Mimotettix distiflangentus, Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2010

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2010, Review of the Old World leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of new species, Zootaxa 2651, pp. 1-26 : 6

Mimotettix distiflangentus sp. nov.

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Material examined. Holotype 3, Paratypes 23, China, Yunnan, Menglun, 19 May 1991, Wang Yinglun and Tian Rungang ( NWAFU).

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ distiflangentus ’ refers to the distal flanges of the aedeagus in this species.

Description. Body length (including tegmen): 3, 5.4–5.5mm.

Male genitalia: Pygophore very elongate and tapered posteriorly. Connective stem about 1.5 times longer than arms. Style relatively narrow. Aedeagal shaft with distal dorsal surface deeply concave with a pair of triangular-shape dentate flanges on each side, apical process with length approximately 1/2 length of shaft.

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to M. tibetensis in the shape of the aedeagus but differs in most other aspects of the male genitalia.

Distribution. China (Yunnan) ( Fig.17 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Mimotettix distiflangentus sp. nov., male genitalia. (A) Pygophore, left lateral view. (B) Connective. (C) Valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. (D) Aedeagus, left lateral view. (E) Left style, dorsal view.

FIGURE 17. Map showing the geographical distributions of Mimotettix species: M. curticeps (●), M. distiflangentus (․), M. dorsocavatus (), M. fanjingensis (), M. spinosus (О), M. robustistylus (˔), M. slenderus (), M. tebitensis (*).