Chanohirata pala Sun, Xu & Dai, 2025

Sun, Mingming, Xu, Tielong, Smagghe, Guy, Dai, Renhuai, Wang, Xianyi & Wang, Jiajia, 2025, A new species of Chanohirata (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Penthimiini) from southern China with its complete genome, ZooKeys 1259, pp. 309-333 : 309-333

Chanohirata pala Sun, Xu & Dai , sp. nov.

Figs 7 A – D , 8 A – E

Type material.

Holotype: • ♂ ( GUGC), China, Guizhou Province, Yanhe County, Mayang River National Nature Reserve , 15 August 2014, coll. Wu Yunfei . Paratypes: • 1 ♂ ( GUGC), China, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Copper Wall Pass , 30 May 2019, coll. Zuo Qin . • 1 ♂ ( GUGC), China, Guangxi Province, Longzhou County, Nonggang Town , 10 May 2021, coll. Lu Jikai .

Measurement.

Body length (including tegmen): male 4.0– 4.2 mm.

Coloration.

Body yellowish brown. Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum marked with black reticulations (Fig. 7 A ). Ocelli brownish; compound eyes blackish gray (Fig. 7 C ). Face black (Fig. 7 D ); pronotum mostly yellow (Fig. 7 B ). Forewing subhyaline, grayish white, with yellowish brown reticulations; claw folds and veins light brown; apical margin brown (Fig. 7 A ).

Morphology.

Vertex with anterior margin prominent, slightly thickened, arcuate, bearing wavy lines; posterior margin broadly concave. Vertex length approximately one-third of its width (Fig. 7 B ). Ocelli positioned anterior to the compound eyes and close to their anterior margins (Fig. 7 B, C ). Face and clypeus flat; pre-clypeus slightly raised. Lateral plates of the labium broad (Fig. 7 D ). Pronotum about half as long as wide. Scutellum broader than long, triangular, with a deep, arcuate transverse impression (Fig. 7 B ).

Male genitalia.

Pygofer longer than tall, posterolateral margin bearing both long and short macrosetae (Fig. 8 A ). Subgenital plate bluntly rounded at apex, ventrally with several scattered macrosetae; basal lobe nearly semicircular. Subgenital plate nearly quadrangular, with coarse, short setae along the outer margin and apex (Fig. 8 D ). Connective approximately Y-shaped, with arms longer than the stem (Fig. 8 E ). Lateral processes of the style short, compact, with pointed tips (Fig. 8 E ). Aedeagus robust, with a broad base and shovel-shaped overall form (Fig. 8 B ).

Etymology.

The specific epithet pala is derived from Latin, meaning shovel, referring to the broad, shovel-shaped base of the aedeagus.

Remarks.

This species is similar to C. dactyla but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagus.

Figures

Figure 7. C. pala sp. nov. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. Habitus, lateral view; D. Face.

Figure 8. C. pala sp. nov. A. Male genital capsule, lateral view; B. Aedeagus, dorsal view; C. aedeagus, lateral view; D. Subgenital plate and genital valve, ventral view; E. Style and connective, ventral view.