Sobrala quadrilatera Kang & Zhang, 2015, sp. nov

Autor: Kang, Ju-Xia, Zhang, Ya-Lin
Rok vydání: 2015
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6103471
Popis: Sobrala quadrilatera sp. nov. (Figures 4, 9, 14, 55���62) Vertex beige, eyes dark brown. Pronotum yellowish-brown, scutum yellowish, scutellum dark brown, pale yellowish at scutoscutellar sulcus. Fore wing and hind wing pale infuscate and semitransparent, wing venation deep infuscate. Male genitalia. Abdominal apodemes (Fig. 55) reaching 4 th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side (Fig. 56) broad and sclerotized, provided with a big quadrilateral extension (Fig. 57) with some teeth and setae. Subgenital plate (Fig. 58) small, much shorter than pygofer side, provided few microsetae at process. Connective (Fig. 59) Vshaped. Paramere (Figs. 60, 61) with apex curved laterad. Penis (Fig. 62) dorsal apodeme with developed membrane, penis stem thin and long, curved dorsad, gonopore apical. Measurements. Male 3.90���4.00 mm (including wing). Material examined. Holotype: male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 1 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; Paratypes: 2 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 28 May. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 3 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 1300m, 1 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 1 male, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 2 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei; 2 males, Mengla Yaoqu, Yunnan Prov., 800m, 3 Jun. 2009, coll. Cui Wei. Remarks. This species differs from all others in this genus by the quadrilateral extension of its pygofer side. Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word ��� quadrilatera ��� referring to the shape of the pygofer side extension.
Published as part of Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015, Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China, pp. 245-256 in Zootaxa 3974 (2) on pages 252-255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/232341
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