Leofa

Chalam, M. S. V. & Rao, V. Ramasubba, 2005, (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini) from India *, Zootaxa 808, pp. 1-4 : 3-4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.170588

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6265039

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A5687FA-6F64-FF8C-2158-3042201466C0

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Plazi

scientific name

Leofa
status

 

Key to the Indian species of Leofa View in CoL (males only)

(Modified from the key of Viraktamath and Viraktamath (1992))

1 Subgenital plates rounded caudally; aedeagal shaft with a caudal hood, basal process short narrower than width of the shaft .......................................................................... 2

­ Subgenital plates truncate caudally; aedeagal shaft without a caudal hood, basal process long, broader than width of the shaft....................................................................... .............................................................. Leofa truncata Viraktamath and Viraktamath View in CoL

2 Apophysis of style with bilobed apex; Subgenital plate with a slightly curved sclerotized ridge reaching caudal margin; apex of aedeagal shaft with a rim .......................... ......................................................................... L. neela Viraktamath and Viraktamath View in CoL

­ Apophysis of style with rounded apex; subgenital plate with strongly angled ridge not reaching caudal apex; aedeagal shaft without an apical rim ......................................... 3

3 Apex of aedeagal shaft without a quadrate process on its caudal. margin; caudal hood of aedeagus as long as the shaft .................... L. robusta Viraktamath and Viraktamath View in CoL

­ Aedeagal shaft with a ventrally directed quadrate process on caudal margin of shaft at apex; caudal hood of aedeagus not reaching the apex of the shaft .............................. 4

4 Aedeagal shaft robust and mushroom­shaped; basal process reaching beyond midlength of shaft................................................................................. L. mushroomi View in CoL sp.n.

­ Aedeagal shaft not mushroom­shaped .......................................................................... 5

5 Aedeagus with uniform tubular shaft, caudal hood not strongly developed; gonopore asymmetrically placed on left side .............................................. L. mysorensis Distant View in CoL

­ Aedeagal shaft hood­like with lateral lamellate expansion; caudal hood strongly developed; gonopore symmetrically placed .............. L. naga Viraktamath and Viraktamath View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

SubFamily

Deltocephalinae

Tribe

Stenometopiini

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