Male. Colouration generally brown to dark brown (Due to being preserved in alcohol, the colours in the specimens appear faded in the photograph). Head pale yellow with black marking covering ocellar area (Fig. 1A). Antennae and palpi dark brown. Pronotum dark brown with darker rugosities, anterior margin and stripes along median suture darker. Legs yellow brown with dark knees. Wings membrane grey, veins brown.

Figure 1.  

Kamimuria liyangensis sp. nov. (holotype, male). A head and pronotum, dorsal view; B terminalia, dorsal view.

Tergum 1–8 unmodified (Fig. 1B). Tergum 9 centre with sensilla basiconica. Hemitergal lobe slender, hook-like, apex slightly re-curved and nearly reaching the posterior margin of tergum 9.

Penis membranous (Fig. 2), with a ring-shaped group of large spines at the tip, interrupted by a spongy membranous projection in the middle. The base of the penis on the dorsal side is densely covered with small dot-like spines.

Figure 2.  

Kamimuria liyangensis sp. nov. (holotype, male). A penis, ventral view; B penis, lateral view; C penis, dorsal view; D apex of everted endophallus, ventral view.

Female, egg and nymph: Unknown.

The specific name refers to the type locality, Liyang City.

This species is known only from the type locality, Liyang City of Jiangsu Province.

The penis of the new species is similar to that of K. hainana, Li, Wang & Yu, 2012 (see figs. 2–10 in Li et al. (2012)). Both species possess a spiny-free membranous region at the apex of the dorsal side of the endophallus, while the base is densely covered with small spines. Additionally, the ventral side of the endophallus features a spiny-free membranous area. However, in K. hainana, the basal spinule patch is divided by a funnel-shaped area on the dorsal surface, terminating subapically. The spines on the two lobes form a heart-shaped ring when viewed from the ventral side. In K. liyangensis, the dorsal side of the penis base is densely covered with small, dot-like spines. In the ventral view, there is a ring-shaped group of large spines at the tip, interrupted in the centre by a spongy, membranous projection. Currently, this new species is only known to inhabit Liyang City, Jiangsu Province, China. This discovery marks the first record of the Kamimuria in Jiangsu Province, enriching the study of insect diversity in the region.

Kamimuria microda Du, 2002 in Li & Jin (2002: 112, 116). China: Guizhou: Maolan, Sanchahe.

Kamimuria microda Du, 2002 in Stark & Sivec (2013: 117).

Kamimuria microda Du, 2002 in Yang & Li (2018: 31).

Male habits: General colour yellow brown in aged specimens (Fig. 3A). The head is pale yellow with three ocelli, ocellar patch dark brown. The pronotum is nearly horizontally rectangular, with the front angles bluntly pointed and the rear angles rounded, with a rough surface. Abdominal segments and cerci pale brown.

Figure 3.  

Kamimuria microda Du, 2002 (paratype, male). A head and pronotum, dorsal view; B terminalia, dorsal view.

Tergum 1–8 unmodified. Tergum 8 sometimes features a few sensilla basiconica in its central region, Tergum 9 has sensilla basiconica extending up to 1/3 of the anterior margin (Fig. 3B). The inner surface of the hemitergal lobe is flat, extending to 1/3 of the way to the anterior margin of Tergum 10.

The base of the penis is bulbous (Fig. 4), tapering anteriorly into a neck-like structure. There are sclerotised patches on the ventral surface of the penis base near its anterior-middle portion and the narrowed distal end of it has numerous very small spines. The endophallus is short sac-like, with small spines densely covering its dorsal and lateral surfaces. There is a pair of sclerites on the ventral surface of the endophallus, with small tooth-like structures on the outer side of the sclerites.

Figure 4.  

Kamimuria microda Du, 2002 (paratype, male). A penis, dorsal view; B penis, lateral view; C penis, ventral view.

Female, egg and nymph: Unknown.

Due to being preserved in alcohol for nearly 22 years, many features of the type materials have become less distinct. Additionally, original illustrations of the penis of this species are somewhat blurred, posing challenges to identification work. To address this challenge, we photographed the adult male penis from the paratypes, which was in a better preservation condition. These clear images will provide crucial references for further identification work.