Empoascanara (Empoascanara) gracilis Dworakowska, 1992

Tan, Chao, Yuan, Xiao-Wei & Song, Yue-Hua, 2020, New species and two new records of Erythroneurini from China (Hemiptera Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4728 (2), pp. 275-282 : 278-279

Empoascanara (Empoascanara) gracilis Dworakowska, 1992 ( Figs 5–8 ，22–30)

Empoascanara gracilis Dworakowska, 1992: 32

Description. Vertex yellowish brown, with large black patch in middle of anterior margin ( Figs 5, 7 ). Eyes greyish black ( Figs 5, 7 ). Pronotum yellowish brown, with median and lower half black brown ( Figs 5, 7 ). Scutellum yellowish brown, basal triangles black; scutellar suture obvious ( Figs 5, 7 ). Forewing semitransparent, brownish.

Abdominal apodemes small, not exceeding hind margin of 4rd sternite ( Fig. 22 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe broad; pygofer dorsal appendage bifurcate near middle, with dorsal branch short and ventral branch long ( Fig. 23 ). Subgenital plate broadened sub-basally, provided with 3 long macrosetae on lateral surface, numerous peg-like setae and microsetae along dorsal margian and near apex ( Fig. 24 ). Style truncate at apex, preapical lobe distinct ( Fig. 25 ). Aedeagus shaft curved dorsad, serrated along upper half margins, with pair of long basal atrial processes; gonopore located at lower half length of shaft on ventral view. Preatrium and dorsal apodeme larger in lateral view ( Figs 26, 28 ). Connective nearly Y-shaped, with distinct central lobe and short arms ( Fig. 29 ).

Specimen examined. 12♂♂, 20♀♀, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Shibing , 2 VII 2018, coll. Chao Tan.

Measurement. Body length ♂ 2.4 mm; ♀ 2.3~2.4 mm.

Distribution. Korea; China (Guizhou).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Seriana bacilla sp. nov.—1 Habitus, dorsal view; 2 Habitus, lateral view; 3 Head and thorax, dorsal view; 4 Face; Empoascanara (E) gracilis Dworakowska, 1992—5 Habitus, dorsal view; 6 Habitus, lateral view; 7 Head and thorax, dorsal view; 8 Face; Tautoneura (T.) mayarami Mathew & Ramakrishnan, 1996—9 Habitus, dorsal view; 10 Habitus, lateral view; 11 Head and thorax, dorsal view; 12 Face.

FIGURES 22–30. Empoascanara (E) gracilis Dworakowska, 1992—22 Abdominal apodemes; 23 Pygofer lobe, lateral view; 24 Subgenital plate; 25 Style; 26 Aedeagus, ventral view; 27 Apical part of aedeagal shaft, ventral view; 28 Aedeagus, lateral view; 29 Connective; 30 Pygofer dorsal appendage.