Loeia tamtipi Duan, 2017

Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, New taxa and new records of Deltocephalini leafhoppers from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 4350 (2), pp. 363-373 : 365-367

Loeia tamtipi Duan sp. n.

( Figs 1–2 )

Length. Male: 5.9 mm.

Coloration and morphology. Crown with two brown dots on anterior margin equidistant from mid-line to eye and two orange patches more posterad ( Fig. 1A ). Face with paired brown arcs on frontoclypeus; lower area of face mottled with dark brown ( Fig. 1C ). Pronotum with brown anterior patches; posteriorly pale brown with dark brown lateral spot and four short dark brown bands. Mesonotum with central area and basal triangles brown ( Fig. 1A ). Forewing membrane brownish hyaline contrasting with white veins; with dark brown patch at apex and middle of claval margin and another patch subapically or corium. Legs with setal bases brown ( Fig. 1A–B ).

Male genitalia. Male genitalia as in generic description; aedeagal shaft narrowed at midlength in lateral view, broadening from base to apex in ventral view; apical processes short, curved dorsad, hook-like ( Fig. 2E–F ).

Material examined. Holotype, male, Thailand: Loei Phu Ruea NP office, 17°28.805′N, 101°21.242′E, 870 m, Malaise trap, 12–19 vii 2006, Patikhom Tamtip, leg. T315 ( QSBG).

Etymology. This species is named after Patikhom Tamtip who collected the type specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Loeia tamtipi Duan sp. n. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: face.

FIGURE 2. Loeia tamtipi Duan sp. n. A: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; B: male pygofer and segments X – XI, ventral view; C: valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E, F: connective and aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively.