Myittana (Myittana)

Ramaiah, Mogili & Meshram, Naresh M., 2021, A new species of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Myittana from India (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Zootaxa 4996 (1), pp. 189-193 : 190

Key to species of the subgenus Myittana (Myittana) (males)

(Modified from Viraktamath & Webb, 2019)

1. Pygofer with black spot................................................................................ 2

- Pygofer without black spot ( Viraktamath & Webb, 2019: Fig. 32 D)............... Myittana (Myittana) dohertyi (Distant)

2. Aedeagal shaft in lateral view with, apex pointed, with pair of short lateral processes, shaft trifid in posterodorsal view, gonopore small ( Viraktamath & Webb, 2019: Figs. 31 F-G); style with well-developed preapical lobe, apophysis curved................................................................... Myittana (Myittana) distincta Viraktamath & Webb

- Aedeagal shaft in lateral view with, apex hooked, ventrally with a pair of anteriorly directed short processes, gonopore large ( Figs. 8-9 ); style without preapical lobe, apophysis straight ( Fig. 10 ).............. Myittana (Myittana) bidentata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 6–11. Myittana (Myittana) bidentata sp. nov., (Male) 6. Genitalia capsule; 7. Subgenital plates and valve with aedeagal features; 8. Aedeagus, dorsal view; 9. Aedeagus, lateral view; 10. Style; 11. Connective.