Berotha, Walker, 1860

Li, Di, Aspöck, Horst, Aspöck, Ulrike & Liu, Xingyue, 2018, A review of the beaded lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from China, Zootaxa 4500 (2), pp. 235-257 : 236-237

Key to males of Berotha from China

1 Complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 with an extremely tiny bristle-bow, almost invisible (U. Aspöck et al. 2013: Fig. 12 )............................................ B. taiwanica U. Aspöck, Liu & H. Aspöck

- Complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 with distinct bristle-bow, reaching to segment 7, segment 8 or segment 9 anteriorly ( Figs. 12 , 19 , 24 ; Yang & Liu 1995: Fig. 15 ; Yang & Liu 1999: Fig. 20-19A; U . Aspöck et al. 2013: Figs. 3 , 4 )................................................................................................ 2

2 Sternum 8 posteriorly with a median digitiform processus; sternum 9 largely paired; complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 large, reaching to segment 7 anteriorly ( Fig. 19 ; U. Aspöck et al, 2013: Figs. 3 , 4 ).............. 3

- Sternum 8 posteriorly truncate; sternum 9 not paired; complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 reaching to segment 8 or segment 9 anteriorly ( Figs. 12, 13 , 24, 25 ; Yang & Liu 1995: Fig. 15 ; Yang & Liu 1999: Fig. 20-19A )..... 4

3 Gonocoxites 9 in lateral view with ventral portion nearly right-angled ( Fig. 19 )................... B. chouioi Yang & Liu

- Gonocoxites 9 in lateral view with ventral portion nearly arcuately convex (U. Aspöck et al. 2013: Figs. 3 , 4 )................................................................................. B. spetana U. Aspöck, Liu & H. Aspöck

4 Sternum 9 in lateral view distinctly tapering posteriad ( Yang & Liu 1999: Fig. 20-19A )........... B. baminana Yang & Liu

- Sternum 9 in lateral view not tapering..................................................................... 5

5 Tergum 9 + ectoprocts in lateral view with posterodorsal portion nearly right-angled ( Yang & Liu 1995: Fig. 15 ).......................................................................................... B. zhejiangana Yang & Liu

- Tergum 9 + ectoprocts in lateral view with posterodorsal portion arcuately convex ( Figs. 12 , 24 )....................... 6

6 Sternum 9 posteriorly truncate ( Fig. 13 )...................................................... B. bannana (Yang)

- Sternum 9 concaved posteriad ( Fig. 25 )................................................ B. guangdongana sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Berotha bannana (Yang), male, habitus photo. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Berotha bannana (Yang), female, habitus photo. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 12–18. Berotha bannana (Yang). 12. Male genitalia, lateral view; 13. Male genitalia, ventral view; 14. Male, complex of gonocoxites 9 and gonocoxites 10, lateral view; 15. Female genitalia, lateral view; 16. Female genitalia, ventral view; 17. Female complex of bursa copulatrix and spermatheca, lateral view; 18. Female gonocoxites 8, ventral view. b: bursa copulatrix; e: ectoproct; gp7: gonapophysis 7; gx7: gonocoxite 7; gp8: gonapophysis 8; gx8: gonocoxite 8; gx9: gonocoxite 9; gx10: complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 (= paramere-mediuncus complex); gx11: gonocoxite 11 (= gonarcus); hc: hypocauda; hi: hypandrium internum; r: spermatheca; S7–9: sternum 7–9; T7–9: tergum 7–9. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (Figs. 12–13, 15–16); 0.2 mm (Figs. 14, 17–18).

FIGURES 19–23. Berotha chouioi Yang & Liu. 19. Male genitalia, lateral view; 20. Male genitalia, ventral view; 21. Female genitalia, lateral view; 22. Female genitalia, ventral view; 23. Female complex of bursa copulatrix and spermatheca, lateral view. b: bursa copulatrix; e: ectoproct; gp7: gonapophysis 7; gx7: gonocoxite 7; gp8: gonapophysis 8; gx8: gonocoxite 8; gx9: gonocoxite 9; gx10: complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 (= paramere-mediuncus complex); gx11: gonocoxite 11 (= gonarcus); hc: hypocauda; hi: hypandrium internum; r: spermatheca; S7–9: sternum 7–9; T7–9: tergum 7–9. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (Figs. 19–22); 0.2 mm (Fig. 23).

FIGURES 24–26. Berotha guangdongana sp. nov. 24. Male genitalia, lateral view; 25. Male genitalia, ventral view; 26. Male, complex of gonocoxites 9 and gonocoxites 10, lateral view. e: ectoproct; gx9: gonocoxite 9; gx10: complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses and gonostyli 10 (= paramere-mediuncus complex); gx11: gonocoxite 11 (= gonarcus); hi: hypandrium internum. S7–9: sternum 7–9; T7–9: tergum 7–9. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (Figs. 24–25); 0.2 mm (Fig. 26).