Seasogonia sandaracata (Distant)

Meng, Ze-hong & Yang, Mao-fa, 2012, Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini), ZooKeys 164, pp. 24-40 : 27

Seasogonia sandaracata (Distant) Figs 10 –1238–4041–4253– 54

Tettigoniella sandaracata Distant, 1908: 217

Material examined.

5 males, 1 female, China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan, Alt. 1200m, 15 June 2001, coll. Tian Ming-yi; 10 females, China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan, Alt. 1400-1500m, 20 July 2002, coll. Yang Mao-fa, Li Zi-zhong, Song Hong-yan and Dai Ren-huai; 32males, 7 females, China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, 29 May to 3 June 2011, coll. Yang Zai-hua and Li Yu-jian; 13 males, 2 females, China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Xima Town, Alt. 1700m, 8-10 June 2009, coll. Yang Zai-hua and Li Bin; 2 males, 1 female, China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan, Alt. 270m, 13 June 2009, coll. Yang Zai-hua and Li Bin; 1 male, 11 females, China, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Shangyun Village, Alt. 1400m, 14 July 2002, coll. Li Zi-zhong and Yang Mao-fa; 1 male, 3 females, China, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Gaoligongshan, Alt. 1900-2000m, 17 July 2002, coll. Yang Mao-fa, Li Zi-zhong, and Song Hong-yan; 5 females, China, Yunnan Province, Longling County, Longxin, Alt. 1800m, 24 July 2002, coll. Yang Mao-fa, Li Zi-zhong, and Song Hong-yan; 1 male, 1 female, China, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Gaoligongshan, Alt. 1800-2400m, 28 May to 5 June 2009, coll. Yang Zai-hua and Li Bin; 3 males, China, Yunnan Province, Ruili County, Moli, Alt. 770m, 15 June 2009, coll. Yang Zai-hua and Li Bin; 7 males, 5 females, China, Yunnan Province, Ruili County, 5-7 June 2011, coll. Li Yu-jian and Yang Zai-hua; 1 male, China, Yunnan Province, Pianma, 10 May 2010, coll. Zhang Bin; 18 males, 4 females, China, Yunnan Province, Pianma, 17-19 June 2011, coll. Li Yu-jian and Yang Zai-hua; 47 males, 30 females, China, Xizang Province, Muotuo County, 6 May to 4 June 1980, coll. Jin Gen-tao and Wu Jian-yi (Specimens are deposited in Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SEMCAS)).

Distribution.

India, Myanmar, China (Yunnan, Xizang). New Record for China.

Female genitalia.

Abdominal sternite VII (Fig. 38), in ventral view, nearly as broad as long; anterior margin straight; posterior margin broadly convex. Pygofer (Fig. 39), in lateral view, slightly produced; posterior margin with subacute apex; surface with macrosetae on posterior portion and extending anteriorly along nearly whole of ventral margin. Valvifers I, in ventral view (Fig. 40), not forming lobes articulating with valvulae I. Valvulae I, in ventral view (Fig. 40), much broader than in Seasogonia indosinica . Other characteristics as in Seasogonia indosinica .