Eucyphonia, Sakakibara, 1968

Rodríguez-Serrano, Juanita & Forero, Dimitri, 2019, A remarkable new species of Eucyphonia (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from Boyacá, Colombia, Zootaxa 4577 (3), pp. 494-500 : 495

Key to the species of Eucyphonia (based on Sakakibara 1968)

1. Coloration yellowish overall with dark spots..................................................... festiva sp. nov.

1’. Coloration brown or black overall........................................................................ 2

2. Pronotum brown or dark brown.......................................................................... 3

2’. Pronotum black with or without pale spots.................................................................. 4

3. Pronotum dark brown without spots; lateral branches of posterior process inflated, with diameter at the widest point approximately two thirds length of posterior medial spine................................... crassibullata ( Sakakibara, 1968)

3’. Pronotum brown with yellow spots, lateral branches of the posterior process with diameter at widest point approximately one third length of posterior medial spine................................................ bifurcata ( Sakakibara, 1968)

4. Pronotum without yellow spots; vertex with inferior borders yellow......................... furcata (Burmeister, 1833)

4’. Pronotum with yellow spots............................................................................. 5

5. Pronotum with large yellow spot on lateral margin, posterad of eyes...................... globigera ( Sakakibara, 1968)

5’. Pronotum with several small spots........................................................................ 6

6. Pronotum with four yellow spots, two on each side behind supra-humeral processes; vertex with medium sized yellow spot....................................................................................... nasalis (Stål, 1862)

6’. Pronotum with more than four yellow spots................................................................. 7

7. Lateral branches of posterior process with anterior yellow spot............................. seabrai ( Sakakibara, 1968)

7’. Lateral branches of posterior process without yellow spots..................................................... 8

8. Pronotum with two anterior spots, two at each side behind supra-humeral processes and dorsal one between supra-humeral processes; vertex with yellow spots on middle and lower edges............................ furcispina (Lethierry, 1890)

8’. Pronotum with spot at base of supra-humeral processes, one behind eyes extending over humeral angles, one behind each humeral processes and one at corner of lateral margin, vertex with inferior borders yellow........ mourei ( Sakakibara, 1968)