Multiproductus, Xing, Ji - Chun, Dai, Ren - Huai & Li, Zi - Zhong, 2011

Xing, Ji - Chun, Dai, Ren - Huai & Li, Zi - Zhong, 2011, A new Paralimnini leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3014, pp. 65-68 : 65

Multiproductus gen. nov.

Type species: Multiproductus ramosus Xing, Dai & Li sp. nov.

Head slightly wider than greatest width of pronotum. Vertex with fore margin produced triangularly, median length longer than width between eyes. Frontoclypeus narrow, anteclypeus slightly narrowed apically. Forewing with outer subapical cell extended to costal margin, branches of vein R recurved distally, resulting in triangular fifth (outer) apical cell, and veins of clavus appear to extend to the claval suture, appendix present ( Fig 14 ).

Male genitalia. Male pygofer side slightly longer than high, with few stout setae. Valve large. Subgenital plate tubular and narrow, with two appendages apically. Style slender, elongate, preapical lobe very poorly developed. Connective, loop-shaped, articulated with the aedeagus, only slightly longer than wide. Aedeagus symmetrical, aedeagal shaft elongate with pairs of processes, gonopore apical.

Diagnosis. The new genus is similar to Paralaevicephalus Ishihara in having the forewings with pale veins and the subgenital plate with a distal appendage, but differs in having the forewings with the outer subapical cell extended to the costal margin, the subgenital plate narrow, without an elongate stout process arising from the inner margin, and the aedeagal shaft with pairs of branched processes.

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the Latin words “ multi- ” and “ productus ”, indicating the aedeagal shaft with a number of processes.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 15. Multiproductus ramosus sp. nov.: 5, Male pygofer side, lateral view; 6, Valve, ventral view; 7, Subgenital plate, ventral view; 8, Subgenital plate, lateral view; 9, Aedeagus, ventral view; 10, Aedeagus, lateral view; 11, Connective, ventral view; 12, Connective, lateral view; 13, Style, ventral view; 14, Forewing; 15, Ƥ abdominal apex, ventral view.