Scaphoideus exsertus Li, 1993

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Scaphoideus exsertus Li, 1993

( Figs. 2 D, I, N, 12A–G)

Scaphoideus exsertus Li, 1993: 45 ; Li et al., 2011: 220.

Body length (including tegmen):Male 4.3–5.0 mm; Female 4.6–6.0mm.

Crown light brownish, with a brown band between eyes. Face yellowish. Pronotum light brownish, frontal margin and middle domain brownish. Scutellum light brownish, basal angle dark brown. Forewing semitransparent, vein brown.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral aspect longer than broad, tapering posteriorly, with one subapical tuft of long macrosetae in addition to scattered macrosetae on apical half. Subgenital plate triangular, longer than 2 times of width at base, slightly convex at lateral margin, with uniseriate row of macrosetae along lateral margin. Styles long and thin, with broad anterior part and well developed preapical lobe; apophysis slight curved laterally with several fine setae at base. Connective with stem equal to length of arms; connective processes parallel, tapered apically in dorsal view and slightly curved dorsally in lateral view. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, shaft slightly curved dorsally, robust at base, slightly narrowed at midlength and expanded at apex in lateral view, with small denticuli on dorsal surface at apex; gonopore apical.

Material examined. 1♂, Guangxi, Fulong , 25. v. 1999, Zhang Xuezhong (IOZ).

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi).

Remarks. This species was described by Li (1993) from Sichuan based on one male and one female specimen deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University. The light coloration and subgenital plates with uniseriate row of macrosetae along lateral margin distinguish this species from other species of Scaphoideus .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus. A – E, Dorsal views. F – J, Lateral views. K – O, Face. A, F, K, Scaphoideus maulatus; B, G, L, Scaphoideus palingus; C, H, M, Scaphoideus nigrigenatus; D, I, N, Scaphoideus exsertus; E, J, O, Scaphoideus bilineus.