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Coloana sinuata Cao & Zhang, sp. nov.

Description

8. Coloana sinuata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

(Fig. 8)

Description. Body shape and coloration can not be distinguished with C. accrescens Cao & Zhang sp. nov. Male 2S abdominal apodemes (Fig. 8n) broad, extending to hind margin of 4th sternite.

Pygofer dorsal appendage absent or fused with pygofer side. Subgenital plate (Figs 8a, g) curved dorsad distinctly in lateral view, shorter than style. Style (Figs 8h, i) with apical part less expanded, bent laterad and dorsad. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 8k–m) sinuate, basal part much broader and parallel-sided, then narrowing apically, apical process long, slightly curved cephalad terminally; dorsal apodeme and preatrium approximately with equal length and width in lateral view.

FIGURE 8. Coloana sinuata Cao & Zhang sp. nov. a. genital capsule; b. pygofer side, lateral view; c. pygofer side and anal tube, dorsal view; d. pygofer side and ligament, caudal view; e. anal tube and ligament; f. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9th sternite, dorsal view; g. subgenital plate; h. style, dorsal view; i. style, lateral view; j. connective; k. aedeagus, caudal view; l. apex of aedeagal shaft, caudal view; m. aedeagus, lateral view; n. abdominal apodemes.

Measurement. Length male 4.20–4.30mm.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Lancang, Munai, 1100m, bamboo, 2 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratypes: 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Lancang, 1100m, 2 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng; 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan, Sanchahe, 950m, 20 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska.

Deposition. Entomological Museum, NWAFU, Yangling, China.

Remarks. The new species resembles C. bischofiae Sohi, but the pygofer dorsal appendage is absent, the style is slender, the aedeagal shaft has the basal part parallel-sided and the apical part exaggeratedly sinuate.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ sinuatus ”, referring to the sinuate aedeagus.

Notes

Published as part of Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Review of the leafhopper genus Coloana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), pp. 346-358 in Zootaxa 3802 (3) on pages 356-358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/224576

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cao & Zhang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Coloana
Species
sinuata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Coloana sinuata Cao & Zhang, 2014