Paramritodus introflexus, 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 : 1451-1453

PARAMRITODUS INTROFLEXUS XUE & ZHANG SP. NOV.

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L S I D: h t t p: / / z o o b a n k. o r g / u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act: 5A2F9CE8-334D-40AC-97B2-49F8BB9891EA Diagnosis: Crown with pair of black spots. Pronotum with pair of triangular black markings on anterior margin. Rostrum slightly broadened apically. Pygofer ventral margin with inner process elongate. Aedeagus with a pair of basal processes on ventral surface. Aedeagal shaft concave medially.

D e s c r i p t i o n: L e n g t h (i n c l u d i n g w i n g s): m a l e 3.3–3.4 mm.

Crown yellowish, with black spot on either side of midline close to eyes; frontoclypeus and anteclypeus brownish; gena and lora yellowish ( Fig. 7D). Pronotum greenish, with black markings; anterior margin with dark brown spot on either side of midline. Mesoscutum yellowish, basal triangles small, black; scutellum yellowish ( Fig. 7C). Forewing mainly green, apex infuscate, base of costal margin green ( Fig. 7E). Face with short seta adjacent to corresponding eye; rostrum apex slightly broad, rhombus shaped, not reaching hind coxae.

Male abdomen with tergal apodemes truncate, slightly less than two segments long, separated mesally by V-shaped notch; sternal apodemes small, less than one segment long ( Fig. 16B, C).

Male genitalia: Pygofer elongate, obviously surpassing anal tube; inner processes elongate, almost reaching caudal margin, apex curved and pointed ( Fig. 16A). Style curved dorsally, with row of long setae on dorsal margin ( Fig. 16G). Connective short. Aedeagal shaft much curved, tapering apically in lateral view, concave basally, with basal pair of slender processes on ventral surface, dorsal apodeme and preatrium developed ( Fig. 16E, F).

Materials examined: Holotype: ♂, China, Yunnan Province, Baoshan , 12 May 2012, coll. Yanghui Cao ( NWAFU) . Paratypes: three ♂, same data as holotype ( NWAFU) .

Etymology: The specific name is a Latin adjective, which refers to the strongly concave ventral margin of the aedeagal shaft.

Remarks: This species is similar to P. triangulus in colour and shape, but can be distinguished from the latter by the elongate pygofer inner process almost reaching the caudal margin and aedeagal shaft strongly concave medially.

PARAMRITODUS PISTACIOUS ( HUANG &