Macrosteles nabiae Kwon

Yalin, Zhang, Lin, Lu & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2013, Review of the Leafhopper Genus Macrosteles Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 361-392 : 373

Macrosteles nabiae Kwon , sp. nov.

(Plate 3, figs. 10–19)

Length (including tegmen). Male: 3.0– 3.4 mm; female: 3.5–4.0 mm.

Pale yellow; head with 3 pairs of black spots, not merged; a short black longitudinal band between ocelli and eyes. Ocelli red and large, 0.5 times own diameter from corresponding eye.

Male abdomen. 2nd acrotergite with trunk comparatively small and near horizontal, comparatively small, lateral processes usually longer than trunk width; neck very slender, about as long as trunk width. 2nd tergal apodeme reaching near 2/3 of tergite posteriorly. 1st sternal apodeme with posterior lobes slightly longer than wide. 2nd sternal apodeme with posterior lobes about 1.5 times as long as basal width.

Male genitalia. Aedeagus with long apical appendages, nearly parallel, strongly curved dorsad in ventral view.

Holotype: Korea, Daegu, 13.vii. 1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU). Paratype: 4 males, 10 females, same data as holotype; 1 male, same locality, 8.x.1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU); 2 males, same locality, 10.x.1984, Coll. Y.J. Kwon (KPNU); 1 male, Japan, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Tajima, 29.v.1958, Coll. Y. Miyatake (BMNH); CHINA: 1 male, 2 females, Shanxi Prov., Jiaocheng County, Pangquangou Township, 26.vii.2006, Coll. Yang Zhaofu; 1 male, Heilongjiang Prov., Mt. Mi, Peide County, 100m, 2.ix.2001, Coll. Sun Qiang; 2 males, 4 females, Shandong Prov., Yantai City, Mt. Kunyu, 11.vii.2001, Coll. Qin Daozheng & Liu Zhenjiang; 2 males, 3 females, Shaanxi Prov., Yangling County, vi.1986, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Zhaosu City, Mohe Landscape, 30.vii.2006, Coll. Kang Juxia; 9 males, 20 females, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, 187 Corps, 7.viii.2002, Coll. Huang Min (NWAFU).

Distribution. China, Korea and Japan.

Remarks. This species has been confused with M. laevis , but can be differentiated from the latter by the characters of the male abdomen: 2nd acrotergite with trunk horizontal and 2nd tergal apodemes with posterior lobes not extending beyond posterior margin of tergite.

Etymology. The specific epithet “ nabi ” is derived from the name of Dr. Kwon’s daughter, Nabi.