Laosolidia complexa, Nielson, 2015

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 34

Laosolidia complexa , sp. nov.

( Plate 3E , Fig. 169-175 )

Description. Length. Male 8.80-9.20 mm., female 9.90 mm.

External morphology. Features as in description of genus.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view broad, apex distad of segment X short, triangulate ( Fig. 169 ); aedeagus in lateral and dorsal view inflated in basal half, somewhat tubular in apical half, in dorsal view with short row of very long setae medially, projecting laterally, broad toothed subapical process directed laterally, long narrow process near apex directed laterobasally, in lateral view very long subapical process (hidden in dorsal view) extending basally beyond midlength of aedeagal shaft, sparsely serrate on lateral margin, gonopore near middle of shaft ( Fig. 170, 171 ); style short, apophysis digitate, about as long as base ( Fig. 172, 173 ); dorsal connective very long, narrow ( Fig. 170, 171 ); connective triangulate, completely membranous between arms, stem large, ovate ( Fig. 174 ); subgenital plate long, broad subapically, apex very narrow, twisted with few short microsetae apically ( Fig. 175 ).

Material examined. Holotype male. LAOS: N-(Oudom Xai), 1-9.v.2002, 1100 m., 20 o 45’N 102 o 09’E, Oudom Xai (17 km. Nee), Vit Kuban, leg.; Entomological Expedition, Laos 2004, Moravian Museum Brno, Czech Republic ( MMBC) . Paratypes. 1 female, Laos, N. Phongsaly prov., 21 o 41‘N 102 o 06-8‘E., Phongsaly env., 6-17.v.2004, 1400 m., Vit Kuban, leg. ; Entomological Expedition, Laos 2002, Moravian Museum Brno ( MMBC). Additional material examined: 14 males, same data as holotype ( MMBC, MLBM, EMUS), 24 males Laos-N. (Louangphrabang) 11-21.v.2002, 19 o 35‘ N 101 o 58‘ E. Thong Khans, 750 m., Vit Kuban, leg. Entomological Expedition, Moravian Museum, Brno ( MMBC).

Etymology. This species is named for the entwined apex of the subgenital plate.

Remarks. From L. longiserrata , sp. nov., to which it is nearest, L. complexa can be distinguished by the tuft of long setae on the middle of the aedeagal shaft, 3 subapical highly variable processes ( Fig. 170, 171 ) and the twisted apex of the subgenital plate ( Fig. 175 ).

Figures

PLATE 3. A-I. Dorsal habitus. (A) Hiatusorus aviformis, sp. nov.; (B) Hiatusorus supraspinosus, sp. nov.; (C) Hiatusorus robustus, sp. nov.; (D) Laosolidia tuberis, sp. nov.; (E) Laosolidia complexa, sp. nov.; (F) Laosolidia longiserrata, sp. nov.; (G) Olidiana egregia (Schumacher) (male); (H) (Olidiana egregia (Schumacher) (female); (I) Olidiana tuberis, sp. nov.

Figures 169-175. Genitalia, Laosolidia complexa, sp. nov. 169) Male pygofer, lateral view. 170) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, lateral view. 171) Aedeagus and dorsal connective, dorsal view. 172) Style, lateral view. 173) Style, dorsal view. 174) Connective, caudal view. 175) Subgenital plate, ventral view.