Macrosteles laevis (Ribaut, 1927)

(Plate 2, figs. 8–16)

Length (including tegmen). Male: 3.0– 3.2 mm; female: 3.3–3.6 mm.

Yellowish green; head with 3 pairs of black spots, not merged; a short black longitudinal band between ocelli and eyes. Forewings transparent.

Male abdomen. 2 nd acrotergite with trunk V-shaped; neck short. 2 nd tergal apodeme with posterior lobes apparently extending beyond posterior margin of tergite. 1 st sternal apodeme with posterior lobes as long as wide. 2 nd sternal apodeme with posterior lobes slightly extending twice as long as basal width.

Male genitalia. Aedeagus with shaft smooth; aedeagal appendages gently curved anteriorly, long, about 2 / 3 of shaft length.

Material examined. CHINA: 12 males, 15 females, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Fukang County, 11.vi. 1986, Coll. Zhang Yalin (NWAFU).

Distribution. Holarctic, from Europe to Kamchatka and western Canada (Kwon 1988), and northern China (Xinjiang).