Goniagnathus (Epitephra) rugulosus (Haupt)

Duan, Yani, Zhang, Yalin & Webb, M. D., 2009, Review of the leafhopper tribe Goniagnathini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 2314 (1), pp. 50-62 : 57-58

Goniagnathus (Epitephra) rugulosus (Haupt)

( Figs 5A–E , 7F, 7L )

Athysanus rugulosus Haupt, 1917: 248 .

Goniagnathus rugulosus, Nast, 1972: 323 ; Lee, 1979: 372, fig. 289.

Goniagnathus castaneus Kato, 1933 : pl. 28, fig. 8, China, synonymised by Kwon & Lee, 1979: 71, 74.

Goniagnathus (Epitephra) rugulosus, Emeljanov, 1999: 561 .

Length. Male: 4.4–4.8mm; Female; 4.6–5.3mm.

Robust. Sordid white to pale brown with dark spots and maculation. Interrupted black fascia on face.

Vertex 3–4x as wide as median length. Pronotum, 3x as long as vertex. Forewing with inner anteapical cell closed basally by cross vein.

Male genitalia. Pygophore wider than long, with a few macrosetae, without appendages. Fused subgenital plates and valve twice as long as broad, lateral side sinuate with some setae. Apophysis of style bilobed. Aedeagal shaft slightly curved caudo-dorsally without processes; gonopore large, subapical.

Female genitalia. Seventh sternum 2.5x as wide as long, hind margin sinuate with median notch.

Material examined. China, Heilongjiang Prov.: 1♀, County Mishan , 17. vii. 2003, coll. Yang Xiujuan and Liu Binbin ( HU) ; Hebei Prov.: 1♂, County Changli , 18. vii. 1999, coll. Ma Zhanjun etc ( HU) ; 1♂, County Zunhua, Qingdingling , 25. vii. 1999, coll. Cui Wenming etc ( HU) ; 1♀, County Zunhua, Qingdingling , 25. vii. 1999, coll. Ren Qiuzhuang ( HU) ; Ningxia Autonomous Region : 1♀, County Haiyuan , 22. viii. 1986 ( NWAFU) ; Shanxi Prov.: 1♂, Mt. Wutaishan , 2. viii. 2006, coll. Duan Yani ( NWAFU) ; Shaanxi Prov.: 1♂, 2♀♀, County Wugong , 2. vii. 1981, coll. Zhou Jingruo ( NWAFU) ; 1♂, County Wugong , 29. viii. 1987 ( NWAFU) ; 1♀, County Qingjian , 700m, 20. vii. 2003, coll. Ba Yibin and Yu Yang ( HU) ; 1♀, Dingbian , 23. iv. 2006, coll. Yang Zhaofu ( NWAFU) ; Shandong Prov.: 1♂, Yantan Mt., Kunyushan , 1. vii. 2001, coll. Qin Daozheng ( NWAFU) ; 1♀, Laiyang , 8. vii. 2001, coll. Qin Daozheng ( NWAFU) ; 1♂, Qixia, Taocunzhen , 15. vii. 2001, coll. Qin Daozheng ( NWAFU) ; 1♀, Mt. Yishan , 500–800m, 20. vii. 2001, coll. Qin Daozheng ( NWAFU) ; Henan Prov.: 1♂, Neixiang, Baotianman , 11. vii. 1998, coll. Hu Jian ( NWAFU) ; 1♀, County Fengqiu, Huangling , 20. vii. 2007, coll. Zhou Hua etc ( NWAFU) .

Distribution. USSR, Korea, Mongolia, Turkmen, China (Heilongjiang, Hebei, Ningxia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan) [new record for China].

Remarks. The identity of this species is taken from Kwon & Lee (1979). The synonymy of G. castaneus Kato with this species by Kwon & Lee remains speculative as the Kato collection remains unavailable for study.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Goniagnathus (Epitephra) rugulosus (Haupt). A: Male pygophore, lateral view; B: Fused subgenital plates and valve, ventral view; C: Style, dorsal view; D: Aedeagus, dorsal view; E: Aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Goniagnathus and Tamaricades species. A–F, habitus. A: G. brevis; B: G. cornutus Duan, sp. n.; C: T. tamaricus; D: G. nervosus; E: G. punctifer; F: G. rugulosus. G–L, face. G: G. brevis; H: G. cornutus Duan, sp. n.; I: T. tamaricus; J: G. nervosus; K: G. punctifer; L: G. rugulosus.