Subhimalus attenuatus, Xing, Ji-Chun, Dai, Ren-Huai & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2011

Xing, Ji-Chun, Dai, Ren-Huai & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2011, First record of the leafhopper genus Subhimalus Ghauri, 1971 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2879, pp. 64-68 : 67

Subhimalus attenuatus sp. nov.

Figs. 13–19 , 20 A–D

Color pattern of anterior dorsum and face as in Figs. 20 A–C. Vertex with two pairs of black spots. Hind wings with three apical cells, macropterous, with two anteapical cells, inner anteapical cell closed basally. Legs dark brown.. External features as in generic description.

Male genitalia. Male pygofer side concave and notched ventromedially, basolateral group of smaller setae and posterodorsal group of larger macrosetae ( Fig.13 ). Aedeagal shaft with narrow pigmented bar, apex round and swollen in ventral and lateral view ( Figs.16, 17 ). Style, internal process slender with serrate at apex, directed posteriorly; external process shaft well developed and elongate, curved medially, directed basally ( Fig.19 ).

Female genitalia. Female with abdominal sternum VII about 3 times length of abdominal sternum VI, its caudal margin roundly produced posteriorly ( Fig.20 D).

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): 3, 2.8–3.0mm, Ƥ, 3.1–3.3mm.

Host. Grasses.

Type material. Holotype 3, China: Yunnan Prov., Lushui County, Pianma, 18 May 2000, coll. Zizhong Li ( GUGC). Paratypes: 136Ƥ, same data as holotype; 131Ƥ, Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Baihualing, 6 May 2010, coll. Hu Li ( GUGC); 23, Yunnan Prov., Lushui County, Liuku, 16 May 2010, coll. Pei Zhang ( GUGC).

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to Subhimalus nigrifacialis (Distant) but the apex of the aedeagal shaft swollen, the apex of style external process gradually attenuate and the internal process of the style serrate apically, and the structure of the forewing and female abdominal sternum VII is also different.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin words “ attenuatus ”, indicating the internal process of style slender and the apex of the style external process gradually attenuate.

Figures

FIGURES 20 Subhimalus attenuatus sp. nov.: A, 3, dorsal view; B, 3, lateral view; C, 3, face; D, Ƥ abdominal apex, ventral view.

FIGURES 13 – 19. Subhimalus attenuatus sp. nov.: 13, Male pygofer side, lateral view; 14, Valve, ventral view; 15, Subgenital plate, ventral view; 16, Aedeagus, ventral view; 17, Aedeagus, lateral view; 18, Connective; 19, Style, dorsal view.