Parapythamus suiyangensis, Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2011

Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2011, Parapythamus, a new genus of Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China, Zootaxa 3004, pp. 40-44 : 41

Parapythamus suiyangensis , sp. nov.

Figs 1–11

Description. General coloration. Head, pronotum and scutellum chocolate brown, with three black longitudinal stripes on pronotum and scutellum. White markings present on anterior part of vertex, behind ocelli and on posterior half of scutellum. Eyes dark, ocelli brown-yellow and near translucent. Face dark brown medially, white lateral area including lora, gena, and area above antennal pit. Forewings gray brown with some white translucent spots ( Fig. 9 ), veins in apical half yellow. Hindwings dark gray. Legs gray white.

Head and thorax. Vertex ( Figs 1 , 10 ) about as long as pronotum and longer than scutellum. Distance between ocellus and eyes ( Figs 1 , 10 ) shorter than ocellus and crown peak. Clypellus ( Figs 2–3 , 11 ) broad and swollen at base. Pronotum ( Figs 1 , 10 ) with many fine horizontal striations, without median carina.

Male genitalia. Male pygofer ( Fig. 8 ) with middle of ventral margin pellucid. Aedeagus ( Figs 4–5 ) in lateral view with ventral margin bent at 90 degrees near base, distal two thirds straight, preapical flanges rounded, pair of falcate lateral processes present at apex, apex acute. Connective ( Figs 4–5 ) with median anterior lobe short. Style ( Fig. 6 ) slender, somewhat elongate, basal articulating arm elongate, foot-like apex of apophysis with elongated lateral angle and blunt apex. Other characteristics as shown in Figs 4–8 .

Measurement. Body length (including tegmen): 3, 6.5–7.0 mm.

Type material. Holotype 3, CHINA: Guizhou, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui, 14 August 2010, coll. Xing Jichun. Paratypes: 13, same data as holotype, coll. Fan Zhihua; 13, same data as holotype, coll. Li Yujian; 13, Guizhou, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui, 26 August 2001, coll. Li Zizhong.

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name is derived from that of the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Parapythamus suiyangensis sp. nov. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 2. Head and thorax, lateral view; 3. Face; 4. Aedeagus and connective, ventral view; 5. Aedeagus and connective, lateral view; 6. style; 7. Subgenital plate; 8. Male pygofer, lateral view; 9. Forewing.

FIGURES 10 – 11. Parapythamus suiyangensis sp. nov. 10. dorsal view; 11. lateral view.