Hepneriana undulata sp. nov.

(Fig. 12)

Description. Body yellowish, eyes black medially and yellowish marginally.

Abdominal apodemes rectangular, extended to anterior margin of 4th sternite. Anal tube appendage (Fig. 12 a) short, with ventral margin concave.

Subgenital plate (Fig. 12 b) truncate apically and distinctly produced on outer margin. Style (Fig. 12 c) with club-shaped process shorter than lamellar process, lamellar process quite broad apically, apical margin truncate, ventral side without longitudinal ridge. Aedeagal shaft (Figs 12 e, f) depressed, with pair of triangular extensions subapically extended from lateral sides, paired apical processes slim and well separated from shaft; preatrial process relatively slim, distinctly sinuated.

Measurement. male length 2.90–3.07 mm, female length 3.00 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: Ƌ, China, Yunnan Prov., Menglun, 570m, 9 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska . Paratypes: 35Ƌ 40♀, same date as holotype; 1Ƌ, Yunnan Prov., Jinghong, 750m, 5 xii 1999, grasses, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 6Ƌ 7♀, Yunnan Prov., Menglun, 9 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 1Ƌ, Yunnan Prov., Mengla, Mt. Nangong, 1100m, 13 xii 1999, coll. Qin Daozheng ; 3Ƌ 6♀, Yunnan Prov., Damenglong, 600m, 22 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska ; 1Ƌ 3♀, Yunnan Prov., Mengyuan, Sanchahe, 950m, 20 xii 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska .

Remarks. The new species can be distinguished with the others by the presence of a pair of subapical extensions on aedeagal shaft.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ undulatus ”, referring to the sinuated preatrial process.