Projecta, Cao & Dietrich & Dmitriev & Zhang, 2020

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 : 310

Key to species of Projecta gen. nov. (males)

1 Pygofer with dorsal appendage branched ( Figs 5e , 6b )........................................................ 2

- Pygofer with dorsal appendage unbranched ( Figs 7c , 8c )...................................................... 3

2 Pygofer apex elongate, extended beyond subgenital plate ( Fig. 5d ); style preapical lobe formed a finger-like protrusion ( Fig. 5h )...................................................................... P. auriculata Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

- Pygofer apex short, not surpassing subgenital plate ( Fig. 6b ); style preapical lobe without finger-like protrusion ( Fig. 6e )............................................................................... P. brevis Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

3 Pygofer apex terminating in sharp point or bifurcated ( Figs 7b, d ); aedeagus with single pair of distal processes ( Figs 7j, k )........................................................................... P. depressa Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

- Pygofer apex bluntly rounded ( Fig. 8b, d ); aedeagus with paired basal and distal processes ( Figs 8j, k ).......................................................................................... P. draciformis Cao & Zhang sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Projecta auriculata. a. forewing; b. hind wing; c. abdominal apodemes 2S; d. genital capsule; e. pygofer dorsal appendage; f. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; g. subgenital plate, dorsal view; h. style, dorsal view; i. style, lateral view; j. connective; k. aedeagus, lateral view; l. aedeagus, ventral view; m. apex of aedeagus, caudal view.

FIGURE 6. Projecta brevis. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; d. subgenital plate, dorsal view; e. style, dorsal view; f. style, lateral view; g. connective; h. aedeagus, lateral view; i. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 7. Projecta depressa. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. apex of pygofer extension of paratype; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. style, lateral view; i. connective; j. aedeagus, lateral view; k. aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 8. Projecta draciformis. a. abdominal apodemes 2S; b. genital capsule; c. pygofer dorsal appendage; d. apex of pygofer extension; e. subgenital plate, style, connective and sternite IX; f. subgenital plate, dorsal view; g. style, dorsal view; h. style, lateral view; i. connective; j. aedeagus, lateral view; k. aedeagus, ventral view.