Paraahimia, Yuan & Song, 2019

Yuan, Xiao-Wei & Song, Yue-Hua, 2019, One new genus and species of Typhlocybinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Southwest China, Zootaxa 4691 (1), pp. 97-100 : 97-98

Paraahimia gen. n.

Type species: Paraahimia luodianensis sp. n.

Description. Head conically produced, wider than pronotum, coronal suture prominent in basal half of crown, crown basal width between eyes subequal to eye width. Ocelli absent. Face convex. Pronotum wider than median length, milky yellow, with some irregular yellow spots along anterior margin and central part. Forewing symmetrically marked with orange, 2nd apical cell largest, 3rd apical cell triangular, petiolate basally. Hind wing with submarginal vein joining Cu1 near MCu vein.

Abdominal apodemes well developed.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe short, broadly rounded, with few thin microsetae near caudal area, and without appendage. Subgenital plate longer than pygofer, gradually tapered towards apex and curved dorsad apically, with single long macrosetae subbasally near lateral margin, several gracile setae along upper margin and short stout microsetae at apex. Style long and slender with apex foot-like, usually with few short microsetae on lateral margin prepically and short heel preapically on mesal margin. Aedeagus slightly asymmetrical, dorsal apodeme well developed and columnar; shaft slender, curved dorsad, with pair of long slender apical processes extended distad; gonopore apical between bases of processes. Connective lamellate, triangular, median anterior lobe small.

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

Remarks. The new genus resembles Ahimia Dworakowska (1979) , described from West Africa, in overall body form and coloration, and in having the subgenital plate nearly triangular, with one macroseta subbasally, curved dorsally and extended beyond the pygofer apex. Ahimia differs in having the pygofer lobe tapered apically and with a group of stout ventrolateral setae, and the aedeagal processes arising basally.

Etymology. The new generic name was formed by adding the Greek prefix “para-” (near) to Ahimia referring to the similarity with the latter. The gender is feminine.