Mimotettix slenderus (Li and Wang)

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 : 9

Mimotettix slenderus (Li and Wang)

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Scaphotettix slenderus Li and Wang, 2005: 191 , figs. 18 – 23. Mimotettix slenderus, Li and Xing, 2010: 422 , figs 2a–f.

Material examined. China: 13 (holotype of Scaphotettix slenderus Li and Wang ), Fujian, Sanmingshi, 7 Oct. 1978 ( GZU); 13, Guangdong, Dinghushan, 17 July 1985, Zhang Yalin; 1Ƥ, Guangdong, Dinghushan, 18 July 1985, Zhang Yalin ( NWAFU); 23, Thailand, Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP Helicopter landing ground, 16º43.184´N, 101º35.137´E, 875m, Malaise trap, 10–17 July 2006, Noopean Hongyothi leg. T271; 13, Thailand, Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP Helicopter landing ground, 16º43.113´N, 101º35.134´E, 889m, Malaise trap, 3–10 July 2006, Noopean Hongyothi leg. T270; 13, Thailand, Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP Helicopter landing ground, 16º43.184´N, 101º35.137´E, 875m, Malaise trap, 17–24 July 2006, Noopean Hongyothi leg. T274 ( INHS); 13, Vietnam, Dalat, 6km S., 1400–1500m, 9 June –7 July 1961, N. R. Spencere (BP).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. alboguttulatus (Melichar) but the style apical process is more robust and the aedeagal shaft is concave ventrally.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong), Thailand, Vietnam ( Fig.17 ).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Mimotettix slenderus (Li & Wang), 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 posterior 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 (*).