Mimotettix robustistylus, 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 : 9

Mimotettix robustistylus sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype 3, China: Yunnan, Kunming, Wenquan, 23 March 1982, Wang Sumei and Zhou Jingruo; Paratypes: 1Ƥ, same data as holotype; 13, Yunnan, Kunming, Wenquan, 31 March 1982, Wang Sumei and Zhou Jingruo; 1Ƥ, Yunnan, Kunming, Wenquan, 23 March 1982, Wang Sumei and Zhou Jingruo; 1Ƥ, Yunnan, Kunming, Wenquan, 24 March 1981, Chou Io, Liu Mingtang and Zhou Jingruo( NWAFU).

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ robustistylus ’ refers to the robust style in this species.

Description. Body length (including tegmen): 3, 5.0 – 5.1mm, Ƥ, 5.6 – 5.9mm.

Male genitalia: Pygophore elongate, dorsal margin strongly sinuate in lateral aspect. Style relatively broad with strong apical process. Connective stem about 1.5 times longer than arms. Aedeagal shaft distinctly broader at midlength in lateral view, apical process with length approximately 3/4 length of shaft.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the sinuate dorsal margin of the pygophore and robust style.

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

Figures

FIGURE 13. Mimotettix robustistylus sp. nov., male genitalia (A) Pygophore, left lateral view (B) Left style, dorsal view. (C) Aedeagus, ventral view. (D) Connective. (E) Aedeagus, left lateral view. (F) Valve and subgenital plates, 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 (*).