Motaga rokfaoides Lin & Zhang, 2023

Lin, Shuanghu, Zou, Hongfen, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2023, Five new species and two new records of Erythroneurini from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 5227 (5), pp. 568-582 : 571-573

Motaga rokfaoides Lin & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 1e–h , 4 )

Description. The body shape and color pattern resemble Motaga rokfa Dworakowska , but crown vertex without dark spot ( Figs 1e, f, g, h ).

Pygofer lobe with few microsetae on distal half ( Fig. 4a ). Dorsal appendage short and broad, apex pointed and slightly curved ventrad ( Figs 4a, c ). Subgenital plate with about 4 macrosetae ( Fig. 4a ). Style and connective resemble those of M. rokfa Dworakowska ( Figs 4d, e, f ). Aedeagal shaft slightly compressed, bifurcated at apex, with pair of basal appendages reaching gonopore, gonopore located in the upper 1/3 length of shaft on ventral surface ( Figs 4g, h ).

Measurement. Male 2.40mm, female 2.40mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♁, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong , 2017.IV.6, coll. Shuanghu Lin ; Paratypes: 6♁ 4♀, same data as holotype .

Remarks. This new species is similar to Motaga rokfa Dworakowska , but has the crown apex without a dark spot, the apex of the dorsal pygofer appendage not exceeding the hind margin of pygofer side, the hind margin of the pygofer side rounded, the gonopore located in the upper 1/3 of the aedeagal shaft on the ventral surface, and the aedeagal shaft almost straight in lateral view. Motaga rokfa Dworakowska has the crown with a dark spot, the pygofer dorsal appendage exceeding the posterior margin, the hind margin of the pygofer side angled, the gonopore near the middle of the ventral surface of the aedeagal shaft and the shaft curved dorsad in lateral view.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the species name “ rokfa ” and Greek suffix “- oides ”, referring to the similarity of this species to Motaga rokfa Dworakowska.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a–d. Dentaneura biangulata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. e–h. Motaga rokfaoides Lin & Zhang sp. nov. i–l. Seriana paraequata Lin & Zhang sp. nov. m–p. Shibinga graciliprocessa Lin & Zhang sp. nov. q–t. Shibinga grossiprocessa Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a, c, e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s. dorsal view; b, f, j, n, r. lateral view; d, h, l, p, t. face.

FIGURE 4. Motaga rokfaoides Lin & Zhang sp. nov. a. pygofer and anal tube, lateral view; b. abdominal apodemes; c. pygofer dorsal appendage, lateral view; d. connective; e. style, ventral view; f. style, lateral view; g. aedeagus, lateral view; h. aedeagus, ventral view.