Mimotettix fodingshanensis, Hu & Ran & Xing, 2025

Hu, Shangmi, Ran, Siyu & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Description of a new species of the leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 5570 (2), pp. 380-386 : 382

Mimotettix fodingshanensis sp. nov.

Figs.1–21

Description. Body yellowish brown, vertex with a pale transverse band anteriorly bordered with dark brown ( Figs. 1, 3 ). Eyes black, ocelli pale yellow. Forewings brownish hyaline, with scattered hyaline areas, veins dark brown ( Figs. 1, 2 ). Legs dark brown.

Head including eyes slightly wider than pronotum. Vertex roundly produced, slightly shorter medially than the distance between eyes. Ocelli located on anterior margin of vertex. Face slightly flattened, similar in length to width; frontoclypeus narrow, longer than width between eyes; anteclypeus slightly expanded apically ( Fig. 4 ); antennae arising near mid-height of eye in facial view. Pronotum slightly longer than vertex. Forewings with four apical cells and two subapical cells, outer subapical cell slightly tapered apically, inner subapical cell open basally ( Figs. 1, 2 ). Prothoracic femur, with AV setae minute and sparse ( Fig. 5 ). Metathoracic femur with distal macrosetal formula 2+2+1 ( Fig. 6 ). Metathoracic tibia flattened, macrosetae on rows AD 10 long stout setae and 2–5 shorter stout setae between each long seta; AV 20–22, PD 14–15 and PV with 48–50 setae ( Fig. 6 ).

Male genitalia. Male pygofer side widened posteroventrally, length about equal to height, apex truncate, with many large setae on posterior margin, with long posteroventral process curved anterodorsad in lateral view, extended posterad in ventral view ( Figs. 7, 8 ). Valve triangular; subgenital plates very short, narrowly rounded apically, with uniseriate submarginal row of stout setae ventrolaterally and numerous hair-like setae laterally and apically ( Figs 9, 10 ). Aedeagal shaft distinctly broadened at midlength in ventral view, apical process with length approximately 3/4 length of shaft; apex acute, gonopore subapical on ventral side ( Figs. 11–14 ). Connective stem slightly longer than arms ( Figs. 11, 12 ). Style tapered towards apex, apophysis apophysis laterally curved, tapered distally with pointed tip ( Fig. 15 ).

Female genitalia. Female seventh sternite wider than long, with middle part of posterior margin with two prominent lobes flanking median notch ( Fig. 17 ). Female pygofer with ventroposterior margin slightly incurved ( Fig. 16 ). First valvulae with reticulate sculpture dorsally and scale-like sculpture ventrally ( Figs. 18, 19 ); second valvulae narrowly blade-like with dorsal sclerotised and membranous areas present; with few robust teeth distal half ( Figs. 20, 21 ).

Measurements (mm): ♂,4.5–4.7 mm; ♀, 5.2–5.4 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♂, China: Guizhou Prov., Shiqian County, Fodingshan National Nature Reserve , 1 June 2024, coll. Jichun Xing and Shangmi Hu ( GUGC) ; Paratypes: 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( GUGC) .

Remarks. This new species is similar to Mimotettix fanjingensis ( Li & Wang, 2005) in aedeagus shape, but differs in having the male pygofer processes curved anterad then extended posterad from the ventral inner surface, and the subgenital plates very short.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality Fodingshan.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Mimotettix fodingshanensis sp. nov. 1. ♂, dorsal view; 2. ♂, lateral view; 3. ♂, face, dorsal view. 4. ♂, head and thorax, ventral view; 5. ♂, Fore leg, ventral view.; 6. ♂, Hind leg, ventral view.

FIGURES 7–15. Mimotettix fodingshanensis sp. nov. 7. Male pygofer side, lateral view; 8. Male pygofer side, ventral view; 9. Valve, ventral view; 10. Subgenital plate, ventral view; 11. Aedeagus and connective, dorsal view; 12.Aedeagus and connective, ventral view; 13. Apex of aedeagus, caudal view; 14. Aedeagus and connective, lateral view; 15. Style, dorsal view.

FIGURES 16–21. Mimotettix fodingshanensis sp. nov. 16. Female genital capsule, lateral view; 17. seventh sternite, ventral view; 18. First valvula, lateral view; 19. Detail of sculptures of first valvula; 20. Second valvula, lateral view; 21. Detail of sculptures of second valaula.