Published January 19, 2026 | Version v1

Arboridia (Arboridia) longiora Zou & Zhang 2026, sp. nov.

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China

Description

6. A. (Arboridia) longiora Zou & Zhang sp. nov.

(Figs 1u–x, 7)

Description. Body creamy yellow. Crown anterior margin orange (Figs 1u, w). Coronal suture short, about 1/3 vertex middle length (Figs 1u, w). Eyes gray. Face yellow (Fig. 1x). Pronotum central part orange, the remaining part creamy yellow; scutellum with lateral triangles dark (Figs 1u, w). Forewings brownish yellow (Figs 1u, v).

Male abdominal apodemes small, not surpassing 3rd sternite (Fig. 7b).

Pygofer lobe broad, upper part of caudal clustered with microsetae, posterior margin inferior with four short stout setae (Fig. 7a). Pygofer dorsal appendage apex with long slender posterodorsal spine and shorter, thicker anteroventral point (Figs 7a, c). Style with two points apically, second point elongate and with dark color; preapical lobe prominent, large (Figs 7e, f). Aedeagus tubular, base ventral with a pair of processes longer than shaft and a pair of basolateral lobes; gonopore apical on ventral surface; dorsoatrium enlarged, preatrium longer than shaft (Figs 7g, h). Connective V-shaped, arms tapered (Fig. 7d).

Measurement. Body length male 3.1–3.2 mm, females 3.2 mm (including wing).

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Shaanxi Prov., Baoji, Qingfeng Gorge, 10–15 May 2021, coll. Malaise trap; Paratypes: 4♂ 1♀, same data as holotype.

Remarks. This new species can be distinguished from other species in this genus by the well-developed and bifurcated pygofer dorsal appendage; the aedeagus with basal processes longer than the shaft and a pair of basolateral lobes; the dorsoatrium enlarged and the preatrium longer than the shaft.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin “longior”, referring to the basal processes of the aedeagal shaft and the dorsoatrium longer than the shaft.

Notes

Published as part of Zou, Hongfen & Zhang, Yalin, 2026, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Arboridia from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), pp. 34-54 in Zootaxa 5750 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/19169716

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Biodiversity

Event date
2021-05-10
Verbatim event date
2021-05-10/15
Scientific name authorship
Zou & Zhang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Arboridia
Species
longiora
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Arboridia (Arboridia) longiora Zou & Zhang, 2026