Agnesiella (D.) gaura Huang & Zhang sp. nov.

(Figs 18, 22, 26, 30, 106–113)

Measurement. Male, 3.4 mm (including wings).

Body yellowish (Figs 18, 22). Face with front and inner parts of gena black-brown, dark brown transverse streaks on brown postclypeus, anteclypeus and lorum dirty yellow, remaining parts yellowish (Fig. 30). Vertex testaceous near coronal suture. Pronotum with a central oval patch and 2 pairs of lateral patches black-brown. Scutum mostly testaceous with central area beige, triangles dark brown. Scutellum with both sides and central area respectively red ochre and yellowish (Fig. 26). Forewing infuscate with 3 brown patches on clavus, one at inner basal angle and the other 2 respectively on center of commissural margin and distal apex; a brownish band extended from near base of corium to cross vein along claval suture; brochosome field yellowish (Figs 18, 22, 106).

Abdominal apodemes reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite. Male pygofer side with 2 bands of setae, one fine setae band on central part and the other band of long fine setae near posterior margin; a long digitiform appendage arising from posteroventral margin and directed dorsad (Figs 107, 108). Subgenital plate with apical 1/3 slightly expanded and bent mesad nearly at right angle; a small protrusion at bend bearing 3 peg-like setae apically (Figs 109, 110). Paramere with caudal end arched and subapical protrusion small and heel-like (Figs 109, 111). Connective with stem nearly as long as lateral arms and central lobe distinct (Fig. 109). Aedeagal shaft arched with a broad lamellar extension dorsally, digitiform ventral appendage long and directed downwards (Figs 112, 113).

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Moxi, 1600m, Alnus nepalensis, 5-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype: 15♂ 2♀, same data as holotype; 2♂ 1♀, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Mianning, 1650m, Alnus nepalensis, 8-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska ; 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xinzhu, 2500m, Alnus nepalensis, 15-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from Greek word “gauros which means “proud, referring to the developed dorsal extension of the aedeagal shaft (Fig. 112).

Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (Draberiella) jammuensis, but differs in the male pygofer side with the digitiform appendage longer and bent to the dorsal margin at nearly a right angle (Fig. 108), and in the aedeagal shaft with a broader dorsal lamellar extension (Fig. 112).