Sobrala quadrilatera, Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015

Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015, Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China, Zootaxa 3974 (2), pp. 245-256 : 252-255

Sobrala quadrilatera sp. nov.

(Figures 4, 9, 14, 55–62)

Vertex beige, eyes dark brown. Pronotum yellowish-brown, scutum yellowish, scutellum dark brown, pale yellowish at scutoscutellar sulcus. Fore wing and hind wing pale infuscate and semitransparent, wing venation deep infuscate.

Male genitalia. Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 55 ) reaching 4th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side ( Fig. 56 ) broad and sclerotized, provided with a big quadrilateral extension ( Fig. 57 ) with some teeth and setae. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 58 ) small, much shorter than pygofer side, provided few microsetae at process. Connective ( Fig. 59 ) Vshaped. Paramere ( Figs. 60, 61 ) with apex curved laterad. Penis ( Fig. 62 ) dorsal apodeme with developed membrane, penis stem thin and long, curved dorsad, gonopore apical.

Measurements. Male 3.90–4.00 mm (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 1 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; Paratypes: 2 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 28 May. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 3 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 1300m, 1 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 2 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 2 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 3 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei.

Remarks. This species differs from all others in this genus by the quadrilateral extension of its pygofer side.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ quadrilatera ” referring to the shape of the pygofer side extension.

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 62. Sobrala quadrilatera sp. nov. 55, abdominal apodemes; 56, pygofer side, lateral view; 57, pygofer side, posterior view; 58, subgenital plate, ventral view; 59, connective, ventral view; 60, paramere, lateral view; 61, paramere, ventral view; 62, aedeagus and connective, lateral view.