Aconurella montana (Distant)

Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, A taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Aconurella Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3397, pp. 28-44 : 31-33

Aconurella montana (Distant) n. rec.

( Figure 2 , Plate II)

Deltocephalus montanus Distant, 1908: 384 .

Aconurella solana Ghauri, 1974: 553 –555, Figs 9–13. syn. n.

Length. Male: 2.8–3.2mm; female: 3.2–3.7mm.

Greenish-ochraceous (Plate II: A–C). Vertex, pronotum and scutellum with markings from distinct to absent (Plate II: D–I). Frontoclypeus entirely black or ochraceous, oblique striae in the lateral regions (Plate II: J). Forewing macropterous (Plate II: A–C).

PLATE II. Aconurella montana (Distant) . A–C: habitus, dorsal view; D–I: head and thorax, dorsal view; J: face; K: habitus, lateral view; L: the end of female abdomen, ventral view.

Male genitalia. Pygofer side with dorsal margin acutely emarginated, the darkly sclerotized part of pygofer side on posteroventral margin more than half its length, with small spines, dorsoapical margin without or with sparse small spinules ( Figs 2 A–D); connective with arms close together distally ( Fig. 2 I); aedeagus shaft gently curved dorsally ( Fig. 2 H).

Female. Sternite VII well-produced in middle (Plate II: L).

Material examined. China: Guangxi Autonomous Region: 473, 72Ƥ, Xinzhai, 18.viii.2006, coll. Yang Meixia & Kang Juxia ( NWAFU); Sichuan Prov.: 13, Mianning County, 165m, 08.xi.1999, coll. Dworakowska ( NWAFU); Yunnan Prov.: 6363, 615Ƥ, Jinping County, 1700m, v.1956, coll. Huang Keren ( SHEM); 1Ƥ, Pingbian County, 1300m, v.1956, coll. Huang Keren ( SHEM); 13, Lijiang City, 05.viii.1979, coll. Chu Huanguang (NKU); Xizang Autonomous Region: 23, Tanggong, 2300m, 13.vi.1978, coll. Li Fasheng, at light ( CAU); 1Ƥ, Bomi, 3050m, 19.vii.1978, coll. Li Fasheng, at light ( CAU); 1Ƥ, Motuo, 08.iii.1980, coll. Wu Jianyi & Jin Gentao ( SHEM); 3Ƥ, Motuo, 2000m, 22.iv.1980, coll. Wu Jianyi & Jin Gentao ( SHEM).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang); India.

Remarks. Based on the figures of A. solana ( Ghauri, 1974: 553–555, Figs 9–13), it is a synonym of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Aconurella montana (Distant). A – C: male pygofer side, lateral view; D: male genital segment, lateral view (without macrosetae); E: subgenital plate, ventral view; F: style, dorsal view; G & H: aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, respectively; I: connective, dorsal view.