Aparaphysis lushuiiensis, Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3670 (3), pp. 362-370 : 366-368

Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n.

(Plate II, Figures 2–3 )

Length. Male: 4.8–5.0mm.

PLATE II. Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: head and thorax, dorsal view; D: face; E: forewing; F & G: male segments X–XI, lateral and dorsal view, respectively.

Dark brown with waxy-white markings (Plate II: A & B). Vertex, pronotum and scutellum with waxy-white longitudinal stripes (Plate II: C). Frontoclypeus ochraceous, obliquely striated in lateral regions (Plate II: D). Forewing ochraceous with dark brown markings and veins (Plate II: E), base with waxy-white longitudinal stripe (Plate II: A & B). Ventral Median area of thorax black. Abdomen black except apical areas of segments III–VIII and lateral margins of valve.

Vertex longer medially than interocular width (Plate II: C). Face longer than wide, clypellus wider near apex than at base, extending beyond genal curve (Plate II: D). Pronotum about 2.3x as wide as long, longer than vertex (Plate II: C). Scutellum slightly shorter than pronotum (Plate II: C). Forewing with four apical and three anteapical cells, outer anteapical cell almost triangular, inner anteapical cell open behind, costal area with series of about 6–10 reflexed veins (Plate II: E). Male segment X strongly sclerotized, long (Plate II: F & G).

Male genitalia. Pygofer side longer than high, long setae confined to caudal half, with ventroposterior lobe ( Fig. 1 A). Style with cap at apex, apophysis swollen near apex ( Fig. 1 D). Connective arms close together ( Fig. 1 E). Aedeagus shaft slender, gradually curved caudo-dorsally, apex with notch, gonopore apical ( Figs 2 E, 2F). Material examined. Holotype: male, China, Yunnan Prov., Lushui County, Chenggan Town, 1013m, 6.VI.2011, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU). Paratypes: 12 males, same data as holotype (NWAFU).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type location.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Xenovarta lui sp. n. A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; C: style, dorsal view; D: connective, dorsal view; E & F: aedeagus, ventral and lateral view, respectively.

FIGURE 2. Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n. A: male pygofer side, lateral view; B: valve, ventral view; C: subgenital plate, ventral view; D: style, dorsal view; E & F: connective and aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively; G: apex of aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 3. Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n. A: front femur, anterior view; B: left front tibia, upside view; C: apex of hind femur, anterodorsal view; D: left hind tibia, anterior view (without AV); E: left hind tibia, posterior view (without PV).