
Rubmacula lvchunensis sp. nov. Figs.1–17 Description. Vertex with one reddish transverse band in the mid-domain (Figs. 1, 4). Pronotum with one red transverse arcuate band (Fig. 4). Anterior margin of face with one thin black-brown transverse band (Fig. 3). Forewing with one long red stripe on clavus and two short red stripes on corium (Figs. 1, 2). External features as in generic description. Male genitalia: Male pygofer side length about 2 times height (Fig. 5). Subgenital plate with 12 long setae along lateral margins (Fig. 7). Aedeagus with basal processes parallel-sided in basal half, then abruptly narrowed and attenuate distally; aedeagal shaft tubular, sinuate, slender in lateral view, with pair of spines arising apically from expanded distal section; gonopore apical (Figs. 8–10). Connective with arms nearly equal to length of stem (Figs. 8, 9). Style relatively narrow and short, apical process acute, curved laterad (Fig. 11). Female genitalia. Female with seventh sternite basally transversely rectangular, its posterior margin roundly produced (Fig. 13). First valvulae of ovipositor with dorsal sculpture strigate (Figs. 14, 15). Second valvulae more curved than the first, denticulate area confined to distal 1/3, denticles prominent, gradually becoming smaller distally, apex pointed (Figs. 16, 17). Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 5.60–5.62mm; ♀, 5.65 mm. Type material. Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan Prov, Lvchun County, Huanglianshan, 14 August 2014, coll. Zhengxiang Zhou (GUGC); paratypes, 1♂ 1♀, same data as holotype. Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality Lvchun.
Published as part of Cheng, Mengsha, Zhang, Lan & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Rubmacula, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), pp. 442-446 in Zootaxa 5584 (3) on page 446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/14853297
Hemiptera, Rubmacula, Cicadellidae, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Rubmacula lvchunensis
Hemiptera, Rubmacula, Cicadellidae, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Rubmacula lvchunensis
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