Empoascanara (Empoascanara) aparaoides Wang & Song, 2024

Wang, Jinqiu, Xu, Wenming, Pu, Tianyi, Zhang, Ni & Song, Yuehua, 2024, Four new erythroneurine leafhopper species from karst areas in Southwestern China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Erythroneurini), ZooKeys 1204, pp. 1-13 : 1-13

Empoascanara (Empoascanara) aparaoides Wang & Song sp. nov.

Figs 1–4 , 5–12

Diagnosis.

The new species can be distinguished from other species by the aedeagal shaft with one pair of longer subapical processes and one pair of shorter apical processes; the aedeagus without any basal process; the subgenital plate provided with three macrosetae on lateral surface; the pygofer dorsal appendage tapering towards apex; the connective with body strong, but lateral arms and central lobe short.

Description.

Body small, ochraceous with brown markings. Vertex ochre-yellow; with one large, irregular, brown spot in middle of anterior margin (Figs 1 , 3 ). Crown nearly equal to widest part of pronotum. Pronotum with anterior part ochraceous and brownish posterior part; posterior margin concave (Figs 1 , 3 ). Crown with coronal suture short. Eyes black. Mesonotum ochraceous. Face milky yellow (Figs 2 , 4 ). Forewing hyaline with brownish tinge (Figs 1 , 3 ).

Male abdominal apodemes small, not exceeding 3 rd sternite (Fig. 12 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with numerous microsetae distributed densely at ventrolateral area and caudal part; three peg-like setae located on subdorsal area (Fig. 9 ). Dorsal pygofer appendage long, tapering towards apex (Fig. 10 ). Style slim (Fig. 5 ). Subgenital plate subbasally broadened, with three macrosetae on lateral surface, several peg-like setae distributed at subbase and apex; several microsetae scattered on apical part (Fig. 8 ). Aedeagal shaft long, provided with longer pair of subapical processes and a shorter apical pair of processes. Gonopore located at about mid-length of shaft on ventral surface (Figs 6 , 7 ). Connective Y-shaped, with robust central lobe and two short lateral arms (Fig. 11 ).

Specimens examined.

Holotype: ♂; China, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong ; 6 August 2021; Jinqiu Wang leg.; GZNU -2021-YN-JH-11-001 . Paratypes: 18 ♂♂, 24 ♀♀; same data as holotype; GZNU -2021-YN-JH-11-002 to 043 .

Measurements.

Male length 2.3–2.4 mm, female length 2.4–2.5 mm.

Remarks.

This species is similar to Empoascanara apara Dworakowska, 1979 , but can be distinguished by its differently shaped pygofer dorsal process and an aedeagal shaft with one pair of long and one pair of short apical processes compared to only one pair of long processes in E. apara ; also, the aedeagal shaft in E. aparaoides is without the medial hook-like process of E. apara .

Etymology.

The new species is named from the similar species, E. apara , the Greek suffix – oides denotes the similarity of the new species species to E. apara .

Figures

Figures 1–4. Empoascanara (Empoascanara) aparaoides Wang & Song, sp. nov. 1 habitus, dorsal view 2 habitus, lateral view 3 head and thorax, dorsal view 4 face.

Figures 5–12. Empoascanara (Empoascanara) aparaoides Wang & Song, sp. nov. 5 style 6 aedeagus, ventral view 7 aedeagus, lateral view 8 subgenital plate 9 pygofer lobe 10 dorsal pygofer appendage, lateral view 11 connective 12 abdominal apodemes.