Parascaphoidella transversa ( Li & Xing, 2009 ) Wei & Fang & Xing, 2020

Wei, Xingtao, Fang, Yongqin & Xing, Jichun, 2020, Parascaphoidella, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini), Zootaxa 4810 (2), pp. 328-334 : 329-331

Parascaphoidella transversa ( Li & Xing, 2009) comb. nov.

Figs. 1–17

Scaphoidella transversa Li & Xing, 2009: 99 ; Li, Dai & Xing, 2011: 202, Fig 5 –197:1–7.

Description. Color and external features as in generic description, face yellowish ( Fig. 3 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer side with length about 2 times height ( Fig. 5 ). Subgenital plate about 2 times as long as wide at base, with 8 long macrosetae along lateral margin, apex extremely narrow, inner margin nearly straight, outer margin slightly concave ( Fig. 7 ). Aedeagus with basal processes more or less evenly tapered, slightly sinuate in lateral view, nearly parallel in basal half and divergent distally in ventral view; aedeagal shaft sinuate and tapered in lateral view, with pair of lamellar processes at apex, very slender in posterior view; dorsal apodeme very short, slightly emarginate in posterior view ( Figs. 8, 9 ).

Female genitalia. Seventh sternite twice as broad as long, with two protrusions on middle of posterior margin ( Figs. 12, 13 ). Pygofer with ventroposterior margin slightly incurved. First valvulae of ovipositor with dorsal sculpture strigate ( Figs. 14, 15 ). Second valvulae more curved than the first, denticulate area confined to distal 1/2, denticles prominent, gradually becoming smaller distally, apex pointed ( Figs. 16, 17 ).

Measurements. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 5.5–5.8 mm; ♀, 5.9–6.2 mm.

Material examined. CHINA: 1♂, Hubei Prov., Wufeng , 10 July 1997, coll. Yanli Du ( GUGC) ; 3♂♂ 2♀♀,

Hainan Prov., Jianfenglin , 9 July 2007, coll. Jichun Xing, Bin Zhang and Yuehua Song ( GUGC); 3♂♂ 2♀♀ , Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna , 4 July 2008, coll. Jianda Li and Xiaohong Jiang ( GUGC); 3♂♂ 5♀♀ , Jiangxi Prov., Jiulianshan , 9 July 2008, coll. Zehong Meng ( GUGC); 1♂ , Guangxi Autonomous Region, Damingshan , 26 April 2012, coll. Weicheng Yang ( GUGC); 3♂♂ 5♀♀ , Hainan Prov., Jianfengling , 5 April 2013, coll. Jichun Xing ( GUGC); 3♂♂ 5♀♀ , Guangxi Autonomous Region, Jinxiu County, Dayaoshan , 9 May 2014, coll. Yunfei Wu ( GUGC); 3♂♂ ,

Yunnan Prov., Lvchun County, Huanglianshan , 16 May 2014, coll. Yunfei Wu ( GUGC); 2♂♂ , Guangxi Autonomous Region., Jinxiu County, Damingshan , 18 July 2015, coll. Qiang Luo ( GUGC); 1♂ 1♀ , Guangxi Autonomous Region, Damingshan , 22 July 2015, coll. Bin Yan ( GUGC); 1♂ , Guangxi Autonomous Region, Damingshan , 23 July 2015, coll. Bin Yan ( GUGC); 1♂ , Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, Bakaxiaozhai , 11 August 2018, coll. Yan Zhi ( GUGC); 1♂ , Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, Bakaxiaozhai , 13 June 2019, coll. Yongqin Fang ( GUGC) .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Parascaphoidella transversa (Li & Xing) comb. nov. 1. ♂, dorsal view; 2. ♂, lateral view; 3. ♂, face; 4. ♂, head and thorax, dorsal view.

FIGURES 5–11. Parascaphoidella transversa (Li & Xing) comb. nov. 5. Male pygofer side, lateral view; 6. Valve, ventral view; 7. Subgenital plates, ventral view; 8. Aedeagus, ventral view; 9. Aedeagus, lateral view; 10. Style, dorsal view; 11, Connective, ventral view.

FIGURES 12–17. Parascaphoidella transversa (Li & Xing) comb. nov. 12. female genital capsule, lateral view; 13. seventh sternum of female, ventral view; 14. First valvulae of female ovipositor, lateral view; 15. Apical half of first valvulae; 16. Second valvulae of female ovipositor, lateral view; 17. Apical half of second valvulae.