Empoascanara (E.) longiaedeaga, Song & Li, 2013

SONG, YUE-HUA & LI, ZI-ZHONG, 2013, Two new species of Empoascanara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Yunnan Province, China, Zootaxa 3637 (1), pp. 89-93 : 91-93

Empoascanara (E.) longiaedeaga sp. nov. ( Figs 8–15 )

Description: Vertex orange yellow, with large irregular black patch in middle of anterior margin ( Fig. 8 ). Coronal suture distinct, longer than half of vertex median length ( Fig. 8 ). Eyes black ( Fig. 8 ). Pronotum orange red, with median and posterior margin dark ( Fig. 8 ). Scutellum orange red ( Fig. 8 ). Forewing semitransparent, light brown.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 9 ) small, little exceeding hind margin of 3rd sternite.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe broad, with microtrichia distinct ( Fig. 10 ). Pygofer dorsal appendage long and large, hook-like at apex ( Fig. 10 ). Subgenital plate broadened basally, provided with 3 long macrosetae on lateral surface, several rigid setae forming continuous row along upper margin ( Fig. 11 ). Style truncate at apex, preapical lobe distinct ( Fig. 12 ). Aedeagal shaft long and slender, with single slim apical process extended dorsally ( Fig. 13 ). Preatrium short; dorsal apodeme long, swollen at apex ( Fig. 13 ). Gonopore apical on ventral surface ( Figs 13, 14 ). Connective nearly Y-shaped, with stem large ( Fig. 15 ).

Specimen examined: Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Menghai , 23 VII 2008, coll. Yuehua Song. Paratype: 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Menghai , 23 VII 2008, coll. Xiaohong Jiang.

Measurement: Body length ♂ 2.5~2.6 mm.

Remarks: This species resembles E. (E.) dwukropka Dworakowska 1980 , but differs in having the pygofer dorsal appendage well developed, hook-like apically; the connective with stem large and broad; amd the vertex with a large irregular black preapical patch medially. It also resembles E. (E.) benigna Dworakowska 1979 and E. (E.) coreca Dworakowska 1971 . The former ( E. benigna ) differs in having the pygofer dorsal appendage bifurcate apically and the dorsal apodeme not obviously expanded at apex in lateral view; and the latter ( E. coreca ) differs in having the preatrium longer, extended dorsally and the dorsal apodeme not obviously expanded at apex in lateral view.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix “ longi -” and “ aedeaga ”, which refers to the aedeagus extremely long.

Figures

FIGURES 8–15. Empoascanara (E.) longiaedeaga sp. nov. 8. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 9. Abdominal apodemes. 10. Male pygofer lobe, lateral view. 11. Subgenital plate. 12. Style. 13. Aedeagus, lateral view. 14. Aedeagus, ventral view. 15. Connective.