Mimotettix dorsocavatus, 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 : 6-7

Mimotettix dorsocavatus sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype 3, China: Yunnan, Menglun, 19 May 1991, Wang Yinglun and Tian Rungang; Paratypes: China: 13, same data as holotype; 13, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 5 May 1991, Wang Yinglun and Tian Rungang (all in NWAFU).

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ dorsocavatus ’ refers to the deeply concave dorsal surface of the aedeagal shaft.

Description. Body length (including tegmen):3 4.5 – 4.6mm.

Male genitalia: Pygophore elongate. Connective stem about twice length of arms. Aedeagal shaft relatively narrow throughout length, in lateral view; dorsal surface deeply concave from midlength to apex; apical process similar in length to length of shaft.

Diagnosis: This species is closely related to Mimotettix alboguttulatus , but the aedeagal shaft is deeply concave at the dorsal margin.

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

Figures

FIGURE 8. Mimotettix dorsocavatus sp. nov., male genitalia. (A) Pygophore, left lateral view. (B) Left style, dorsal view. (C) Connective. (D) Valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. (E) Aedeagus, left lateral view. (F) Aedeagus, ventral 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 (*).