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Scaphoideus yingjiangensis Wang & Li 2004

Description

Scaphoideus yingjiangensis Wang & Li, 2004

(Figs. 3 E, J, O, 18A–I)

Scaphoideus yingjiangensis Wang & Li, March 2004: 16; Li et al., 2011: 242.

Scaphoideus spiculatus Viraktamath & Mohan, June 2004: 39, figs. 186-192. syn. nov.

Body length (including tegmen): Male 4.8–5.0mm; Female 5.0– 5.2mm.

Coloration and structure (Fig. 3 E, J, O) as in S. bilineus.

Male genitalia. Pygofer very long, about 3 times width, gradually narrowed to round caudal margin, with two subapical tuft of long macrosetae in addition to scattered macrosetae on apical half. Subgenital plate very long and broad basally, lateral margin slightly incurved at basal 1/3, with several macrosetae near base. Styles short, broad basally, preapical lobe developed, apical process long and curved laterally. Connective Y-shaped, arms as long as stem, connective processes robust at base, tapered to apex, slightly curved dorsally. Aedeagus with well developed dorsal apodeme, shaft strongly dorsoventrally compressed, with apical margin rounded, gonopore apical.

Material examined. 2♂♂, Guangxi, Napo, Defu, 5. iv.1998, Huang Fusheng (IOZ).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan), India.

Remarks. This species was described based on two male specimens collected from Yunnan Province. Viraktamath and Mohan (2004) described Scaphoideus spiculatus from India, which is treated here as a junior synonym of S. yingjiangensis Wang & Li based on examination of the paratype male and additional material. Although the aedeagus of the holotype and paratype of S. spiculatus differ in the shape, there are a few specimens sharing variation in the form of the dorsal apodeme and curvature of the shaft collected from China and hence the synonymy.

Notes

Published as part of Wen, Chao, Chen, Fangying & Dai, Wu, 2017, A review of the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Guangxi of China, with description of one new species, pp. 351-377 in Zootaxa 4247 (4) on pages 373-374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/438804

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Biodiversity

Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Scaphoideus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wang & Li
Species
yingjiangensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Scaphoideus yingjiangensis Wang, 2004 sec. Wen, Chen & Dai, 2017

References

  • Wang, L. M. & Li, Z. Z. (2004) Three new species of the genus Scaphoideus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Euscelinae). Entomotaxonomia, 26 (1), 15 - 18. [in Chinese with English summary]
  • Li, Z. Z., Dai, R. H. & Xing, J. C. (2011) Deltocephalinae from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Popular Science Press, Beijing, 336 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]
  • Viraktamath, C. A. & Mohan (2004) A revision of the deltocephaline genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa, 578, 1 - 48.