Three new species of Atkinsoniella (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) from southwestern China

Yan Jiang; Xiao-Fei Yu; Mao-Fa Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1221.129125

Three new species of Atkinsoniella (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) from southwestern China

Zookeys. 2024 Dec 31:1221:449-469. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1221.129125. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Yan Jiang^{1

2}, Xiao-Fei Yu¹, Mao-Fa Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
² Department of Pharmacy, Guizhou Provincial Engineering Research Center of Medical Resourceful Healthcare Products, Guiyang Healthcare Vocational University, Guiyang 550000, China.

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Atkinsoniella (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae), A.chongqingana Jiang & Yang, A.likuni Jiang & Yang and A.biostiolum Jiang & Yang, sp. nov., collected from southwestern China, are described and illustrated. The two new species, A.chongqingana Jiang & Yang, sp. nov. and A.likuni Jiang & Yang, sp. nov., are similar to A.nigrominiatula (Jacobi, 1944), A.latior Young, 1986, A.limba Kuoh, 1991, A.dormana Li, 1992, A.divaricata Yang, Meng & Li, 2017, A.peaka Yang, Meng & Li, 2017, and A.zizhongi Jiang & Yang, 2022 in appearances, but can be distinguished from these species by the characteristic of aedeagus, paraphysis, and pygofer. Atkinsonellabiostiolum Jiang & Yang, sp. nov. can be distinguished from all the known Atkinsoniella species by its special color and markings, as well as males having one ostiole in the center of the base of each subgenital plate. A key to Atkinsoniella species from China is provided.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; China; leafhopper; morphology; taxonomy.

Yan Jiang, Xiao-Fei Yu, Mao-Fa Yang.

Grants and funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32360125, 32360393), Guizhou Province Science and Technology Innovation Talent Team Project (Qian Ke He Pingtai Rencai - CXTD [2021] 004), and the Scientiffc Research Foundation of Guiyang Healthcare Vocational University (Guikangda K2024-4).