Limassolla (L.) qianfoensis

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2011, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 3127, pp. 53-63 : 58

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

( Figs. 19–27)

Crown and pronotum ( Fig. 19) milky yellow, with brown yellow markings. Pattern on pronotum with orange color. Eyes ( Fig. 19) brown yellow. Scutellum ( Fig. 19) with basal triangles yellowish orange; its apex dark, yellowish brown. Two yellowish brown L-shaped (or orthogonal) stripes near inner margins of basal triangles. Forewing yellowish, with numerous brown or brownish spots and clavus with two small orange markings marked with short oblique dashes ( Fig. 20).

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 21) slightly shorter than those of other new species, just extending to posterior margin of 4 th segment.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 22) broad, with long ventral appendage extended beyond dorsal margin of pygofer and few microtrichia scattered on dorsocaudal portion. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 23) short and expanded, with single long subbasal macroseta and many microsetae at apex. Style ( Fig. 24) long, with two short fine setae near midlength. Aedeagus ( Figs. 25, 26) apex hooklike, with serrated upper margin and subapex also with serrated lateral margins; long atrial process arising at base ventrally ( Figs. 25, 26). Aedeagus preatrium ( Figs. 25, 26) much longer than dorsal apodeme. Gonopore ( Fig. 26) near apex on ventral surface. Connective ( Fig. 27) Y-shaped, with small central lobe.

Specimens examined. Holotype, 3, China, Sichuan Prov., Mt. Qianfo, 800 m, 13 Aug. 2007, coll. Jichun Xing. Paratypes: 23, same data as holotype; 153, 14 Ƥ, China, Guizhou Prov., Mt. Leigong, Lianhuaping, 1400– 2180 m, at light, 15 Sep. 2005, coll. Yuehua Song.

Measurement. Body length males 3.2–3.3 mm, females 3.0–3.2 mm (including wings).

Remarks. The new species is close to L. dworakowskae Chou & Ma (1981) , but differs in having the lateral margins of the aedeagal shaft serrate subapically ( Fig. 35) and the aedeagus ( Figs. 25, 26) with a single strong atrial process arising from the base, not paired.

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