Dietrichia expanda Li & Dai & Li & Jiang 2025, comb. nov.
Dietrichia expanda (Li, Wang, Yang & Dai) comb. nov. Fig. 1 a–c, Fig. 2 a–d Midoria expanda Li, Wang, Yang & Dai 2024 (in Wang et al. 2024): 16 (Figs. 5G 1–G 3, 6G, 7G 1–G 3) Midoria expenda Li, Wang, Yang & Dai 2024: 16 (misspelling) Description. Head dirty yellow, eyes dark grey, ocelli transparent. Thorax yellowish brown. Forewings semitransparent. Crown slightly longer than half width between eyes. Pronotum shallowly foveate on either side of median line in anterior half, posterior half slightly gibbous, anterior margin slightly convex, posterior margin medially concave, lateral margin somewhat concave, medially about 1.5 times longer than crown. Mesonotum equal in length to pronotum. Forewing claval region densely punctate, apical margin obliquely acute. Male pygofer gradually narrowing from base to apex, apex narrow and curved dorsally, and with a small process on apical half of ventral margin (Fig. 2a); aedeagus with shaft robust, nearly straight and parallel-sided in lateral view, apex with acute projection extended posterodorsad and smaller projection on ventral margin; gonopore apical (Fig. 2b, c); style somewhat sinuate preapically, apical “foot” with both heel and toe sharply pointed (Fig. 2d). Other characteristics are as shown in Figs 1, 2. Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 7.85–7.95 mm. Distribution. CHINA: Yunnan (Lvchun County (Hoanglianshan National Nature Reserve); Puer County). Host plant. Unknown. Remarks. The original description by Li et al. (in Wang et al. 2024) inadvertently used two different spellings of the species name. The correct spelling is here fixed as indicated in the synonymy above.
Institutions
- Guizhou University (CN)
- Qufu Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15397065
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00