Limassolla yingjianga, Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3127, pp. 53-63 : 60-62

Limassolla (L.) yingjianga Song & Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 38–46)

Crown and pronotum ( Fig. 38) milky yellow, with brown orange pattern. Eyes ( Fig. 38) greyish brown. Scutellum ( Fig. 38) whitish yellow, its apex light orange red, with small black spot; basal triangles brown yellow. Two dark Lshaped (or orthogonal) stripes near inner margins of basal triangles. Forewing ( Fig. 39) yellowish white, with few brownish or brown spots; on clavus two orange red markings as indicated by dashed in Fig. 39.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 40) strong, extending to posterior margin of 5 th segment.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 41) broad, dorsoposterior margin produced, with prominent stout setae and microtrichia well developed. Pygofer ventral appendage ( Fig. 41) very strong, not extended beyond dorsal margin of pygofer. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 42) strongly broadened, with single long macroseta subbasally; apex tapered abruptly, with numerous microsetae. Style ( Fig. 43) with three fine setae on base of caudal part. Aedeagus ( Figs. 44, 45) truncate at apex, with paired subapical processes serrated laterally. Gonopore ( Figs. 44, 45) apical. Long atrial process arising from base of aedeagal shaft ventrally, curved arcuately ( Figs. 44, 45). Preatrium ( Figs. 44, 45) much longer than dorsal apodeme, dorsal apodeme distinctly expanded. Connective ( Fig. 46) Y-shaped, stem very broad, central lobe weak.

Specimen examined. Holotype, 3, China, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, 1300–1400 m, 21 Jul. 2002, coll. Renhuai Dai.

Measurement. Body length male 2. 9 mm (including wing).

Remarks. The new species is distinguishable from L. sharmai Dworakowska (1994) by the aedeagal shaft subapical processes with serrate lateral margins ( Figs. 44, 45); the atrial long process distinctly curved, arc-like ( Figs. 44, 45); the terminal portion of the aedeagal shaft truncate ( Figs. 44, 45); and the dorsoposterior margin of the pygofer lobe protrudent, with prominent stout setae ( Fig. 41).

Etymology. The new species is named for its type locality ‘‘Yingjiang’’.