A new species of Thaia Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species
Author
Song, Yue-Hua
Author
Li, Zi-Zhong
text
Zootaxa
2012
3382
66
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281725
c71307f8-ed00-4a1b-ae5c-9dc1037fd6dd
1175-5326
281725
Key to males of
Thaia
from
China
1 Anal tube without apical process
Thaia
(
Thaia
)
........................................................................................................... 2
– Anal tube with apical process extending ventrally from 10th segment
Thaia
(
Nlunga
)
............................................. 7
2 Aedeagal shaft with one or more basal processes......................................................................................................... 3
– Aedeagal shaft without processes ................................................................................................................................. 5
3 Base of aedeagus with single long, fingerlike process
.........................................................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
nigra
– Base of aedeagus with pair of processes....................................................................................................................... 4
4 Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus expanded, approximately scissorlike
...............................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
oryzivora
– Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus small, approximately trapezoidal
.......................................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
subrufa
5 Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus with pair of small, toothlike processes
..........................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
formosana
– Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus without toothlike processes............................................................................................ 6
6 Aedeagal shaft long and slim, tubelike, without serrations
..........................................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
longipenia
– Aedeagal shaft short, lamellate, with ventral serrate comb
..............................................................
T
. (
Thaia
)
barbata
7 Apical process of anal tube bifurcate at apex
.................................................................................
T
. (
Nlunga
)
sinuata
– Apical process of anal tube not bifurcate at apex ........................................................................................................ 8
8 Ventral appendage of pygofer with few small, serrations both at base and apex .........................
T
. (
Nlunga
)
anchora
– Ventral appendage of pygofer without serrations ......................................................................................................... 9
9 Aedeagus with two pairs of processes (
Figs 7, 8
)
.......................................................
T.
(
Nlunga
)
mengyanga
sp. nov.
– Aedeagus without processes
..........................................................................................................
T
. (
Nlunga
)
maxima