Kutara, Distant, 1908

Xu, Deliang, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, M. D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, A new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Kutara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 4772 (3), pp. 585-592 : 587-588

Key to species of Kutara (males)

1 Vertex with medial spot or transverse band ( Fig. 1B ); aedeagus with two or three apical processes, with or without basal pro- cesses.............................................................................................. 2

- Vertex without a medial spot or transverse band; aedeagus with two pairs of apical processes and pair of basal processes............................................................................................. K. grisescens

2 Subgenital plate very short, semicircular................................................................... 3

- Subgenital plate long, triangular ( Fig. 2K ).................................................................. 4

3 Aedeagus with basal processes extending to mid-length of shaft; pygofer acute caudally.......................... K. lui

- Aedeagus with basal processes extending to two-thirds length of shaft; pygofer truncate caudally............. K. breviplata

4 Aedeagus with basal ventromedial keel with process.............................................. K. brunnescens

- Aedeagus not as above................................................................................. 5

5 Aedeagal shaft with spines; connective not Y-shaped......................................................... 6

- Aedeagal shaft without spines; connective Y-shaped ( Fig. 2L ).................................................. 7

6 Connective T-shaped, arms similar in length to stem, widely divergent................................ K. nigrifasciata

- Connective arms longer than stem, not widely separated.............................................. K. spinifera

7 Aedeagus with pair of apical and subapical processes................................................ K. tenuipenis

- Aedeagus not as above................................................................................. 8

8 Aedeagal shaft with a apical process-like extension, without additional processes................................... 9

- Aedeagal shaft with three apical processes................................................................ 13

9 Pygofer side without ventrocaudal dentate process.......................................................... 10

- Pygofer side with ventrocaudal dentate process....................................................... K. costalis

10 Pygofer side broadly rounded apically.................................................................... 11

- Pygofer side tapered caudally to narrowly rounded apex.............................................. K. sinensis

11 Subgenital plate upturned apically; aedeagus without subapical lateral tooth...................................... 12

- Subgenital plate not upturned apically; aedeagus with subapical lateral tooth................................ K. striata

12 Style lateral lobe long, apophysis robust............................................................. K. crypta

- Style lateral lobe short, apophysis narrow........................................................ K. transversa

13 Aedeagal shaft with a short medial process and a longer process on each side..................................... 14

- Aedeagal shaft with a single apical process-like extension beyond gonopore and a shorter process on each side ( Fig. 2 M–O)......................................................................... K. trispinosa Xu & Zhang sp. nov.

14 Basal apodeme of aedeagus with paired arms....................................................... K. producta

- Basal apodeme of aedeagus without arms............................................................ K. trifida

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kutara trispinosa Xu & Zhang sp. nov., male; A, Habitus, dorsal view; B, Head, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; C, Face, ventral view; D, Head, dorsoanterior view; E, Lateral view; F, Male abdomen, ventral view; G, Fore femur and tibia, anterior view; H, Apex of hind femur, dorsal view.

FIGURE 2. Kutara trispinosa Xu & Zhang sp. nov., male; I, Genital capsule, left lateral view; J, Genital capsule, ventral view; K, Valve, subgenital plate and style, dorsal view; L, Connective, ventral view; M, Connective and aedeagus, lateral view. N, Aedeagus, lateral view; O, Apex of aedeagus, posterior view.