Description of the female terminalia of twelve species of Proconiini and a key to genera from Argentina (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Author Dellapé, Gimena text Zootaxa 2016 4117 2 211 225 journal article 38964 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.5 63aff080-39a2-4412-92b3-075cd3e0c9c7 1175-5326 264720 0F1A8231-0833-4215-A440-105A3F8FEC1A Key to the genera of Argentinean Proconiini (modified from Young 1968 ) 1 Forewing at rest exposing meron of hindleg................................................................ 2 - Forewing at rest not exposing meron of hindleg............................................................. 11 2 Pronotum and forewings coarsely pitted; pronotum with posterior margin convex and extending posteriorly to or nearly to transverse impression of scutellum........................................................ Tretogonia Melichar - Without above combination of characters.................................................................. 3 3 Species with dense pubescence; clypeus forms an approximately right angle with longitudinal axis of body; abdomen distinctly broad and short.......................................................................... Teletusa Distant - Without above combination of characters.................................................................. 4 4 Apex of head curved slightly dorsally and angulate at transition from crown to face; male pygofer very long, exceeding wing apices with wings at rest position; female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin deeply emarginate, and first ovipositor valvulae with apex truncate bearing acute median projection [see Figs. 1, 2 , 21 and 22 in Dellapé (2015) ]... Acrogonia Stål - Without above combination of characters.................................................................. 5 5 Metepimeron with shelf-like projection upon which forewing rests when in rest position............................ 6 - Metepimeron without projection or with very weak one..................................................... 10 6 Abdomen not constricted basally........................................................................ 7 - Abdomen constricted basally........................................................................... 8 7 Forewings hyaline or translucent; male pygofer processes when present not arising on ventral margin before apex (exception: E. speculifera (Walker)) ; female second valvulae broadened beyond basal curvature, and apex obtuse [see Fig. 66 in Dellapé (2015) ]................................................................................. Egidemia China - Forewings opaque; male pygofer processes arising on ventral margin before apex; female second valvulae rectilinear beyond basal curvature, and apex rounded [see Figs. 72 to 75 in Dellapé (2015) ]........................... Oncometopia Stål 8 Crown of head with median apical carina, pronotum with distinct transverse sulcus parallel to anterior margin, delimiting a collar like anterior portion.................................................................. Propetes Walker (*) - Without above combination of characters.................................................................. 9 9 Proepimeron with ventral marginal area depressed................................................... Phera Stål - Proepimeron with ventral marginal area not depressed.......................................... Homalodisca Stål 10 Clypeus strongly convex; male plates extremely short, not extending posteriorly to midlength of ventral pygofer margin; female abdominal sternite VII with median projection on posterior margin [see Figs. 8 to 11 in Dellapé (2015) ]................................................................................................... Molomea China - Clypeus convex; male plates longer, extending posteriorly beyond midlength of ventral pygofer margin; female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin from concave medially to nearly transversely rectilinear [see Figs. 17 to 19 in Dellapé (2015) ]............................................................................... Tapajosa Melichar 11 Species usually white; apex of head with very short, blunt projection or circular scar (in frontal view); proepimeron with posteriorly directed digitate process from hind margin................................... Diestostemma Amyot & Serville - Without above combination of characters................................................................. 12 12 Male pygofer with processes; female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin emarginate with a slight median process within emargination, and second valvulae with more than 30 teeth on dorsal margin of blade ( Figs. 1 to 7)............. 13 - Male pygofer without processes; female abdominal sternite VII not as above and second valvulae with 20 to 30 teeth on dorsal margin of blade..................................................................................... 15 13 Male pygofer with two pairs of processes each resembling clump of setae; female first valvulae with apex acute and slightly curved downward ( Fig. 18 )................................................................ Cicciana Metcalf - Male pygofer with processes arising on dorsal margin, extending ventrally; female first valvulae with apex obtuse with dorsal margin slightly concave ( Figs. 13 to 17 and 19)............................................................ 14 14 Aedeagus with scoop-shaped process near apex; female first valvulae with dorsal sculptured area formed mostly by scale like processes, and ventral sculptured area formed mostly by linear processes ( Figs. 13 to 17); second valvulae with triangular teeth on dorsal margin of blade ( Figs. 25 to 29)............................................ Aulacizes Amyot & Serville - Aedeagus appearing inflated in caudoventral view; female first valvulae with dorsal and ventral sculptured area formed mostly by linear processes ( Fig. 19 ); second valvulae with subsquare teeth on dorsal margin of blade ( Fig. 31 ).................................................................................................... Pseudometopia Schmidt 15 Hindwings with vein R2+3 entire........................................................................ 16 - Hindwings with vein R2+3 interrupted.................................................................... 17 16 Body length more than 12 mm ; crown with anterior margin broadly rounded in dorsal view, and apex carinate; aedeagus slen- der elongate and arched gradually dorsally, with pair of apical processes; posterior margin of female abdominal sternite VII with median triangular projection ( Fig. 8 )..................................................... Stictoscarta Stål - Body length less than 12 mm ; crown with anterior margin rounded without carina; aedeagus very short, U-shaped in lateral view, with pair of long slender basal processes extending posteriorly beyond apex of shaft; posterior margin of female abdominal sternite VII with shallow medial concavity [see Fig. 3 in Dellapé (2015) ]........................ Anacuerna Young 17 Body not depressed; crown of head rounded; aedeagus with pair of processes arising at base, finely hairy in apical half; paraphyses absent; female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin deeply emarginate medially, and second valvulae with subrectangular teeth on dorsal margin of blade [see Figs. 4 and 44 in Dellapé (2015) ]................... Dechacona Young - Body depressed dorsoventrally; crown of head strongly inflated; aedeagus without processes; paraphyses present; female abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin transverse or sinuous, and second valvulae with subtriangular teeth on dorsal margin of blade...................................................................... Ochrostacta Stål (**)