Alebroides flavifrons Matsumura, 1931

Qin, Dao-Zheng & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, Taxonomic study of the typhlocybine leafhopper genus Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in China, Zootaxa 2987, pp. 31-44 : 37

Alebroides flavifrons Matsumura, 1931

( Figs 27 – 30 )

Alebroides flavifrons Matsumura, 1931: 69 ; Dworakowska, 1997: 295. Alebroides dinghuensis Chou & Zhang, 1987: 289 .

Specimen examined. China: 13 ( holotype of A. dinghuensis , NWAFU), Dinghushan, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, 20 Jun. 1983, coll. Yalin Zhang, by lamp domes ( NWAFU); 23, Hengshan, Hunan Province, 11 Aug. 1985; 73 2 Ƥ, 18 Aug. 1985; 53 8 Ƥ, 3 Aug. 1985; 73 13 Ƥ, 8 Aug. 1985; 13, 6 Aug. 1985; 1 Ƥ, 15 Aug. 1985; 33, 27 Jul. 1985, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, coll. Yalin Zhang & Yonghui Chai; 23 1 Ƥ, Huaxi, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 25 Jul. 2001, 1100 m, coll. Qiang Sun ( NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan.

Remarks. We follow Dworakowska ( 1997) in treating Alebroides dinghuensis Chou & Zhang as a junior synonym of A. flavifrons . However, the status of A. dinghuensis will need to be reconsidered once more material becomes available for comparison ( A. dinghuensis was established based on a single male). The differences of the aedeagus between the two taxa are re-illustrated in Figs 27–30 .

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 41. 27, 28, Alebroides dinghuensis Chou & Zhang (holotype); 29, 30, Alebroides flavifrons Matsumura (after Dworakowska, 1997); 31, 32, Alebroides dworakowskae Chou & Zhang (holotype); 33 – 36, Alebroides yanglinginus Chou & Zhang (holotype); 37 – 41, Alebroides taibaiensis Chou & Zhang (holotype). 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, aedeagus, lateral view; 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, aedeagus, ventral view; 39, pygofer and anal tube process, lateral view; 35, 40, ventral pygofer appendage; 36, 41, anal tube process, lateral view.