Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Trocniassus shaanxiensis Dai, Dietrich & Zhang, 2015, sp. nov.

Description

Trocniassus shaanxiensis sp. nov.

(Figs 5 E, F, 21A–F, 24A–D)

Male 7.5–8.7 mm long, 2.8–3.2 mm wide across humeral angles, female 9.0 mm long, 3.4 mm wide across humeral angles. Color pale green, fading to stramineous in dried specimens; pronotum and mesonotum with indistinct pale brown markings (Fig. 5 E, F). Forewing vein R with 11–13 branches; other veins with additional branches in some specimens. Pygofer without posterior lobe or projection near midheight (Fig. 21A, B). Male subgenital plate relatively broad basally (Fig. 21B). Style with apophysis elongate, evenly curved dorsad, apex slightly twisted (Fig. 21D). Aedeagus and connective in lateral view with ventral articulation forming narrow acute angle (Fig. 21F); shaft with preapical ventrolateral ridges not enlarged into prominent lobes (Fig. 21E).

Material examined. Holotype ♂ China: Shaanxi Prov., Zhuque Forestry Park, 22–25.vii.2007, Dai Wu [NWAF]. Paratypes: 1♂, same data except Tong Ting & Zhang Li; 1♂, same data except by Liu Furong & Zhang Jingfeng; 1♀, Shaanxi, Ningshan, Huoditang, 1580m, 26.vii.1998, Zhang Xuezhong [NWAF].

Note. The species is named for the province in which the only known specimens were collected.

Notes

Published as part of Dai, Wu, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, A review of the leafhopper tribe Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) with description of new taxa, pp. 1-142 in Zootaxa 3911 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/253710

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Trocniassus
Species
shaanxiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Trocniassus shaanxiensis Dai, Dietrich & Zhang, 2015