A taxonomic study of the genus Eupteryx Curtis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of five new records and one new species from China
Author
Hou, Xiao-Jiao
Author
Zhang, Ya-Lin
Author
Huang, Min
text
Zootaxa
2016
4117
4
591
599
journal article
38934
10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.10
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1175-5326
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Key to species of
Eupteryx
Curtis
from
China
(males)
1. Pygofer side with various processes at hind margin; basal macroseta on subgenital plate shorter.....
Eupteryx (Eupteryx)
...2
- Pygofer side without any process at hind margin; basal macroseta on subgenital plate longer..........
Eupteryx (Stacla)
...8
2. Aedeagal shaft with processes forked apically (
Figs 23, 24
).............................
E. (E.) stachydearum
rec. nov.
- Aedeagal shaft with processes not forked apically............................................................ 3
3. Forewing with broad bands; pygofer processes thin; aedeagal shaft with apical processes slender, band-like, curved to base of shaft and crossed subapically...............................................................
E. (E.) minuscula
- Forewing with small spots; pygofer processes thick; aedeagal shaft with apical processes slim, not band-like............. 4
4. Aedeagus with apical processes short and not exceeding half of shaft............................................. 5
- Aedeagus with apical processes long and exceeding to or over half of shaft........................................ 6
5. Body small, yellowish-white, patches small and light; aedeagus with apical processes extremely slim.......
E. (E.) seiugata
- Body slender, yellowish-green, patches big and dark; aedeagus with apical processes slender..............
E. (E.) adspersa
6. Aedeagal shaft with apical processes extending to midlength of shaft................................
E. (E.) artemisiae
- Aedeagal shaft with apical processes extending basad of shaft midlength.......................................... 7
7. Forewing with spots inconspicuous; pygofer processes curved posterodorsad.....................
E. (E.) undomarginata
- Forewing with spots conspicuous; pygofer processes curved anterodorsad.........................
E. (E.) semipunctata
8. Aedeagal shaft with paired processes apically............................................................... 9
- Aedeagal shaft without any process apically............................................................... 10
9. Aedeagal shaft with one pair of processes elongate, slender, strongly recurved, and rugose apically (
Figs 17, 18
)..............................................................................................
E. (S.) janeki
rec. nov.
- Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of processes, slender S-shaped ventral processes and Y-shaped dorsal processes apically (
Figs 40, 41, 42
).....................................................................
E. (S.) gracilivramus
sp.nov.
10. Aedeagal shaft acute apically in lateral view.................................................
E. (S.) pentavittatus
- Aedeagal shaft not acute apically in lateral view............................................................ 11
11. Forewing mottled with brown and pale markings throughout length; aedeagal shaft inflated apically in lateral view....... 12
- Forewing with abrupt transition between dark brown basal 2/3 and pale apical 1/3 (
Figs 4, 5
); aedeagal shaft uninflated api- cally in lateral view (
Figs 21, 22
).....................................................
E. (S.) albonigra
rec. nov.
12. Head and forewing with dark spots adjoined (
Figs 10, 11
); lateral arms of connective long (
Fig. 29
)..
E. (S.) irminae
rec. nov.
- Head and forewing with dark spots separated (
Figs 7, 8
); lateral arms of connective very short (
Fig. 25
)..
E. (S.) hela
rec. nov.