Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Zhi, Yan, 2023, Taxonomic study of the Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from China, Zootaxa 5347 (1), pp. 1-100 : 72

Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013

Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013b: 43 .

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Material examined. 1♂, CHINA: Linjiang (28°19’N, 106°12’E), Xishui County, Guizhou Province, 1 June 2006, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen (holotype); 3♀♀, same data (paratypes) ; 1♂, Dayi (25°10’N, 106°06’E), Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, 24 September 1997, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen (paratype) .

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

Host plant. Bamboo ( Poaceae , Bambuseae ).

Remarks. The male is described by Zhang and Chen, 2013b and the female by Zhi et al., 2017. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: forewing with an oblique brown stripe arising from base of costal cell to middle of Y-vein and a V-shaped brown broad stripe on apical half, with 10 apical and 6 subapical cells; metatibiotarsal formula: 5/7/8; ventral margin of periandrium of aedeagus with a small triangular spine at basal one third, both right and left sides of periandrium apically with a spinous process; dorsal margin of periandrium with a shovel-shaped process; endosoma narrowing to apex and forming a longer spine, which with two denticulations on base.

Figures

FIGURE 51. Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013, male.A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Face, ventral view; E. Head, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 52. Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013, male. A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face, ventral view; C. Forewing; D. Genitalia, lateral view; E. Pygofer and gonostyli, ventral view; F. Anal segment, dorsal view; G. Anal segment, caudal view; H. Gonostyli, lateral view; I. Connective, dorsocephalic view; J. Aedeagus, right side; K. Aedeagus, left side; L. Aedeagus, dorsal view; M. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D–M); 1.0 mm (C). (After Zhang and Chen, 2013b).

FIGURE 53. Neocarpia bidentata Zhang & Chen, 2013, female.A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Tergite IX, caudal view; E. Gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view; G. Gonoplac, lateral view; H. Posterior vagina, ventral view; I. Posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. (After Zhi et al., 2017).