Symplanella nigricans Gong & Chen, 2020

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Gong, Nian, 2025, Taxonomic study of the Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from China, Zootaxa 5670 (1), pp. 1-129 : 71

Symplanella nigricans Gong & Chen, 2020

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Symplanella nigricans Gong, Yang & Chen, 2020a: 357 .

Material examined. 5♂♂ 7♀♀, China: Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Nabang Town (24°70’N, 97°90’E), on bamboo, 2018-VIII-18, Nian Gong and Hong-Xing Li ; 5♂♂ 7♀♀, China: Yunnan Province, Ruili City, near the Botanical Garden (24°01’N, 97°85’E), on bamboo, 2018-VIII-23, Nian Gong and Hong-Xing Li .

Host plant. Bamboo ( Neosinocalamus sp. ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).

Remarks. S. nigricans Gong, Yang & Chen, 2020 is similar to S. zhongtua Yang & Chen, 2014 , but differs in: 1) anal segment very short (relatively long in S. zhongtua ); 2) posterior margin of pygofer in lateral view broadly concave, one finger-like process at dorsal third, small (posterior margin slightly sinuate, process at middle, relatively big in S. zhongtua ); 3) genital style with two processes (without process in S. zhongtua ).

Figures

FIGURE 53. Symplanella nigricans Gong & Chen, 2020 A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Male habitus, lateral view; C. Female habitus, dorsal view; D. Female habitus, lateral view; Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A–D).

FIGURE 54. Symplanella nigricans Gong & Chen, 2020 Male. A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face; C. Head and thorax, lateral view; D. Forewing; E. Hindwing; F.Anal segment, dorsal view; G. Male genitalia, lateral view; H. Pygofer, posterior view; I. Genital styles, lateral view; J. Pygofer and genital styles, ventral view; K. Aedeagus, lateral view; L. Aedeagus, dorsal view; Scale bar: 2 mm (D, E); 0.5 mm (A–C, G, H, J); 0.3 mm (F, I, K, L).

FIGURE 55. Symplanella nigricans Gong & Chen, 2020 Female: A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C.Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Abdominal sternite VII, ventral view; E. Gonapophysis VIII, lateral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view; Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B, D); 0.2 mm (C, E, F).