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Jie-Yu Wang,1,2 Xiao-Qing Lv,2 Jing-Mei Wu,2 Wang-Qin Tang,2 Gui-Ying Luo,1 Chun-Mei Liang,1 Dan-Ni Wang,3 Jing-Fang Hong,2 Yun-Xia Cao1,4,5 1Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China; 3Teaching Center for Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China; 4NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Hefei, People’s Republic of China; 5Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Hefei, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing-Fang Hong; Yun-Xia Cao, Email 13739273006@163.com; hongjingfang@ahmu.edu.cn; caoyunxia6@126.comPurpose: Infertility has adverse effects on the quality of life (QoL) of infertile couples. Previous studies found important associations between sexual function, self-esteem and QoL, but mainly focused on one individual’s approach rather than both partners. This study adopted a dyadic approach to evaluate the relationship between sexual function and QoL in couples with infertility through mediation and improving self-esteem.Patients and Methods: Between October 2020 and January 2021, 428 couples with infertility (n=856) undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at a tertiary hospital in Hefei, China, were registered for the current descriptive cross-sectional research. The dyads’ sociodemographic and clinical features, as well as their sexual function, self-esteem, and QoL were evaluated. The Fertility quality of life scale (FertiQoL), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and International Index of Erectile Function-15 (IIEF-15) were used to evaluate the participants. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) was utilized to examine data from the dyadic relationships.Results: According to the APIMeM analysis, sexual function of individuals with infertility was directly and indirectly connected with their QoL, mediated through their self-esteem. The women’s sexual function was found to be positively associated with their partner’s QoL, with the women’s self-esteem acting as a complete mediator. The men’s sexual function was found to be positively associated with partner’s QoL, with the men’s self-esteem acting as a complete mediator.Conclusion: The findings suggest that boosting participants’ self-esteem can help them and their partners have a better QoL. Also, therapies aimed at improving and sustaining self-esteem of couples with infertility could help mitigate the negative influence of low sexual function on their QoL.Keywords: in-vitro fertilization, dyad, quality of life, self-esteem, sexual function

Arboridia (Arborifera) changlingensis sp. nov. ( Figs 5–8, 27–34) Description. Vertex white, with two pairs of preapical spots: one pair of oval black spots located near anterior margin; another pair located on both sides of coronal suture (Figs 5, 7). Face white, with a transverse brown-black stripe extended from antennal pits to frontoclypeus, anteclypeus pale (Figs 6, 8). Pronotum mostly dark brown (Figs 5, 7). Scutellum brown, with basal triangles and apex black, a nearly triangular black spot situated between basal triangles (Figs 5, 7). Fore wing mostly grey to black with oblique black bands extended to costal margin (Figs 5, 6). Male abdominal apodemes slightly extending beyond 3rd sternite (Fig. 27). Male genitalia. Pygofer dorsal appendage simple, straight in dorsal view, curved downward in lateral view, hook-like apically (Figs 28, 29). Subgenital plate with 2 macrosetae in middle and several fine setae at apex, row of short stout setae from subbase to apex along upper margin (Figs 28, 30). Style long and slender, with 3 points at apex, first two points short, third point elongate, slender and curved; preapical lobe developed (Fig. 31). Aedeagus strongly compressed and broad in lateral view, with two pairs of processes arising from apex and base of shaft respectively, basal processes long and slender, shorter than shaft, truncate at apex, distal processes short and curved ventrad, V-shaped in ventral view; preatrium short; a pair of small triangular flanges arising from dorsal margin of shaft near midlength; gonopore almost apical, on ventral surface (Figs 32, 33). Connective V-shaped, lateral arms long and stem very short (Fig. 34). Measurement. Male length 3.4 mm (including wing). Specimen examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang, Changlingpo Forest Park, 27 VI 2020, coll. Jia Jiang and Xiaowei Yuan. Remarks. This new species is similar to Arboridia surstyli Cai & Xu, 2006, but differs in having the aedeagus with pair of small hilly processes on the dorsal side instead of sharp inverted processes (Figs 32, 33), and the central lobe of connective absent (Fig. 34). Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality: “Changlingpo” Forest Park, Guizhou Province, China.

Arboridia Zachvatkin, 1946 Arboridia Zachvatkin, 1946: 153 Type species: Typhlocyba parvul a Boheman, 1845 Khoduma Dworakowska, 1972: 403 Type species: Khoduma jacobii Dworakowska, 1972 (Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1975: 529 synonymized Khoduma with Arboridia) Description. Dorsum yellow, reddish, white or brown, patterned with red, orange or brown. Head narrower than pronotum. Crown fore margin weakly produced. Vertex midline pale, and usually with pair of dark or light preapical spots. Anteclypeus narrow and pale, concolorous with rest of face or dark. Pronotum pale, scutellum with dark lateral triangles. Forewings with or without oblique vittae. Male abdominal apodemes small, narrow, extended dorsomesad, or large, broad, reaching or exceeding the posterior margin of 3rd sternite. Pygofer lobe rounded, microtrichia well developed, without fine setae in dorsal membrane. Pygofer dorsal appendage movably articulated, ventral appendage absent. Subgenital plate with 2-4 basal macrosetae on outer margin; marginal subbasal setae peglike, forming continuous row. Style with preapical lobe prominent, apex truncate and expanded or with 3 points. Aedeagal shaft usually symmetrical, with paired or unpaired processes, with preatrium shorter than shaft or about as long as shaft. Connective with lateral arms long, stem absent or very short, and median anterior lobe absent. Distribution. Palaearctic or Oriental., Published as part of Jiang, Jia, Luo, Gui-Mei & Song, Yue-Hua, 2021, Two new species of the genus Arboridia Zachvatkin from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 349-357 in Zootaxa 5005 (3) on page 350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/5141883, {"references":["Zachvatkin, A. A. (1946) Studies on the Homoptera of Turkey. I - VII. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 97, 149 - 176. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1946. tb 00278. x","Boheman, C. H. (1845) Nya Svenska Homoptera. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 1, 154 - 164.","Dworakowska, I. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1975) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 23 (8), 521 - 530."]}