Thapaia multibudna

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2009, Three new species of the leafhopper genus Thapaia Dmitriev & Dietrich (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 2299, pp. 62-68 : 65

Thapaia multibudna Song & Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 12–22 )

Color pattern (including dorsum and face) and external features similar to T. tina sp. nov. ( Figs. 12, 13 ). Other morphology as in T. tina except as noted below.

Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 15 ) not extended beyond 3rd sternite.

Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 16 ) posterior margin with a small hook-like process, curved ventrally and a group of microsetae around it. Anal tube ( Fig. 17 ) with pair of basal processes. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 18 ) with 4 macrosetae and apex bending towards to inner margin, dentiform-like. Style ( Fig. 19 ) slim, with a tiny preapical lobe. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 20, 21 ) with a large single basal process and pair of teeth-like processes at sub-base. Preatrium about as long as shaft. Gonopore subapical, ventrad. Connective ( Fig. 22 ) Yshaped.

Measurement: Body length males 3.3–3.5 mm, females 3.3–3.5 mm.

Material examined: Holotype male: CHINA, Guizhou Prov. Qianxi County, Bailidujuan, 1500–1700 m, 15~17 (ten)-2007, coll. Qiongzhang Song. Paratypes: eight males, twelve females, same data as holotype.

Remarks: The new species closely resembles T. tina sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the latter by the aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 20, 21 ) with the pair of small tooth-like processes sub-basallly (not sub-apically), and by the abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 15 ) short, not extended beyond the 3rd sternite.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix “multi-” (several, a few) and “budna” (sprout, teeth), which refers to the aedeagal shaft with five shorter or longer processes.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 22. Thapaia multibudna sp. nov. 12. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 13. Face. 14. Fore wing. 15. Abdominal apodemes. 16. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 17. Anal tube. 18. Subgenital plate. 19. Style. 20. Aedeagus, ventral view. 21. Aedeagus, lateral view. 22. Connective.