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Krisna viridula Li & Wang

Description

Krisna viridula Li & Wang

(Figs 8, 16, 25, 91–98)

Krisna viridula Li & Wang, 1991:298, figs. 1–9.

Greenish orchraceous. Face yellow. Forewing appendix without basal fuscous spot.

Crown short, of uniform length. Face rather flat. Pronotum more than 4 times as long as head, slightly wider than long, scutellum as long as pronotum. Male eighth sternite with hind margin slightly concave.

Male genitalia: Pygophore elongate, with many macrosetae posteriorly; ventral pygophore process with a stout projection at midlength, less than half length of pygophore process. Style very long, apophysis long and narrow, curved dorsally at apex without thickening. Aedeagus elongate, gradually narrowed to apex and curved dorsally, widened at midlengh and then narrowed gradually to apex in caudal view, apex asymmetrical, apical left part slightly curved anteriorly more than apical right part; phallotreme subapical on ventral surface.

Measurements: Male 9.0– 9.5mm long, 2.8mm wide across eyes, 3.1mm wide across hind margin of pronotum.

Material examined: Paratype 1ɗ, China: Guizhou Prov., Zhijin, 21 July 1987, Li Zizhong (GZU).

Distribution: China (Guizhou).

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Yalin, Zhang, Xinmin & Dai, Wu, 2008, Three new species of the genus Krisna Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from China, with a checklist of the genus, pp. 40-60 in Zootaxa 1783 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182383

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Li & Wang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Krisna
Species
viridula
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Li, Z. Z. & Wang, L. M. (1991) Two new species of Krisna from China (Hemiptera: Cicadelidae). Guizhou Science, 9 (4): 298 - 300.