Alebroides yanglinginus Chou & Zhang, 1987

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 : 39-40

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Alebroides yanglinginus Chou & Zhang, 1987 View in CoL

( Figs 33 – 41 View FIGURES 27 – 41. 27, 28 )

Alebroides yanglinginus Chou & Zhang, 1987: 290 View in CoL ; Zhang, 1990: 135; Dworakowska, 1997: 283. Alebroides taibaiensis Chou & Zhang, 1987: 295 View in CoL . syn. n.

Specimen examined. China: 13 (holotype of A. yanglinginus View in CoL ), campus of NWAFU, Sept. 1983, coll. Yalin Zhang, by lamp domes (NWAFU). 13 (holotype of A. taibaiensis View in CoL ), Luotuoshu, Shaanxi Province, 29 May 1983, 2100 m, coll. group of insect survey for Taibaishan. (NWAFU); 13 1Ƥ, Qinling, Shaanxi Province, 10 Sept. 1987, coll. Chai Yonghui; 1male, Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 6 May 1980, collector unknown; 2# 3Ƥ, 3 Jul. 2001; 43 5Ƥ, 4 Jul. 2001, Qiujiaba, Wenxian, Gansu Province, 2140 m; 23, Yanggashan, Wenxian, Gansu Province, 6 Jul. 2001, 1950 m, coll. Qiang Sun; 43 1Ƥ, Shenlongjia, Hubei Province, 27 Jul. 2001, coll. Min Huang & Guiling Zhang (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei).

Remarks. After checking the holotype of A. taibaiensis , the new illustrations ( Figs 37–41 View FIGURES 27 – 41. 27, 28 ) show many similarities to A. yanglinginus ( Figs 33–36 View FIGURES 27 – 41. 27, 28 ) except for differences in the size of the penis shaft and the size of the dorsal lamella in profile, and also the ventral pygofer appendage adorned with minute transverse ribs in its caudal part in the former species. However, we suggest these differences represent variability within one species, and therefore treat the two taxa as synonyms.

Dworakowska (1997) tentatively placed Alebroides yanglinginus in the A. toroensis species group. We suggest that this species should be assigned to the A. hachijonis species group base on the following combination of characters: anal tube process long and tapering distad, extending well beyond main body of segment 10; subgenital plate broadened at basal part and narrower apically; paramere s-shaped terminally with dentifer bearing well-defined teeth; aedeagal shaft almost 2/5 of total length.

References

Chou, I. & Zhang, Y. L. (1987) A taxonomic study of the genus Alebroides Mats. from China (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Entomotaxonomia, 9, 289 - 302.

Dworakowska, I. (1997) A review of the genus Alebroides Matsumura, with description of Shumka gen. nov. (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Oriental Insects, 31, 241 - 407.

Zhang, Y. L. (1990) A taxonomic study of Chinese Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Tianze Eldonejo, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. 218 pp.

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.