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Kapsa (Rigida) furcata Cao & Zhang, sp. nov.

Description

6. Kapsa (Rigida) furcata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

(Figs 2a–d, 10)

Description. Body (Fig. 2a, b) brown, forewing light brownish, brochosome filed yellow, clavus brown. Coronal suture (Fig. 2c) distinct, exceeding midlength of vertex. Face (Fig. 2d) flattened in lateral view, relatively short.

Abdominal apodemes (Fig. 10 c) small, not extending to hind margin of 3rd sternite. Anal tube appendage (Fig. 10 d, e) slim and long.

Pygofer dorsal appendage (Fig. 10 d, e) short, tapering apically, curved ventrad. Subgenital plate (Fig. 10 d, g) with 6 macrosetae laterally, basal stout microsetae and apical rigid microsetae forming continuous row laterally. Paramere (Fig. 10 h) resembling that of K. aculeiformis sp. nov., but apical branch as long as the basal one, preapical lobe small. Connective (Fig. 10 i) with lateral arms long, manubrium short. Aedeagal shaft (Fig. 10 j, k) compressed laterally, ventral process slender and short, approximately half length of aedeagal shaft; gonopore terminal, ventral.

Measurement. Body length: male 3.3mm.

Material examined. Holotype: 3, China: Tibet, Milin, 2950m, 5 vi 1978, coll. Li Fasheng.

Remarks. This species is similar to K. simlensis Dworakowska, Nagaich & Singh, but has the apex of the paramere forked, the connective narrower, the aedeagal shaft curved ventrally and the preatrial process much shorter.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “furcatus”, referring to the forked apex of the paramere.

Notes

Published as part of Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Taxonomic study of the genus Kapsa Dworakowska with a new subgenus, and new combinations and records for Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), pp. 117-142 in Zootaxa 3630 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/222870

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cao & Zhang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Kapsa
Species
furcata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Kapsa (Rigida) furcata Cao & Zhang, 2013