Some remarkable new Neotropical treehoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracidae) Author Dietrich, C. H. text Zootaxa 2008 2008-03-14 1727 29 38 journal article 1175­5334 Key to species of Smerdalea 1 Scutellum with apex acuminate, not receiving distal node of posterior pronotal process...........................2 1’ Scutellum emarginate apically, receiving distal node of posterior pronotal process...................................3 2 Scutellum humped preapically (as in Fig. 3 ) ............................................................... S. horrescens Fowler 2’ Scutellum depressed preapically ........................................................................... S. elevata Cryan & Deitz 3 Suprahumeral horns broad and flattened, with multiple angulate projections ( Fig. 2 ) ..............................4 3’ Suprahumeral horns spinelike, with a single acute point ( Fig. 9 ) ............................. S. veracruzensis , n. sp. 4 Posterior pronotal process with nodelike dorsal hump at base, clublike distal process with a single angulate dorsal projection in addition to three terminal spines ( Fig. 2 ) ................... S. imminens Cryan & Deitz 4’ Posterior pronotal process without nodelike dorsal hump at base, clublike distal process with two angulate dorsal projections in addition to three terminal spines ................................. S. circumflexa Cryan & Deitz