Kusala (Scodela) directa, 2018

Cao, Yanghui, Dmitriev, Dmitry A. & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, New species of the leafhopper genera Kusala Dworakowska and Diomma Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with description of a new subgenus, Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 263-272 : 265-268

Kusala (Scodela) directa sp. nov.

( Figs 2 , 5 e–h)

Description. Ground color yellowish-brown, lower 2/3 of face darker. Crown fore margin rounded, anteclypeus rectangular. ( Figs 5 e–h)

Male 2S abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 2a ) extended to middle of sternite IV. Anal tube appendage ( Figs 2b, c ) relatively short.

Subgenital plate ( Fig. 2e ) very broad basally. Apical part of style ( Fig. 2f ) straight, subapical extension slightly curved basad. Connective ( Fig. 2g ) lamellate, manubrium very broad. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs 2h, i ) relatively broad in lateral view, curved doro-cephalad, dorso-distal margin slightly expanded and serrated distally; dorsal apodeme large, Y-shaped in caudal view; preatrium short; gonopore on ventral margin.

Measurement. Male length 2.90mm. Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang , Xima , 24°48'18''N, 97°45'03''E, 1828.9m, 4 v 2012, coll. Yanghui Cao; paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The new specific epithet is derived from Latin adjective “ directus ”, which means “straight”, referring to the straight apical part of the style.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Kusala (Scodela) directa sp. nov. a. 2S abdominal apodemes; b. genital capsule; c. anal tube appendage and pygofer dorso-lateral inner ridge; d. subgenital plate, style and connective; e. subgenital plate, dorsal view; f. style, dorsal view; g. connective; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, caudal view

FIGURE 5. a–d. Kusala (Kusala) viraktamathi sp. nov.; e–h. Kusala (Scodela) directa sp. nov.; i–k. Kusala (Scodela) sinuata sp. nov.; m–p. Diomma (Diomma) sangzhiensis sp. nov.