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Kusala (Scodela) sinuata Cao & Dmitriev & Zhang 2018, sp. nov.

Description

Kusala (Scodela) sinuata sp. nov.

(Figs 3, 5 i–l)

Description. Ground color orange-brown, face brown. Crown fore margin rounded, anteclypeus ovoid. (Figs 5 i–l)

Male 2S abdominal apodemes (Fig. 3a) surpassing hind margin of sternite IV. Anal tube appendage (Figs 3b, c) long.

Subgenital plate (Fig. 3e) narrow. Apical part of style (Fig. 3f) sinuate, subapical extension rectangular. Connective (Fig. 3g) lamellate, manubrium very broad. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 3h, i) directed dorso-caudad, with a small protrusion on dorsal margin subapically, apex concave in caudal view; dorsal apodeme large, Y-shaped in caudal view; preatrium relatively long.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to K. (S.) directa sp. nov., but the subgenital plate is narrower, the apical part of the style is sinuate, the aedeagal shaft is narrower, directed dorso-caudad and has a small protrusion on the dorsal margin subapically, and the preatrium is longer.

Measurement. Male length 2.60mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Yingjiang, Xima, 24°48'18''N, 97°45'03''E, 1828.9m, 4 v 2012, coll. Yanghui Cao.

Etymology. The new specific epithet is derived from Latin verb “ sinuatus ”, which means “bend”, referring to the sinuate apical part of the style.

Notes

Published as part of Cao, Yanghui, Dmitriev, Dmitry A. & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, New species of the leafhopper genera Kusala Dworakowska and Diomma Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with description of a new subgenus, pp. 263-272 in Zootaxa 4514 (2) on page 269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2607999

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2012-05-04
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Kusala
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cao & Dmitriev & Zhang
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
subGenus
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2012-05-04
Taxonomic concept label
Kusala (Scodela) , 2018