Geelus, Stiller, 2020

Stiller, Michael, 2020, A new leafhopper genus Geelus and 12 new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae) from Southern Africa, Zootaxa 4786 (3), pp. 301-344 : 307-308

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.3.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:94F4B2D8-3941-493A-B9AA-80553E22759C

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E87E5-FFFD-EC75-09A4-FD68F68EA523

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Plazi

scientific name

Geelus
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Key to males of Geelus View in CoL

1 Aedeagus with shaft thin (7–45 µm diameter), in lateral and ventral view, elongate ( Figs 3F, 3G View FIGURE 3 , 4A, 4B View FIGURE 4 , 8C View FIGURE 8 , 12A, 12C, 12D, 12G, 12H View FIGURE 12 , 13A, 13B View FIGURE 13 , 17A, 17B View FIGURE 17 )......................................................................... 2

- Aedeagus with shaft thick (50–80 µm diameter), in lateral and ventral view, robust ( Figs 6A, 6B View FIGURE 6 , 9A, 9B View FIGURE 9 , 11A, 11B View FIGURE 11 , 14A, 14B View FIGURE 14 , 16A, 16B, 16C View FIGURE 16 , 19A, 19B, 19C View FIGURE 19 , 21A, 21B, 21C View FIGURE 21 )............................................................ 6

2 Apex of shaft rectangular ( Figs 3F, 3G View FIGURE 3 , 4A, 4B View FIGURE 4 , 12A, 12C, 12D, 12G, 12H View FIGURE 12 , 17A, 17B View FIGURE 17 ).............................. 3

- Apex with fine fork, or triangular lateral process ( Figs 8A, 8B, 8C View FIGURE 8 , 13C, 13D View FIGURE 13 ).................................... 5

3 Shaft tubular, curved uniformly ( Figs 3F, 3G View FIGURE 3 , 4A, 4B View FIGURE 4 ); pygofer lobe short, triangular, spine-like process at apex, without teeth or sometimes with 2–4 basal teeth, origin medial, orientation medial or dorsal ( Figs 3K, 3L, 3O View FIGURE 3 , 4F, 4G View FIGURE 4 ); subgenital plate elongate (1.1–1.3 times longer than wide), macrosetae in distal half ( Figs 3L View FIGURE 3 , 4I View FIGURE 4 )........................ G. dundraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft depressed, or tubular and sinuous.................................................................... 4

4 Shaft depressed ( Figs 12A, 12C, 12D, 12G, 12H View FIGURE 12 ), slightly wider in dorsal or ventral view than in lateral view; pygofer lobe short, triangular, spine-like process apical, origin medial, orientation medial or dorsomedial ( Fig. 12I View FIGURE 12 ); subgenital plate elongate (1.1–1.3 times longer than wide), macrosetae subapically ( Figs 12E, 12J View FIGURE 12 )........................... G. platdraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft sinuous in lateral view ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ); pygofer lobe with spine-like process smooth, origin dorsomedial, curvate, orientated posteroventrad ( Fig. 17H View FIGURE 17 ); subgenital plate short (0.5–0.7 times longer than wide), macrosetae near apex ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 )............................................................................................ G. slangdraad View in CoL sp. n.

5 Shaft with delicate forked process at apex ( Figs 8 View FIGURE 8 A–C); pygofer lobe narrow, triangular, spine-like process curvate, origin dorsomedial, orientation dorsoposteriad ( Fig. 8F View FIGURE 8 ); subgenital plate elongate (1.0–1.1 times longer than wide), macrosetae near apex ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ).......................................................................... G. vurkdraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft with delicate triangular paired tooth laterally at apex to subapex ( Figs 13 View FIGURE 13 A–D); pygofer lobe triangular, apex with spinelike process origin medial, straight, 2–4 small teeth on process, orientation mediad ( Figs 13F, 13G View FIGURE 13 ); subgenital plate elongate (1.5–1.8 times longer than wide), 6–10 macrosetae along most of lateral margin ( Fig. 13H View FIGURE 13 )......... G. driehoekdraad View in CoL sp. n.

6 Shaft with short, right-angled elbow-like joint medially, apex enlarged, disc-shaped with paired teeth ( Figs 6A, 6E View FIGURE 6 ); pygofer lobe triangular, apex rounded, spine-like process origin dorsomediad, sublinear, dorsomedially denticulate, orientated posteroventrad ( Fig. 6H View FIGURE 6 ); subgenital plate about as long as wide (0.9–1.1 times longer than wide), 3–4 macrosetae ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 )........................................................................................... G. kinkeldraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft straight or slightly curved.......................................................................... 7

7 Shaft medially with two pairs of teeth, shaft curvate ( Figs 9A, 9B View FIGURE 9 ), dorsal apodeme reduced, preatrium elongate; pygofer lobe narrowly triangular, smooth spine-like process origin dorsomediad, sublinear, orientated posteroventrad ( Fig. 9F View FIGURE 9 ); subgenital plate short (0.8–0.9 times longer than wide), three macrosetae near apex ( Fig. 9E View FIGURE 9 )................. G. nektanddraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft with teeth subapically, ventromedially, or single medial tooth, or blade-like anterior and posterior margins or paired apical and basal teeth, shaft straight or sublinear, dorsal apodeme variable.............................................. 8

8 Shaft with 2–3 unpaired teeth on posterior margin, apex with narrow disc-shaped flange and short, paired posterior teeth ( Figs 11A, 11B View FIGURE 11 ); dorsal apodeme and preatrium with similar dimensions; pygofer lobe narrowly triangular, spine-like process origin dorsomediad, sublinear, orientated posteroventrad ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ); subgenital plate elongate (1.1–1.2 times longer than wide), four macrosetae lateroapically ( Fig. 11E View FIGURE 11 )....................................................... G. stompdraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft apically or subapically with paired teeth and single ventral tooth or dorsal semicircular tooth-like structure or basal paired teeth or blade-like anterior and posterior margins............................................................ 9

9 Teeth on shaft blade-like, on anterior and posterior margins, of similar length as shaft, dorsal apodeme reduced, shaft sublinear ( Figs 21 View FIGURE 21 A–C); pygofer lobe rectangular ( Fig. 21F View FIGURE 21 ); subgenital plate apex acute, base laterally rounded ( Fig. 21J View FIGURE 21 )............................................................................................... G. lemdraad View in CoL sp. n.

- shaft with tooth-like processes, or enlarged transverse tooth, 3–4 teeth, dorsal apodeme variable...................... 10

10 Shaft with three teeth................................................................................. 11

- Shaft with four teeth, paired teeth at apex and at base ( Figs 19 View FIGURE 19 A–C); pygofer lobe rectangular, dorsal margin rounded, acute notch at base, process near dorsal apex, orientation ventromediad ( Figs 19E, 19G View FIGURE 19 ); subgenital plate with apex acute, densely set with macrosetae ( Fig. 19F View FIGURE 19 )............................................................ G. viertanddraad View in CoL sp. n.

11 Shaft with dorsal subapical paired tooth and single ventral subapical tooth, shaft distally tubular, base compressed ( Figs 14A, 14B View FIGURE 14 ); pygofer lobe with dorsomedial, smooth spine-like process, apex curved ventrad ( Fig. 14E View FIGURE 14 ); subgenital plate short (0.7– 0.9 times longer than wide), with four macrosetae ( Fig. 14F View FIGURE 14 ).................................. G. drietanddraad View in CoL sp. n.

- Shaft with paired, subapical, medial tooth and dorsal subapical, semicircular tooth-like process, laterally acuminate, shaft compressed ( Figs 16 View FIGURE 16 A–C); pygofer lobe rectangular, apex dorsally with spine, oriented ventrad, apex bipinnate ( Figs 16E, 16F View FIGURE 16 ); subgenital plate shorter (0.5–0.7 times longer than wide), with up to 30 rows of macrosetae ( Fig. 16G View FIGURE 16 ).. G. haakdraad View in CoL sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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