Mukaria Distant

Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2011, Review of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Mukaria Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mukariinae) with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 2882, pp. 27-34 : 29

Key to Chinese species of Mukaria Distant (male)

1. Ventral margin of pygofer with one or two processes ( Hayashi, 1996: Figs 5, 7 ; Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 66-1)............ 2

- Ventral margin of pygofer without processes ( Fig. 5 ).......................................................... 5

2. Ventral margin of pygofer with two processes ( Hayashi, 1996: Figs 5, 7 )...................... M. maculata (Matsumura)

- Ventral margin of pygofer with one process ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 66-1)........................................ 3

3. Subgenital plate broad at base, apical 1/3 abruptly narrowing, membranous ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 66-2)................................................................................................ M. bambusana Li & Chen

- Subgenital plate quadrate, apex slightly acute, not membranous................................................. 4

4. Ventral margin of pygofer with long hook-like process ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 62-3); aedeagal shaft with two apical branches long, diverging apically ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 62-5)..................................... M. albinotata Cai & Ge

- Ventral margin of pygofer with finger-like process ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 63-1); aedeagal shaft with two apical and two lat- eral processes, subequal to each other ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 63-4)............................. M. flavida Cai & Ge

5. Pygofer with finger-like process at dorsal margin near apex ( Fig. 5 ).................................... M. lii sp. nov.

- Pygofer without process at dorsal margin................................................................... 6

6. Subgenital plate broad at base, apical 1/3 abruptly narrowing to slender membranous apex ( Chen et al., 2009: Fig. 10 )................................................................................... M. testacea Chen, Liang & Li

- Subgenital plate quadrate, apex slightly acute, not membranous................................................. 7

7. Aedeagal shaft with apical margin truncate, separately produced laterad into short process ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 67-4)....................................................................................... M. pallipes Li & Chen

- Aedeagal shaft with four apical branches, outside ones acute, converging apically, inside ones short, finger-like ( Li and Chen, 1999: Fig. 64-3)..................................................................... M. nigra Kuoh & Kuoh

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Mukaria lii. (1) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (2) Head and thorax, lateral view; (3) Forewing; (4) Hindwing; (5) male pygofer, dorsal view; (6) Valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; (7) aedeagus, connective and styles, dorsal view; (8) aedeagus, caudal view; (9) female sternite VII. Scale bars: = 2 mm (Figs 1, 2, 8); 1 mm (Figs 3, 4); 0.5 mm (Figs 5 – 7, 9).

FIGURES 10 – 14. Mukaria lii. (10) Adult 3, dorsal view; (11) Adult Ƥ, dorsal view; (12) Adult 3, lateral view; (13) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (14) Face.