Lamtoana, Dworakowska, 1972

Cao, Yanghui, Dietrich, Christopher H., Dmitriev, Dmitry A. & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Taxonomic study of some Afrotropical erythroneurine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4860 (3), pp. 301-351 : 335

Key to species of Lamtoana (males)

1 Pygofer with ventral appendage sinuate in lateral view, apex curved ventrad....................................... 2

- Pygofer with ventral appendage straight or curved slightly dorsad in lateral view ( Figs 18d , 19b , 20b ).................. 4

2 Aedeagus with distal processes more than half as long as shaft.............................. L. sordida Dworakowska

- Aedeagus with distal processes less than half as long as shaft................................................... 3

3 Basal triangles of mesonotum black............................................... L. hoslundiae Einyu & Ahmed

- Basal triangles of mesonotum pale............................................................. L. okiai Ahmed

4 Aedeagus without distal processes......................................................... L. magnifica Ahmed

- Aedeagus with pair of distal processes ( Figs 18l , 19j , 20j )..................................................... 5

5 Pygofer with ventral appendage very short, not surpassing apex of lobe ( Fig. 20b )....... L. exigua Cao & Dmitriev sp. nov.

- Pygofer with ventral appendage extended well beyond apex of lobe ( Figs 18d , 19b )................................. 6

6 Pygofer ventral appendage broadened and obliquely truncate apically in lateral view ( Figs 19b, d )..... L. nakulabica Ahmed

- Pygofer ventral appendage tapered apically in lateral view ( Figs 18d, f ).......................... L. flavoscuta (Naudé)

Figures

FIGURE 18. Lamtoana flavoscuta. a. forewing; b. hind wing; c. abdominal apodemes 2S; d. genital capsule; e. pygofer dorsal appendage; f. pygofer ventral appendage; g. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; h. subgenital plate, dorsal view; i. style, dorsal view; j. connective; k. aedeagus, lateral view; l. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 19. Lamtoana nakulabica. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 20. Lamtoana exigua. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. pygofer ventral appendage; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. connective; i. aedeagus, lateral view; j. aedeagus, ventral view.