Lee Young June, Lit Ireneo L
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.; Email:
Institute of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, 4031 Laguna, Philippines.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 21;3948(2):296-300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.10.
A new species of the genus Psithyristria Stål, 1870, Psithyristria ridibunda sp. nov., is described from Quezon, Luzon, Philippines. The new species is very similar to Psithyristria incredibilis Lee & Hill, 2010, but the cubital cell is distinctly larger than the radial cell and the medial branch of the uncal lobe is much shorter than the lateral branch and has two tiny apical spines. Psithyristria isarogensis Boulard & Yap, 2013 is synonymized with Psithyristria paracrassis Lee, 2010. A revised key to the 15 species of Psithyristria is provided.
描述了叶蝉科(Psithyristria Stål,1870)的一个新物种——菲律宾吕宋岛奎松市的拟笑叶蝉(Psithyristria ridibunda sp. nov.)。该新物种与2010年发现的李氏拟笑叶蝉(Psithyristria incredibilis Lee & Hill)非常相似,但肘脉室明显大于径脉室,抱器叶的中分支比侧分支短得多,且有两个微小的顶端刺。2013年发现的伊萨罗拟笑叶蝉(Psithyristria isarogensis Boulard & Yap)被认定为2010年发现的粗拟笑叶蝉(Psithyristria paracrassis Lee)的同物异名。文中还给出了拟笑叶蝉属15个物种的修订检索表。