Paramritodus introflexus Xue & Zhang, 2020

Yu, Tingting, Zhu, Qiuyi, Li, Guoqing & Zhang, Bin, 2024, Review of Chinese species of genus Paramritodus Xue & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5501 (4), pp. 583-592 : 584

Paramritodus introflexus Xue & Zhang

( Figs 1 , 7 , 13–15 )

Paramritodus introflexus Xue & Zhang, 2020: 1451 , figs 7, 16.

Diagnosis. Crown ( Figs 1 , 7 ) yellow; gena white and lora yellowish. Pronotum ( Fig. 1 ) yellow greenish with pair of triangular black markings on anterior margin. Mesonotum ( Fig. 1 ) yellow greenish, basal triangles black, scutellum yellow greenish.

Pygofer ( Figs 13, 14 ) narrow basally, gradually broadened, narrow and rounded terminally; inner processes curved laterally and exceeding the caudal margin slightly; anal tube surpassing pygofer lobe dorsal margin and enlarged terminally. Aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 15 ) obviously concave subapically in lateral view, with basal pair of slender processes on ventral surface; gonopore near middle of shaft.

Material examined. China: 8 ♂, 11 ♀, Yunnan Prov., Mt. Gaoligongshan , 10.vii.2020, coll. Bin Zhang ( IMNU) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species is similar to P. triangulus , but can be distinguished from the latter by the inner process of the pygofer slightly surpassing the caudal margin, the aedeagal shaft obviously concave subapically and aedeagal processes shorter than in P. triangulus .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Paramritodus dorsal habitus, male. 1, P. introflexus; 2, P. pistacious; 3, P. podocarpus; 4, P. spatiosus; 5, P. triangulus; 6, P. concavicaudus.

FIGURES 7–12. Facial aspect of Paramritodus, male. 7, P. introflexus; 8, P. pistacious; 9, P. podocarpus; 10, P. spatiosus; 11, P. triangulus; 12, P. concavicaudus.

FIGURES 13–15. Paramritodus introflexus. 13, Genital capsule, lateral view; 14. Genital capsule, dorsal view; 15, Aedeagus, lateral view.