Mukariella bambusana (Li & Chen), 1999

Zhao, Yong-Tao, Luo, Qiang, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2024, Review of bamboo-feeding leafhoppers of the genus Mukaria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description two new species, Zootaxa 5474 (3), pp. 259-270 : 268

Mukariella bambusana (Li & Chen), 1999

Figs. 43–47

Mukaria bambusana Li & Chen, 1999: 117 ;

Mukaria bambusana Chen, Yang & Li, 2012: 71 ;

Mukariella bambusana Viraktamath & Webb, 2019: 21 .

Body length: male: 4.25–4.55 mm, female: 4.9–5.31 mm.

Descriptions and illustrations of external features and male genitalia of this species see Chen et al., 2012: 71.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII is about 2.6 times as wide as long, with nearly straight at middle anterior margin, posterior margin slightly concave, Central M-shaped protuberance significantly lower than lateral ones ( Fig. 43 ). Valvula I ( Figs. 44, 45 ) and Valvula II ( Figs. 46, 47 ) is similar to Mukariella pallipes .

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1♂, China: Guizhou, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Rongjiang , (25°55’N, 108°31’E), 12 November 1979, collectors: Zizhong Li. 5♂♂ 8♀♀, China: Guizhou, Guiyang City , Huaxi District , Huaxi Park , (26°44’N, 106°66’E), 26 May 2022, collectors: Yongtao Zhao.

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong).

Host Plant. Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro , Bambusa emeiensis Chia & Fung , Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro.

Note. Supplemented the pictures with female genitalia.

Figures

FIGURES 43–47. Mukariella bambusana, female: 43. Female sternite VII, ventral view; 44. First valvula; 45. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of first valvula; 46. Second valvula; 47. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of second valvular. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.