Cyrta spinosa, Wei, Cong & Zhang, Yalin, 2008

Wei, Cong & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus, Zootaxa 1793, pp. 1-27 : 7-8

Cyrta spinosa sp. n. ( Fig. 7 )

Description. Body length: ɗ, 7.8mm. Body colour generally dark brown to blackish brown. Anteclypeus with pair of black spots and stout setae apically ( Fig. 7 A); vertex distincly concave medially forming a weak ridge near apical margin in dorsal lview ( Fig. 7 B). Head and thorax with short yellow setae; scutellum with very long tufts of yellow hairlike setae basally and black hairlike setae apically ( Fig. 7 B).

Male pygofer rounded distally, with very dense short to long macrosetae and very short setae ( Fig. 7 C). Valve broad basally, angularly developed distally; subgenital plate extending not beyond to apex of pygofer side, with dense setae from base to apex ( Fig. 7 D). Aedeagus very boad subbasally in both lateral and ventral view; shaft with several stout lateral spines ( Figs 7 E, G).

Type material. Holotype: ɗ ( TJHM), CHINA: Hubei Prov., Fang Co., 15-VI-1977, Liu Shengli. Etymology. The name of this species is derived from the spines on the aedeagus. Remarks. This species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by its unique aedeagus which is very broad subbasally in both lateral and ventral view with several lateral spines on the shaft ( Figs 7 E, G).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cyrta spinosa sp. n. A, face; B, head and thorax, dorsal view; C, male genital capsule, lateral view; D, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; E, aedeagus, ventral view; F, style and connective, dorsal view; G, style, connective and aedeagus, lateral view.