Oniella honesta Melichar, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Min, Gao
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Oniella
Oniella honesta

description: 1. Oniella honesta Melichar
(Figs. 1, 6, 11, 16, 33–37)
FIGURES 1–20. 1, 6, 11, 16, Oniella honesta Melichar; 2, 7, 12, 17, Oniella shaanxiana sp. nov.; 3, 8, 13, 18, Oniella albula (Cai & Shen) n. comb.; 4, 9, 14, 19, Oniella fasciata Li & Wang; 5, 10, 15, 20, Oniella nigronotum Li & Chen; 1–5, dorsal view; 6–10, lateral view; 11–15, anterior dorsum (crown, pronotum and mesonotum); 16–20, face.
Tettigonia honesta Melichar, 1902: 132.
Oniella leucocephala Matsumura, 1912: 47. Synonymized by Li & Chen, 1999: 81. Oniella nigrovittata Kuoh 1992: 295. Synonymized by Li & Chen, 1999: 81. Oniella flavomarginata Li et Chen 1999: 85, new synonym.
Description. Crown yellow or yellowish white and slightly convex; pronotum black; apex of scutellum black, other part yellowish white; face yellowish white. Posterior margin of forewing with 1–2 yellowish white patches (Figs. 1, 6, 11, 16).
Pygofer caudally broadly rounded, with process at ventral margin (Fig. 33). Subgenital plate longer than pygofer, with single longitudinal row of macrosetae on middle, fine setae sparsely distributed over surface laterad of macrosetae (Fig. 34). Style apex expanded and cheliform, basal part slim (Fig. 37). Connective Y-shaped with arms short and widely divergent, stem long and arched in lateral view (Fig. 36). Aedeagal shaft curved dorsad, tubular, with toothed processes on dorsal surface (Fig. 35).
Measurements. Male body length 5.2 to 6.0mm, female body length 6.2 to 7.0mm (including wing).
Material examined. 63, 8Ƥ, China: Hubei Prov., Wufeng, Duling, 11-July-2006, coll: Lv Lin; 83, 8Ƥ, China: Zhejiang Prov., Tianmushan, Xianrending, 1500m, 25-July-2011, coll: Wang Yang; 23, 1Ƥ, China: Sichuan Prov., Emeishan, Linggongli, 15-July-2011, coll: Zhang Huinning; 43, 5Ƥ, China: Hebei Prov., Chicheng, Dahaituo, 11- August-2006, coll: Lv Lin; 43, 4Ƥ, China: Guizhou Prov., Leigongshan, Dahaituo, 30-July-1997, coll: Zhang Yazhou; 23, China: Anhui Prov., Huangshan, Dahaituo, 9-August-1963, coll: Zhou Yao; 13, China: Xinjiang Prov., Xinglongshan, 31-July-1985, coll: Yang Zhongqi; 1Ƥ, China: Xinjiang Prov., Qishan, 7-August-1985, coll: Yang Zhongqi; 33, 4Ƥ, China: Shaanxi Prov., Taibaishan, Dadian, 25- July -1956; 13, 1Ƥ, China: Ningxia Prov., Liupanshan, Hongxia, 2150m, 8-July-2008, coll: Men Qiulei; 13, 1Ƥ, China: Shanxi Prov., Hengqu, Lishan, 19- July-2009, coll: Lv Lin.
Distribution. China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Gansu, Qinghai, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Ningxia).
Remarks. This species can be easily distinguished from other species of the genus by the aedeagal shaft which is tubular and without processes on the ventral surface. Sexual dimorphism is common in this species: body length, dorsal coloration and stripes are different between male and female (Figs. 28–31). Specimens of the same gender but from different habitats have markedly different coloration and stripes (Figs. 38–39, 41–42, 44–45, 47–48, 50– 51, 53–54). The shape of process at the ventral margin of the pygofer is also variable (Figs. 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55). Li et Chen (1999) described O. flavomarginata as a new species based on differences in the color pattern of the forewing and the shape of the process at the ventral margin of the pygofer. Examination of the male genitalia and comparison of the holotypes of O. honesta and O. flavomarginata revealed that they are synonyms.
description: Published as part of Min, Gao & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Review of the leafhopper genus Oniella Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with description of a new species from China in Zootaxa 3693 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/217875