Mayawa, Fletcher, 2000

Dietrich, Christopher H., 2021, New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), Zootaxa 4933 (4), pp. 575-585 : 578

Key to species of Mayawa

1. Crown of head with pair of large submedial black spots ( Fig. 3B )............................................... 2

-. Crown of head without large spots, with broken transverse line or multiple pairs of small spots ( Fig. 2B ), or without distinct markings ( Fig. 4B ).................................................................................... 3

2. Spots on crown extended onto face ( Fig. 3B )................................................ bimaculata sp. nov.

-. Spots on crown not extended onto face, face usually with separate pair of black spots below crown margin................................................................................................... capitata (Kirkaldy)

3. Head without distinct brown markings on crown ( Fig. 4B ).................................................... 4

-. Head with small brown spots or lines near anterior margin of crown ( Fig. 2B )..................................... 6

4. Male style apophysis slender and evenly curved laterad ( Fig. 5G )................................... kathyae sp.nov.

-. Male style apophysis broad, posteromedial margin abruptly bent laterad ( Fig. 4G )................................. 5

5. Crown between eyes approximately as long as wide; aedeagal shaft curved dorsad in lateral view........... flava Fletcher

-. Crown between eyes much shorter than wide ( Fig. 4B ); aedeagal shaft arcuate in lateral view ( Fig. 4H ).................................................................................................... brevicephala sp. nov.

6. Male style apophysis slender and evenly curved, posteromedial margin not distinctly angulate ( Fig. 6F )................ 7

-. Male style apophysis usually broad, posteromedial margin distinctly angulate ( Fig. 4G )............................. 9

7. Aedeagal shaft in posterior view distinctly tapered distad of preapical processes, distal processes less than one fifth as long as gonopore ( Fig. 6H )....................................................................... vestigia sp. nov.

-. Aedeagal shaft in posterior view parallel-sided distad of preapical processes, distal processes at least one third as long as gonopore ( Fig. 2G )....................................................................................... 8

8. Subgenital plate more than twice as long as maximum width; aedeagus with gonopore extended basad beyond distal process more than length of process ( Fig. 2H ); style apophysis more than 6x longer than basal width ( Fig. 2F )..................................................................................................... affinifacialis sp. nov.

-. Subgenital plate distinctly less than twice as long as maximum width; aedeagus with gonopore extended only slightly basad of distal process; style apophysis approximately 4x longer than basal width............................. facialis Fletcher

9. Male style apophysis with lateral projection oriented basolaterad.................................... fusca Fletcher

-. Male style apophysis with lateral projection oriented distolaterad or laterad ( Fig. 4G ).............................. 10

10. Male subgenital plate with posteromedial notch................................................ neoflava Fletcher

-. Male subgenital plate truncate apically, without posteromedial notch................................ carolae Fletcher

Figures

FIGURE 2. Mayawa affinifacialis sp. nov., male holotype. A-B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, head and anterior part of thorax, anterior view; D, base of abdomen, ventral view; E–F, genital capsule, lateral and ventral view; G, styles, connective and subgenital plate, ventral view; H, aedeagus, ventral view; I, aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 3. Mayawa bimaculata sp. nov., male holotype. A-B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, head and anterior part of thorax, anterior view; D, base of abdomen, ventral view; E, genital capsule, lateral view; F, styles, connective, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; G, aedeagus, posteroventral view; H, aedeagus, lateral view. I–M, female paratype: I, abdominal sternite VII; J, first valvula; K, detail of same; L, second valvulae; M, detail of same.

FIGURE 4. Mayawa brevicephala sp. nov., male holotype. A–B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, head and anterior part of thorax, anterior view; D, base of abdomen, ventral view; E–F, genital capsule, lateral and ventral view; G, genitalia, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; H, genitalia, lateral view.

FIGURE 5. Mayawa kathyae sp. nov., male holotype. A–B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, head and anterior part of thorax, anterior view; D, base of abdomen, ventral view; E–F, genital capsule, lateral and ventral view; G, genitalia and subgenital plate, ventral view; H, genitalia and subgenital plate, lateral view. I, abdominal sternite VII of female.

FIGURE 6. Mayawa vestigia sp. nov., male holotype. A–B, lateral and dorsal habitus; C, base of abdomen, ventral view; D-E, genital capsule, lateral and ventral view; F, styles, connective, valve and subgenital plate, ventral view; G, aedeagus, lateral view (shaft broken); H, aedeagus, ventral view.