Abrus wuyiensis Dai and Zhang, 2002

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, A review of the genus Abrus Dai & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China with description of one new species, Zootaxa 1688, pp. 37-53 : 42

Abrus wuyiensis Dai and Zhang, 2002

Figs. 24–29, 59– 67, 69–72, 77

Abrus wuyiensis Dai and Zhang, 2002: 309 , fig. 4, A–F.

Material examined. China: Holotype ɗ, Fujian: Chong’an, Guadun, 7 Aug. 1982, coll. Zou Huanguang (NKU). Additional material: China: 1 ɗ, Fujian: Wuyishan Mt. Guadun, 23 July 2003, coll. Duan Yani; 1 ɗ, Zhejiang, Baishanzu, 26 Aug. 2000, coll. Dai Wu and Wei Cong; 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ, Zhejiang, Tianmushan, Dashigu, 9 Aug. 2007, coll. Zhang Xinmin.

Remarks. This species was described from the Fujian, China, based on 1 male and 4 female specimens. Recently, 2 male and 2 female specimens were collected from Zhejiang. A comparison of all material, indicates that the paratypes are Abrus concavelus Li and Wang, 2006 .

The species is very similar to A.bifurcatus Dai and Zhang , but can be distinguished from the latter by: 1) pygophore with posterior margin straight and armed with pair of long processes; 2) apical aedeagal appendages without process at base. The Fujian population has the aedeagus very similar to that of the Zhejiang population in that the basal projection of the aedeagus lacks the lateral appendages found in the Zhejiang population. However, we feel that this is within variation expected in a widely distributed species.

Distribution. China (Fujian).