Kabakra sakona, Song, Yue-Hua, Li, Zi-Zhong & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2016

Song, Yue-Hua, Li, Zi-Zhong & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2016, Two new species of the genus Kabakra Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4092 (1), pp. 145-150 : 146-148

Kabakra sakona sp. nov.

( Figs 6–10 , 22–32 )

Description. Vertex milky yellow, coronal suture visible, with two irregular brownish red patches near anterior margin and single orange preapical spot centrally ( Figs 6, 8 ). Stripes along inner side of eyes from vertex to face red, Y-shaped patch at tip of face orange; two pairs of spots along lateral frontal sutures dark brown; frontoclypeus sides with orange transverse stripes, first pair widened; anteclypeus dark brown ( Fig. 9 ). Pronotum pale yellow, with reddish brown patches as in Fig. 8 , central part and hind margin grey. Mesonotum ochre-yellow on basal half, milky yellow on apical half; basal triangles brown, transverse impression obvious, with slight orange tint; tip of scutellum black ( Figs 6, 8 ). Forewing with bright markings as in Fig. 10 , basal half brownish red and apical half greyish brown; brochosome field orange ( Fig. 10 ).

Forewing with AA vein ( Fig. 22 ). Hindwing with RA vein ( Fig. 23 ).

Male abdominal apodemes not exceeding 3rd sternite ( Fig. 24 ).

Pygofer dorsal appendage band-like, bent mesad ( Figs 25, 26 ). Subgenital plate expanded basally, tapered towards narrowly rounded apex, with macrosetae near midlength ( Fig. 27 ). Style apex foot-like ( Fig. 28 ). Connective Y-shaped, central lobe reduced and almost transparent ( Figs 29, 30 ). Aedeagal shaft, cylindrical, arcuate and tapered to apex in lateral view, with paired subapical processes extended basolaterad, gonopore on ventral surface of shaft between distal processes ( Figs 31, 32 ); preatrium short with a small knob-like median posterior process ( Fig. 31 ); dorsal apodeme strongly laterally compressed, broad in lateral view ( Fig. 31 ).

Measurement. Male length 1.9–2.0 mm.

Specimen examined. Holotype: ♂, THAILAND Sakon Nakhon, Phu Phan NP, Dry evergreen near house no.1567, 16º48.627'N 103º53.511'E, 512 m, Malaise trap, 4–10.vi.2007, coll. Winlon Kongnara. Paratypes: 10♂♂, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by its unique aedeagus with a pair of ventral processes subapically, preatrium with a small knob-like process and dorsal apodeme strongly laterally compressed and broad in lateral view. Etymology. The specific name is named for the province of the type locality, Sakon Nakhon.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. 1 – 5, Kabakra chaiyaphuma sp. nov., 6 – 10, Kabakra sakona sp. nov.; 1, 6, Habitus, dorsal view; 2, 7, Habitus, lateral view; 3, 8, Head and thorax, dorsal view; 4, 9, Face; 5, 10, forewing.

FIGURES 22 – 32. Kabakra sakona sp. nov.: 22, Venation of forewing; 23, Hind wing; 24, Abdominal apodemes; 25, Genital capsule; 26, Pygofer dorsal appendage, dorsal view; 27, Subgenital plate; 28, Style; 29, Connective; 30, Subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite; 31, Aedeagus, lateral view; 32, Aedeagus, ventral view.