Bhatia

Lu, Lin & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, A new species of the leafhopper genus Bhatia Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 3911 (1), pp. 145-150 : 147-148

Key to species of Bhatia (males) ( B. lituriceps , known only from female, excluded)

1. Vertex shorter medially than next to eyes ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 485, 486, 489)................................ 2

- Vertex slightly longer medially than next to eyes ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 483–484).............................. 5

2. Style with apical process greatly expanded ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 135)................................ B. javana

- Style with apical process slightly expanded or hook-like....................................................... 3

3. Aedeagus with shaft lateral serrations ( Viraktamath & Murthy 2009, Fig. 24)............................... B. serrata

- Aedeagus with shaft smooth............................................................................. 4

4. Style with apical process truncate apically; aedeagal shaft C-shaped curved dorsally; gonopore apical ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 121, 124).............................................................................. B. guamensis

- Style with apical process hook-like; aedeagal shaft strongly curved to a right angle dorsally; gonopore subapical on ventral sur- face ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 118, 120)......................................................... B. metcalfi

5. Pygofer with an internal posterior ledge ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Fig. 105).......................................... 6

- Pygofer without internal posterior ledge ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Fig. 139)......................................... 8

6. Aedeagal basal processes smooth, without areoles or sinuate ridges ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 111, 131)............... 7

- Aaedeagal basal processes areolate or with sinuate ridges ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs. 114–115)..................................................................................................................... B. distanti

7. With additional sclerite between connective and aedeagus ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Fig. 129)................ B. satsumensis

- Without sclerite between connective and aedeagus ( Zhang & Webb 1996, Fig. 110)......................... B. olivacea

8. Aedeagal dorsal apodeme with lateral serrate processes ( Viraktamath & Murthy 2009, Fig. 9)............. B. radhamaniae

- Aedeagal dorsal apodeme without lateral processes.......................................................... 9

9. Aedeagus without pair of basal processes ( Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 50)................................... B. unicornis

- Aedeagus with one or two pair of basal processes........................................................... 10

10. Aedeagus with one pair of basal processes ( Shang et al. 2006, Figs. 15, 17, 21, 23)................................. 11

- Aedeagus with two pairs of basal processes (Figs. 1G–H)..................................................... 14

11. Aedeagus with shaft short and robust ( Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 31).............................................. 12

- Aedeagus with shaft elongate ( Shang et al. 2006, Figs. 15, 21)................................................. 13

12. Aedeagal shaft with apical process sagittate; style with apical process bilobed ( Cai & Shen 1999, Figs. 3E–G).... B. sagittata

- Aedeagal shaft with apex globular bearing some spines; style with apical process hook-like ( Shang et al. 2006, Figs. 27, 30)............................................................................................. B. digitata

13. Style with rectangular preapical lobe ( Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 16)........................................ B. koreana

- Style without preapical lobe ( Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 20)................................................ B. hastata

14. Aedeagus with two pairs of basal processes and one unpaired process (paraphysis) between the connective and aedeagus (Figs. 1E, I)............................................................................ B. multispinosa sp. nov.

- Aedeagus with only two pairs of basal processes, without paraphysis............................................ 15

15. Style with apical extension beyond laterally directed apical process ( Zhang & Zhang 1998, Fig.1; Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 3)........................................................................................... B. biconjugara

- Style without apical extension beyond laterally directed apical process ( Shang et al. 2006, Fig. 44)........ B. quadrispinosa