P. podocarpus; 10, P. spatiosus; 11, P. triangulus; 12, P. concavicaudus.

FIGURES 35–43. Paramritodus spatiosus Xue & Zhang. 35, Dorsal and ventral abdominal apodemes, dorsal view; 36, Genital capsule, lateral view; 37, Aedeagus, lateral view; 38, Aedeagus, ventral view; 39, Connective lateral view; 40, Connective ventral view; 41, Style, lateral view; 42, Female genital, ventral view; 43, Female genital capsule, lateral view.