New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini)
Author
Dietrich, Christopher H.
0000-0003-4005-4305
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA & chdietri @ illinois. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4005 - 4305
chdietri@illinois.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-23
4933
4
575
585
journal article
7744
10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.8
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1175-5326
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Key to species of
Mayawa
1. Crown of head with pair of large submedial black spots (
Fig. 3B
)............................................... 2
-. Crown of head without large spots, with broken transverse line or multiple pairs of small spots (
Fig. 2B
), or without distinct markings (
Fig. 4B
).................................................................................... 3
2. Spots on crown extended onto face (
Fig. 3B
)................................................
bimaculata
sp. nov.
-. Spots on crown not extended onto face, face usually with separate pair of black spots below crown margin...................................................................................................
capitata
(Kirkaldy)
3. Head without distinct brown markings on crown (
Fig. 4B
).................................................... 4
-. Head with small brown spots or lines near anterior margin of crown (
Fig. 2B
)..................................... 6
4. Male style apophysis slender and evenly curved laterad (
Fig. 5G
)...................................
kathyae
sp.nov.
-. Male style apophysis broad, posteromedial margin abruptly bent laterad (
Fig. 4G
)................................. 5
5. Crown between eyes approximately as long as wide; aedeagal shaft curved dorsad in lateral view...........
flava
Fletcher
-. Crown between eyes much shorter than wide (
Fig. 4B
); aedeagal shaft arcuate in lateral view (
Fig. 4H
)....................................................................................................
brevicephala
sp. nov.
6. Male style apophysis slender and evenly curved, posteromedial margin not distinctly angulate (
Fig. 6F
)................ 7
-. Male style apophysis usually broad, posteromedial margin distinctly angulate (
Fig. 4G
)............................. 9
7. Aedeagal shaft in posterior view distinctly tapered distad of preapical processes, distal processes less than one fifth as long as gonopore (
Fig. 6H
).......................................................................
vestigia
sp. nov.
-. Aedeagal shaft in posterior view parallel-sided distad of preapical processes, distal processes at least one third as long as gonopore (
Fig. 2G
)....................................................................................... 8
8. Subgenital plate more than twice as long as maximum width; aedeagus with gonopore extended basad beyond distal process more than length of process (
Fig. 2H
); style apophysis more than 6x longer than basal width (
Fig. 2F
).....................................................................................................
affinifacialis
sp. nov.
-. Subgenital plate distinctly less than twice as long as maximum width; aedeagus with gonopore extended only slightly basad of distal process; style apophysis approximately 4x longer than basal width.............................
facialis
Fletcher
9. Male style apophysis with lateral projection oriented basolaterad....................................
fusca
Fletcher
-. Male style apophysis with lateral projection oriented distolaterad or laterad (
Fig. 4G
).............................. 10
10. Male subgenital plate with posteromedial notch................................................
neoflava
Fletcher
-. Male subgenital plate truncate apically, without posteromedial notch................................
carolae
Fletcher