Thapaia

Song, Yuehua & Li, Zizhong, 2009, Three new species of the leafhopper genus Thapaia Dmitriev & Dietrich (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, Zootaxa 2299, pp. 62-68 : 63

Key to males of Thapaia

1 Aedeagal shaft without obvious large ventral process at base...................................................................................... 2

- Aedeagal shaft with large single ventral process at base .............................................................................................. 3

2 Pair of apical processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcated .............................................................................. T. sikkimensis

- Pair of apical processes of aedeagal shaft unbranched ( Figs. 31, 32 ) ................................................. T. plumula sp. n.

3 Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of apical processes ( Figs. 9, 10 ) ................................................................. T. tina sp. n.

- Aedeagal shaft with only one pair of apical processes ................................................................................................ 4

4 Aedeagal shaft with one pair of small processes at sub-base ( Figs. 20, 21 ) ................................... T. multibudna sp. n.

- Aedeagal shaft without small processes at sub-base ......................................................................................... T. nema

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 33. Thapaia plumula sp. nov. 23. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 24. Face. 25. Fore wing. 26. Abdominal apodemes. 27. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 28. Anal tube. 29. Subgenital plate. 30. Style. 31. Aedeagus, ventral view. 32. Aedeagus, lateral view. 33. Connective.

FIGURES 1 – 11. Thapaia tina sp. nov. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 2. Face. 3. Fore wing. 4. Abdominal apodemes. 5. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 6. Anal tube. 7. Subgenital plate. 8. Style. 9. Aedeagus, ventral view. 10. Aedeagus, lateral view. 11. Connective.

FIGURES 12 – 22. Thapaia multibudna sp. nov. 12. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 13. Face. 14. Fore wing. 15. Abdominal apodemes. 16. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 17. Anal tube. 18. Subgenital plate. 19. Style. 20. Aedeagus, ventral view. 21. Aedeagus, lateral view. 22. Connective.