Mukariella testacea (Chen, Liang & Li) Zhao & Luo & Yang & Chen, 2024

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 : 266

Mukariella testacea (Chen, Liang & Li) comb. nov.

Figs. 34, 39–42

Mukaria testacea Chen, Liang & Li, 2009: 144 ;

Mukaria testacea Chen, Yang & Li, 2012: 75 .

Body length: male: 3.65–3.86 mm, female: 3.7–4.25 mm.

Descriptions and illustrations of external features and male genitalia of this species see Chen et al., 2012:75.

Female genitalia. Sternite VII is about 2.3 times as wide as long, with nearly straight anterior margin, posterior margin concave, Central “M”-shaped protuberance ( Fig. 34 ). Dorsal surface of Valvula I ( Figs. 39, 40 ) and Valvula II ( Figs. 41, 42 ) is similar to Mukariella pallipes .

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1 ♂, China: Guangdong, Guangzhou city, Tianhe District, South China National Botanical Garden (23°19’N, 113°37’E), 22 November 2006, collectors: Xiangsheng Chen, paratypes: 2♂♂ 21♀♀, China: Guangdong, Guangzhou city, Tianhe District , South China National Botanical Garden (23°19’N, 113°37’E), 22 November 2006, collectors: Xiangsheng Chen. 11♂♂ 18♀♀, China: Fujiang, Nanping City, Wuyishan Nature Reserve , (26°67N, 117°96’E), 22 August 2019, collectors: Jing Wang, Yongjin Sui.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian).

Host Plant. Bambusa emeiensis Chia & Fung.

Note. This species is moved to Mukariella based on the following characteristics: (1) body tawny; (2) crown with pronounced forward extension, crown seam clearly visible; (3) frontoclypeus large flattened in lateral view; (4) aedeagus single-branched, terminal 1/3 with two pairs of spines, one gonopore.

Figures

FIGURES 33–42. Mukariella pallipes, female: 33. Female sternite VII, ventral view; 35. First valvula; 36. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of first valvula; 37. Second valvula; 38. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of second valvular; Mukariella testacea, female: 34. Female sternite VII, ventral view; 39. First valvula; 40. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of first valvula; 41. Second valvula; 42. Detail of dorsal sculptured area of second valvular. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.