Neobelocera

Hu, Chun-Lin & Ding, Jin-Hua, 2014, A new species of Neobelocera Ding & Yang (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae: Tropidocephalini) from China, with a key to species of the genus, Zootaxa 3784 (2), pp. 196-199 : 199

Key to species of Neobelocera

1. Tegmina yellowish white, hyaline, with a small dark brown marking on furcation of Sc1..................... N. medogensis sp. nov.

- Tegmina with blackish brown marking, of which veins bear white spots or white short stripes at intervals............... 2

2. Frons with pale transverse band below level of lower margin of eyes............................................ 3

- Frons without transverse band......................................................................................................................................... 4

3. Frons with pale transverse band very narrow, shorter than the length of frons about 0.14:1, ventral margin of pygofer with 3 medioventral processes................................................................. N. lanpingensis Chen

- Frons with pale transverse band rather broad, shorter than the length of frons about 0.25:1, ventral margin of pygofer deeply incised, without medioventral process.............................................. N. asymmetrica Ding & Yang

4. Median carina of vertex, pronotum, mesonotum and frons white bordered with dark brown to blackish brown........... 5

- Not as above, tegmen at basal part and hind margin of apical part with blackish brown markings, ventral margin of pygofer concave medially, lateral side of which each with a short process................................. N. lii Hou & Chen

5. Pygofer with ventral margin concave medially, on lateral side each with a long, slender process; genital styles slender and long, with a spine-like process subapically................................................ N. laterospina Chen & Liang

- Pygofer with ventral margin without any process............................................................. 6

6. Genital styles long, parallel and slightly sinuate, with inner apical angle acute, without process..................................................................................................................................................................... N. zhejiangensis ( Zhu, 1988)

- Genital styles rather robust, apex acute, with branch lateral process terminating with 3–5 spinose processes.............................................................................................. N. hanyinensis Qin & Yuan