Two new species in the leafhopper genus Pythamus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from China
Author
Wang, Yang
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
3
429
436
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.9
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Key to species of
Pythamus
Melichar, 1903
(males)
1. Crown with off-white or red lateral markings, median longitudinal carina without white spots (
Figs 3
,
13
). Male pygofer posteri- orly narrowed along caudo-ventral margin (
Figs 9
,
18
) ................................................................................................................... 2
-. Crown with white spots along median longitudinal carina, lacking white or red lateral markings (
Figs 22
,
31
). Male pygofer broad, with rounded caudal margin (
Figs 27
,
35
).............................................................................................................................. 3
2. Markings on crown off-white (
Fig. 3
). Ventral margin of aedeagus gradually curved dorsad in lateral view (
Fig. 6
).......................
........................................................................................................................................................................
P. hainanensis
sp. nov.
-. Markings on crown red (
Fig. 13
). Ventral margin of aedeagus distinctly bent dorsad in lateral view (
Fig. 16
)
......
P. rufus
sp. nov.
3. Aedeagus without lateral processes but with lateral ridge, apex of shaft attenuated
......................................
P. dealbatus
Melichar
-. Aedeagus with short or long lateral processes; apex of shaft not attenuated (
Figs 24
,
33
) .............................................................. 4
4. Crown with yellow spot on medial keel extending posteriorly to form arrow. Male pygofer with S-shaped ventral process ........ 5
-. Crown with round yellow spot on median keel not extended posterad (
Fig. 21
). Male pygofer with straight ventral process (
Fig. 27
)
.................................................................................................................................................
P. biramosus
Viraktamath & Webb
5. Aedeagal shaft with processes longer than maximum width of shaft in lateral view (
Fig. 33
)
..
P. bispinosus
Viraktamath & Webb
-. Aedeagal shaft with processes short, about half as long as maximum width of shaft in lateral view ...............................................
.......................................................................................................................................................
P. montanus
Viraktamath & Webb