Oragua

Mejdalani, Gabriel, Da Silva, Cristiane M. F. & Takiya, Daniela M., 2016, Two new species of the sharpshooter genus Oragua Melichar, 1926 from Southeastern Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), Zootaxa 4132 (3), pp. 422-430 : 426

Key to species of Oragua (males) from Southeastern Brazil

1 Subgenital plates extending as far posteriorly as or beyond pygofer apex......................................... 2

- Subgenital plates not extending as far posteriorly as pygofer apex ( Fig. 2 )........................................ 3

2(1) Aedeagus with shaft regularly curved dorsally and with a pair of short anteapical processes ( Young 1977: fig. 517f)........................................................................................... O. triplehorni Young

- Aedeagus with shaft slender, attenuate, with a pair of slender, acute, procurved apical processes ( Young 1977: fig. 504f)........................................................................................ O. maculifera Young

3(1) Pygofer without processes; aedeagus with apex acuminate, without processes ( Young 1977: fig. 516f)..................................................................................................... O. discoidula (Osborn)

- Pygofer with strong dentiform process on posteroventral margin ( Figs 2, 3 ); aedeagus with apex not acuminate, bearing pair of apical processes ( Figs 7, 8 , 12, 13 )....................................................................... 4

4(3) Paraphyses with a pair of elongate, slender asymmetrical rami ( Fig. 6 )......................... O. linnavuorii sp. nov.

- Paraphyses with two pairs of short, spiniform apical processes ( Fig. 14 )........................ O. flavolineata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Oragua linnavuorii sp. nov. (male). 1, crown, pronotum, and mesonotum (location of pin indicated), dorsal view. 2, pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view. 3, apex of pygofer, caudal view. 4, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view. 5, connective and style, dorsal view. 6, paraphyses, dorsal view. 7, aedeagus and anal tube, lateral view. 8, apical portion of aedeagus, caudal view. DPR = dentiform process of pygofer. Scale bars: 1 = 2 mm, 2 – 4 = 1 mm, 5 – 7 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 12 – 14. Oragua flavolineata sp. nov. (male). 12, aedeagus, anal tube, and paraphyses, lateral view. 13, apical portion of aedeagus, caudal view. 14, paraphyses, dorsal view. Compare with Figs 6 - 8 of O. linnavuorii sp. nov. AED = aedeagus; ATB = anal tube; PAR = paraphyses. Scale bar: 9 = 0.5 mm.