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Alebroides spanner Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textA. spanner Yu & Yang, sp. nov. Distribution. China (Guizhou).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textA. strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov. Distribution. China (Tibet).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
Alebroides chiasmaticus Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textA. chiasmaticus Yu & Yang, sp. nov. Distribution. China (Guangxi).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
Alebroides spanner Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textA. spanner Yu & Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 38–47) Type material. Holotype, ♂, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, Guizhou, 13. August. 2010, collected at light by Xiaofei Yu. Length: ♂ 3.9mm. Crown yellowish (Fig 38). Ocellus surrounded with off-white stripe (Fig 40). Coronal suture brownish, not reaching apex of crown (Fig 38). Face yellowish (Fig 39). Pronotum with irregular spots at anterior margin, semitransparent posteriorly (Fig 38). Scutellum yellowish (Fig 38). Forewing yellowish, semitransparent; hindwing hyaline (Fig 38). Abdomen yellowish. Legs yellowish except claws brown. Male ventral abdominal apodemes protruding into segment 7 (Fig 41). Male pygofer with setae; ventral pygofer appendage curved, with dense pubescence, beyond pygofer; dorsal bridge less than 1 / 3 length of pygofer (Fig 42). Subgenital plate exceeding pygofer, with 2 rows of 22 macrosetae, 3 rows of ca. 32 long and feeble microsetae, ca. 25 marginal microsetae and 5 basal group macrosetae (Fig 43). Paramere elongate, sinuate, apex with few teeth, with setae and sensory pits subapically (Fig 44). Aedeagus expanded from midlength to apex and apically emarginate in dorsal view (Figs 45, 46). Anal tube process spanner-shaped, two processes nearly equal length (Fig 47). Connective longer than wide with shallow posterior emargination. Etymology. The new species name alludes to anal tube process branched and spanner-shaped. Remarks. The new speices is similar to A. falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska, but it is different from the latter in having the pygofer appendage with dense pubescence (Fig 42) and the anal tube process branched and spannershaped (Fig 47).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
Membranacea distincta Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textMembranacea distincta Yu & Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 1–11) Length: male 4.1–4.2mm. Body robust, dorsal coloration golden yellow (Figs 1, 2). Crown with median black apical spot surrounded with cream stripe; coronal suture brown and margined with cream, beside with a brown spot (Figs 1, 3). Eyes dark (Figs 1, 2, 3). Ocellus present (Fig. 3). Face elongate and convex in profile (Fig. 2). Pronotum wider and longer than crown, with median cream spot at anterior margin (Fig. 1). Scutellum yellow with basolateral triangles and apex black; scutoscutellar sulcus distinct, not reaching lateral margin of scutellum (Fig. 1). Forewing rounded apically, apical cells less than 1 / 3 total length, RP and MP’ separated and originated from r cell, MP’’+CuA’ from m cell, width of c cell equal with r cell. Hindwing with CuA bifurcated. Abdomen brownish. Legs yellow except claws brownish (Figs 1, 2). Ventral male abdominal apodemes broad, reaching segment 4 (Fig. 4), Pygofer with dosrsal margin strongly concave, apex with few microsetae (Figs 5, 6). Subgenital plate broad, with an oblique line of 14 macrosetae and ca. 23 microsetae in 3 rows; outer margin bearing 5 moderately long and stout setae forming the basal group and after that along with ca. 25 marginal setae (Fig. 7). Paramere elongate, with apical teeth and setae (Fig. 8). Aedeagus arcuate in lateral view, with broad single central flange on ventral surface from midlength to apex (Fig. 9), subapically with pair of lateral flanges on each side, inner flange narrower than outer one; preatrium more than half length of shaft (Fig. 10). Connective with base broad, apex narrow, apical margin deeply emarginate (Fig. 10). Anal tube process only visible in ventral view (Fig. 11). Etymology. The new species is named for its single central flange broad and distinct. Material examined. Holotype, 1 ♂, Mt. Leigong, Guizhou Province, 5. July. 2005, coll. Yuehua Song. Paratypes, 1 ♂, Huaping, Guangxi Province, 18. May. 2012, coll. Hu Li; 2 ♂, Huaping, Guangxi Province, 18–19. May. 2012, coll. Zhihua Fan. Remarks. The new species is similar to M. stenoprocessa Yu & Yang, 2013 and M. plana Qin & Zhang, 2011, but differs from the latter in having the single central flange broad and extending from midlength to apex, the narrower flange is inside the broader one (Figs 9, 10).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Key to species of the leafhopper genus Membranacea Qin & Zhang (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Empoascini), with a new species from China, pp. 97-100 in Zootaxa 3878 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/22492
Ishiharella multiprotrusa Yu, Yang & Dietrich, sp. nov.
No full textIshiharella multiprotrusa Yu, Yang & Dietrich, sp. nov. (Figs 36–43, 52– 53) Type material. Holotype: 1 ♂, Thailand, Loei Phu Ruea NP office, 17 ° 28.805 ’N, 101 ° 21.242 ’E, 870m., malaise trap, 12–19 July 2006, Patikhom Tamtio leg (QSBG). Length: ♂ 3.54mm. Crown orange, area between eyes with two pigmented depressions and yellowish patches (Fig. 52). Eyes grey (Fig. 52). Ocelli white (Fig. 52). Face yellowish, anteclypeus black apically (Fig. 53). Pronotum orange with brown depression in lateral margin and blackish posteromedial patch (Fig. 52). Scutellum yellowish, scutoscutellar sulcus brownish (Fig. 52). Forewing brown, hind wing hyaline (Fig. 52). Legs yellowish except claws black (Fig. 53). Male ventral abdominal apodemes reaching posterior margin of segment 3 (Fig. 36). Male pygofer narrowed anteriorly, anterior margin bearing few setae (Figs 38, 39). Subgenital plates longer than pygofer in lateral view, fused almost to apex, bearing 8 macrosetae in one row and ca. 23 microsetae in 3 rows (Fig. 37). Paramere elongate, apex slender, cheliform (Fig. 40). Aedeagal shaft short, broad, ovoid, strongly compressed, ventral process nearly symmetrical, bearing three pairs of branches, branches slender and bowed laterad, becoming progressively longer distally (Figs 41, 42). Anal tube process falcate in ventral view (Fig. 43). Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combination of “multi-” and “protrusus”, refering to the aedeagal process with three pairs of branches that look like protrusions. Remarks. The new species is similar to I. inflata Yu & Yang, sp. nov. in having three pairs of branches on the aedeagal process (Figs 41, 42), but differs from the latter in having the middle pair of branches longer than the basal pair and not crossing the basal pair in lateral view (Figs 41, 42), and by shape of the paramere apex (Fig. 40).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2015, Five new species of Ishiharella Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) with a key to worldwide species of the genus, pp. 571-580 in Zootaxa 4000 (5) on pages 577-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23823
Alebroides serrulatus Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textA. serrulatus Yu & Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 26–37) Type material. Holotype, ♂, Linzhi, Tibet, 3. July. 2012, coll. Maofa Yang. Length: ♂ 4.7mm. Body yellowish (Fig 26). Ocellus circled with off-white streak (Fig 28). Coronal suture not reaching anterior margin of crown, with white stripe along suture (Fig 26). Face yellowish, clypeus with a median off-white streak (Fig 27). Pronotum with yellowish irregular spot at anterior margin, posterior margin semitransparent (Fig 26). Scutellum yellowish (Fig 26). Forewing yellowish-white, semitransparent; hindwing hyaline (Fig 26). Abdomen yellowish. Legs yellowish except claws brown. Male ventral abdominal apodemes reaching segment 5 (Fig 30). Male pygofer with setae, infuscated, ventral pygofer appendage curved, apex truncate, distinctly serrate in dorsal view; dorsal bridge nearly 1 / 3 length of pygofer, lateral lobes well developed (Figs 29, 31). Subgenital plate extended beyond pygofer, with 2 rows of 20 macrosetae, 3 rows of ca. 45 elongate and feeble microsetae, ca. 26 marginal setae and 4 basal group macrosetae (Fig 32). Paramere elongate, sinuate, apex denticulate, with subapical setae and sensory pits (Fig 33). Aedeagus in ventral view slightly expanded near midlength, with subapical arc expanded, both expanded dorsad in lateral view, apex narrow in dorsal view; tapering in lateral view (Figs 34, 35). Anal tube process short, sinuate, apex acute, dorsal margins slightly irregular (Fig 36). Connective distinctly longer than wide, with V-shaped posterior emargination. Etymology. The new species name alludes to the serrate pygofer appendage. Remarks. The new speices is different from others in having the anal tube process short and broad with irregular margins (Fig 36); the aedeagus tapering in lateral view (Fig 35); and the pygofer appendage apically truncate and serrate (Fig 31).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
Alebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov.
No full textAlebroides strumae Yu & Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 1–13) Type material. Holotype, ♂, Linzhi, Tibet, 3. July. 2012, coll. Maofa Yang. Length: ♂ 4.3mm. Crown brownish (Fig 1). Ocellus surrounded with yellowish stripe (Figs 1, 2). Coronal suture brownish, not reaching apex of crown (Fig 1). Face dark-brown except apex of postclypeus yellowish (Fig 3). Pronotum yellowish, semitransparent posteriorly (Fig 1). Scutellum yellowish, with a median white longitudinal spot; scutlscutellar sulcus present (Fig 1). Forewing sandy beige, semitransparent; hindwing off-white, hyaline (Fig 1). Abdomen black. Legs yellowish except claws black. Male ventral abdominal apodemes developed, reaching segment 5 (Fig 5). Male pygofer with anterior margin arcuate, (Fig. 6), lobe with setae along apical margin; ventral pygofer appendage extended to apex of lobe, in lateral view abruptly bent dorsad near base and straight through most of length, acuminate, with numerous small strumae near apex; dorsal bridge less than 1 / 3 length of pygofer, lateral lobes weakly developed (Figs 4, 6, 7). Subgenital plate extended beyond pygofer in lateral view, with 22 macrosetae, 3 rows of ca. 46 elongate fine setae, ca. 27 marginal setae, outer margin bearing 4 moderately long and stout setae forming basal group (Fig 8). Parameres elongate, apex with teeth and setae. Aedeagus sinuate in lateral view, apex expanded in ventral view, irregularly serrate laterally, membranous and branched (Figs 10, 11). Anal tube process thin, with a thickset basal process (Fig 12). Connective much longer than wide, with posterior V-shaped emargination (Fig 13). Etymology. The new species name alludes to pygofer appendage with strumae. Remarks. The new speices is close to A. involutus Dworakowska, but differs in having the anal tube process with a thickset basal process (Fig 12) and the aedeagus sinuate in lateral view (Fig 11).Published as part of Yu, Xiaofei & Yang, Maofa, 2014, Four new species of Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 248-262 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on page 249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23041
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