Leucodellus xizangensis, Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2007

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2007, The genus Leucodellus Reuter, 1906 in China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Zootaxa 1478, pp. 33-40 : 38-39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176797
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3509335
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F4B7A7C-FFB0-956C-B3E8-1B29FF48FD37
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucodellus xizangensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucodellus xizangensis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 5–6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 , 9 View FIGURES 7 – 9 , 18–21 View FIGURES 10 – 21 , 24 View FIGURES 22 – 24 )

Type specimens: Holotype: male, CHINA: Gyitang (30°44'N, 97°20'E), Xizang Autonomous Region, alt. 3600m, 13.ix.1976, Yin-heng Han leg.. Paratypes: 2 males, 4 females, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis: Relatively large, elongate ovoid, total length 4.19–4.22 (male) 3.71–3.76 (female); vestiture with pale simple setae only; general coloration pale; membrane large; tibial spines black, base portion of hind tibia pale; vesica strongly twisted with serrations on dorsal surface, posterior spine hooked ( Fig.18 View FIGURES 10 – 21 ). Similar in body size and coloration to L. albidus , separated from L. albidus by the structure of vesica.

Description: Male ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ): Relatively large, elongate-ovoid.

Coloration: General coloration pale; vestiture with pale simple setae only; apex of labium infuscate; all femora with numerous small dark spots ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 9 ); tibiae entirely pale, tibial spines with dark spots at bases; tarsal segment III and claws darkened. Structure: Body relatively broad, dorsum moderately shining, smooth; vestiture composed of recumbent, pale, weakly shining, simple setae; head almost vertical, clypeus not very distinctly visible from above; frons and vertex broad and flattened in dorsal view; posterior margin of vertex weakly rounded; antenna inserted below ventral margin of eye; antennal segments III and IV slender than segment II, total length shorter than segment II; labium reaching to posterior margin of hind trochanters; hemelytra nearly parallel-sided, lateral corial margin slightly convex; membrane large relative to total size of wing; pygophore large. Male genitalia ( Figs. 18–21 View FIGURES 10 – 21 ): Vesica relatively stout, strongly twisted, with serrations on dorsal surface, anterior apical spine much longer than posterior and decurved apically, posterior spine hooked; phallotheca heavily sclerotized; left paramere boat-shaped; right paramere lanceolate.

Female ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ): Body shape and coloration are very similar to male’s, but smaller than in male.

Distribution: China (Xizang).

Etymology: Named for the area (Xizang Autonomous Region of China) where the type material was found.