Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini) with description of a new species from Pakistan
Author
Shah, Bismillah
Author
Naveed, Hassan
Author
Duan, Yani
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-21
4688
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journal article
25185
10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.3
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Key to species of
Grammacephalus
Haupt
The following species were described based on female specimens and are therefore omitted from the key:
G. minabicus
and
G. niveimarginatus
.
1. Male pygofer process absent (
Fig. 3B
)................................................
Grammacephalus genoicus
- Male pygofer process present (
Figs 1B
,
2D
,
4B
,
5E
,
6
C–F, 8B, 9C, 10C, 12A)..................................... 2
2. Male pygofer process serrate (
Figs 6
C–F, 10C).............................................................. 3
- Male pygofer process not serrate (
Figs 1B
,
2D
,
4B
,
5E
,
8B
,
9C
,
12A
)............................................ 4
3. Apex of subgenital plate notched, dorsally upturned (
Fig. 6G
); aedeagal shaft with an apical keel in lateral view (
Fig.
6I
).....................................................................................
Grammacephalus kempi
- Apex of subgenital plate entire flat (
Fig. 10D
); aedeagal shaft with median expansion laterally, without apical keel in lateral view (
Fig. 10F
)....................................................................
Grammacephalus raunoi
4. Male pygofer process with bifurcated apex (
Figs 2D
,
12A, B
).................................................. 5
- Male pygofer process without apical bifurcation (
Figs 1B
,
4B
,
5E
,
8B
,
9C
)....................................... 6
5. Subgenital plate with lateral margins slightly incurved at midlength (
Fig. 2F
); aedeagal shaft strongly reflexed basally with pair of short dorsal processes at apex (
Figs 2H, I
)...........................................
Grammacephalus furcatus
- Subgenital plate with lateral margins not incurved at midlength (
Fig. 12D
); aedeagal shaft moderately reflexed basally without appendages (
Figs 12
E–G)...................................................
Grammacephalus punjabensis
sp.n.
6. Aedeagal shaft with subapical curve in lateral view (
Fig. 4C
).................................
Grammacephalus pugio
- Aedeagal shaft without subapical curve in lateral view (
Figs 1C
,
4E
,
5L
,
8G
,
9F
)................................... 7
7. Aedeagal shaft not reflexed in lateral view (
Figs 4E
,
9F
)...................................................... 8
- Aedeagal shaft somewhat reflexed in lateral view (
Figs 1C
,
5L
,
8G
)............................................. 9
8. Male pygofer process pointed with long subapical spur on dorsal surface (
Fig. 4D
); aedeagal shaft long and narrowly bladeshaped in lateral view (
Fig. 4E
)......................................................
Grammacephalus harpago
- Male pygofer process without subapical spur dorsally (
Fig. 9C
); aedagal shaft tubular and tapered towards apex (
Fig. 9F, G
)................................................................................
Grammacephalus rahmani
9. Aedeagal shaft strongly reflexed basally, broadened and rounded apically (
Figs 8G, H
)..........
Grammacephalus pallidus
- Aedeagal shaft not strongly reflexed basally (1C, 5L)........................................................ 10
10. Male pygofer process with slight inward curve near apex (
Fig. 5E
); style apophysis digitate (Fig. H); aedeagal shaft apex acutely tapered in posterior view (
Figs 5K
)..............................................
Grammacephalus indicus
- Male pygofer process with slight ventral curve near apex (
Fig. 1B
); style apophysis smooth (
Fig. 1E
); aedeagal shaft bifid apically in posterior view (
Fig. 1D
)....................................................
Grammacephalus acuticeps