Anaceratagallia ribauti (Ossiannilsson)

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the leafhopper tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from China, with description of new taxa, Zootaxa 3430, pp. 1-49 : 6

Anaceratagallia ribauti (Ossiannilsson)

Figs. 1 A, E, I; 6A–G.

Agallia venosa de Fourcroy: Ribaut, 1935: 32, misidentification.

Agallia ribauti Ossiannilsson, 1938: 77 –78, nom nov. pro Agallia venosa Ribaut, 1935 . Anaceratagallia ribauti (Ossiannilsson) : Dlabola, 1954: 69.

Material examined. China: 13, Xinjiang, Changji, Nongxiao, 16. xi. 1986, Zhang Yalin. Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Europe.

Remarks. This European species is recorded for the first time from China. Externally it is very similar to A. venosa but lacks stout setae on posterior margin of male pygofer, has a more slender aedeagal shaft ( Figs 6 E, F) with fewer or no denticles on ventral margin, and anal collar appendage is also dissimilar shaped and lacks spicules ( Fig. 6 A).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Species of Chinese Agalliini. A, E, I, Anaceratagallia ribauti; B, F, J, Anaceratagallia venosa; C, G, K, Dryodurgades formosana; D, H, L, Dryodurgades lamellaris. [A – D. Habitus, dorsal view; E – H. Habitus, lateral view; I – L. Face].

FIGURE 6. Anaceratagallia ribauti (Ossiannilsson). A. Caudal part of male pygofer and apex of anal collar appendage; B. Style, dorsal view; C. Apex of style, lateral view; D. Connective, anterodorsal view; E. Aedeagus and connective, lateral view; F. Aedeagus, caudal view; G. Subgenital plate, ventral view.