Paramritodus, 2020

Xue, Qingquan & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Phylogeny and revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Amritodus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerini), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189, pp. 1438-1463 : 1449

GENUS PARAMRITODUS XUE & ZHANG GEN. NOV.

Ty p e s p e c i e s (h e r e d e s i g n a t e d): Pa r a m r i t o d u s triangulus Xue & Zhang , sp. nov.

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Diagnosis: Body small. Crown finely rugose. Head wider than long; ocelli closer to eyes than to each other; lora broad; rostrum slight or not broadened apically. Pronotum shagreen, shorter than combined length of mesoscutum and scutellum. Forewing with r-m1 cross-vein, without m-cu1 cross-vein. Hind femur with 2 + 1 apical setae. Hind tibiae with 14–18 setae on row PD, five or six setae on AD and five to seven setae on row AV. Hind basitarsus with three platellae. Male pygofer elongate, distal lobe surpassing anal tube, with pair of inner processes; apex of inner processes often hooked.Subgenital plate shorter than pygofer, with hair-like setae on dorsal and ventral margin. Connective short. Style sickle shaped, with stout and long setae in single row on dorsal margin. Aedeagus S-shaped, without process or with pair of basal processes on ventral surface; aedeagal shaft slender and tapered in ventral view; preatrium shorter than shaft; gonopore subapical or near middle of shaft. Female seventh sternite wider than long, caudal margin produced, concave in middle. First valvulae slightly curved, with sculpture strigate. Second valvulae with several irregular dorsal teeth near apex.

Etymology: This masculine generic name refers to the similarity of this new genus to Amritodus .

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Shanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan and Zhejiang).

Remarks: This new genus is closely related to Amritodus based on its similar body size and coloration, but can be distinguished by the forewing with cross-vein r-m1 and without cross-vein m-cu1, pygofer distal lobe surpassing the anal tube, style with long setae, and aedeagal preatrium shorter than the shaft.