Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee

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 : 5-6

Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee

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Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee, 1979: 85 , fig. 11: 1 – 7.

Mimotettix kawamurae Matsumura , sensu Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988:192, Pl. 130, figs 8 – 11. Mimotettix albiguttatis Li & Wang, 2005: 798 , figs 1 – 6. syn. nov.

Material examined. China: 13, (Holotype of Mimotettix albiguttatis Li and Wang ), Henan, Songxian, Baiyunsi, 17~ 19 July 2002, Chen Xiangsheng ( GZU). Addition Material: China, Hunan: 23, 1Ƥ, Hengshan, 11 Aug. 1985, Zhang Yalin and Chai Yonghui; 1Ƥ, Hengshan, 8 Aug. 1985, Zhang Yalin and Chai Yonghui; 3Ƥ, Hengshan, 7 Aug. 1985, Zhang Yalin and Chai Yong hui; 1Ƥ, Chenzhou, 3 Aug. 1985, Zhang Yalin and Chai Yonghui; Hainan: 13, Jianfengling, 18 May 1983, Zhang Yalin; 3Ƥ, Bawangling, 28 May 1983, Zhang Yalin; 23, Hubei, Wudangshan, Taizipo, 22 July 2001, Huang Min and Zhang Guiling; 13, 1Ƥ, Shaanxi, Huanglong, 9–10 Aug. 1973, Yuan Feng, Mi Shunrong and Hui Junrui; Henan: 10Ƥ, Neixiang, Getiaopa, 14 July 1998, 600 – 700m, Hu Jian; 3Ƥ, Xixia, Huangshian, 800~ 1300m, 17 vii, 1998, Hu Jian; 13, Neixiang, Baotianman, 1300m, 11 July 1998, Hu Jian (all above in NWAFU). 13, Gansu, Wenxian, Bikou, Zhongmiao, 700m, 24 June 1998, Yao Jian ( IZAS).

Description. Male genitalia: Pygophore elongate. Subgenital plate elongate. Connective stem similar in length to arms. Aedeagal shaft with a slight elongate flange on each side of dorsal surface; apical process with length similar to length of shaft.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to P. alboguttulatus but the aedeagal process is longer.

Remarks. This species was described from Korea by Kwon & Lee (1979). Subsequently, Li & Wang (2005) described M. albiguttatis from Henan of China, based on one male and four female specimens that are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, China. From examination of type specimens and comparison of the original descriptions and illustrations, it is clear that both species are synonyms. In addition, the species figured by Anufriev and Emeljanov (1988) of Mimotettix kawamurae Matusumura from the Russian Far East is also this species.

Distribution. China (Hunan, Hainan, Hubei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Russia ( Fig.17 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee from Hunan, China. (A) Habitus, dorsal view. (B) Habitus, lateral view.

FIGURE 2. Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee, female genitalia. (A) Detail of same at position arrowed in (B). (B) First valvulae of female ovipositor, lateral view. (C) Apical half of first valvulae. (D) Detail of same at position arrowed in (E). (E). Second valvulae of female ovipositor, lateral view. (F) Apical half of second valvulae.

FIGURE 5. Mimotettix curticeps Kwon & Lee (A) Habitus, dorsal view. (B) Face. (C) Male pygophore, left lateral view. (D) Left style, dorsal view. (E) Aedeagus, posterior view. (F) Aedeagus, left lateral view. (G) Connective. (H) Valve and subgenital plate, 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 (*).