Paralaevicephalus gracilipenis Dai, Zhang et Hu

Xing, Jichun, Dai, Renhuai & Li, Zizhong, 2009, A taxonomic study of the genus Paralaevicephalus Ishihara (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with description of four new species from China, Zootaxa 1979, pp. 53-61 : 56-57

Paralaevicephalus gracilipenis Dai, Zhang et Hu

Figs. 9–12

Paralaevicephalus gracilipenis Dai, Zhang et Hu, 2005: 405 –407, Figs. 8–13 .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, Hunan, Gansu, Guizhou, Shanxi, Hainan).

Host. Weeds.

Material examined. 23,9Ƥ, China, Guizhou Prov., Libo County, Maolan, 24 May 1998, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 23,1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Xishui County, 21 September 2000, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 23, Guizhou Prov., Xishui County, 25 August 2000, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 13,1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Xishui County, 16 July 1995, coll. Guiyun Ma ( IEGU); 13, Guizhou Prov., Libo County, 30 October 1998, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 3Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Rongjiang County, 13 August 1989, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 2Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Libo County, Maolan, 21 October 1998, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Liping County, 7 August 1980, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Wangmo County, 17 July 1986, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, 14 September 2002, coll. Renhuai Dai ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Luodian County, 22 October 1998, coll. Hong Yang ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Jinsha County, 23 September 2002, coll. Zizhong Li ( IEGU); 13,4Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Yanhe County, Mayanghe, 27 September 2007, coll. Qiongzhang Song ( IEGU); 1Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Yanhe County, Mayanghe, 27 September 2007, coll. Xiaohong Jiang ( IEGU); 13,3Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Yanhe County, Mayanghe, 28 September 2007, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 13, Sichuan Prov., Qianfushan, 14 August 2007, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 63,11Ƥ, Sichuan Prov., Shuimogou, 16 August 2007, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 13,1Ƥ, Sichuan Prov., Shuimogou, 17 August 2007, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 13,3Ƥ, Sichuan Prov., Tangjiahe, 23 August 2007, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 63,2Ƥ, Shanxi Prov., Xi’an City, Cuihuashan, 26 August 2008, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU); 33,2Ƥ, Guizhou Prov., Ziyun County, Baishiyan, 2 October 2008, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU).

Remarks. Our identification of this species is based on the original description and illustrations by Dai, Zhang et Hu (2005), although our specimens differ slightly in the shape of the subgenital plate and connective.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 16 Paralaevicephalus nigrifemoratus (Matsumura, 1902): 1. Subgenital plate and Style, ventral view; 2. Aedeagus, lateral view; 3. Aedeagus, ventral view; 4. Connective. Paralaevicephalus prima (Rao, 1989): 5. Subgenital plate and Style, ventral view; 6. Aedeagus, lateral view; 7. Aedeagus, ventral view; 8. Connective. Paralaevicephalus gracilipenis Dai, Zhang et Hu, 2005: 9. Subgenital plate and Style, ventral view; 10. Aedeagus, lateral view; 11. Aedeagus, ventral view; 12. Connective. Paralaevicephalus longistylus Dai, Zhang et Hu, 2005: 13. Subgenital plate and Style, ventral view; 14. Aedeagus, lateral view; 15. Aedeagus, ventral view; 16. Connective.