Sobrala

Kang, Ju-Xia & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2015, Review of the genus Sobrala Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) with description of four new species and a new record from China, Zootaxa 3974 (2), pp. 245-256 : 246

Key to species of Sobrala (adult males)

1 Pygofer side longer than subgenital plate, penis stem curved caudad ( Figs. 17 , 64 ).................................. 2

- Pygofer side shorter than subgenital plate, penis stem curved anterad............................. S. lamellaris sp. nov.

2 Penis stem with basal extension on dorsal side ( Figs. 31 , 45 )................................................... 3

- Penis stem without basal extension on dorsal side ( Figs. 23 , 37 , 62 , 70 )........................................... 4

3 Penis extension short, angulate ( Fig. 31 )............................................... S. capreola Dworakowska

- Penis extension long, fingerlike ( Fig. 45 )................................................... S. dactylina sp. nov.

4 Penis with posteroventral margin broadly and evenly curved in lateral view ( Fig. 37 )............... S. clara Dworakowska

- Penis with posteroventral margin not evenly curved in lateral view, subangulate posteroventrally....................... 5

5 Penis stem with blunt apex.............................................................................. 6

- Penis stem with tapered apex ( Fig. 70 )................................................... S. tmava Dworakowska

6 Extension at hind angle of pygofer side expanded and distinctly serrate in posterior view ( Fig. 19 )...................................................................................................... S. acanthophylla sp. nov.

- Extension at hind angle of pygofer side quadrate and indistinctly denticulate in posterior view ( Fig. 57 ).................................................................................................... S. quadrilatera sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Sobrala acanthophylla sp. nov. 16, abdominal apodemes; 17, genital capsule, lateral view; 18, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 19, pygofer side, posterior view; 20, subgenital plate, ventral view; 21, connective, ventral view; 22, paramere, ventral view; 23, aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 63 – 70. Sobrala tmava Dworakowska, 1977 n. rec. 63, abdominal apodemes; 64, genital capsule, lateral view; 65, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 66, pygofer side, posterior view; 67, subgenital plate, ventral view; 68, connective, ventral view; 69, paramere, ventral view; 70, aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURES 24 – 31. Sobrala capreola Dworakowska, 1993. 24, Crown, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 25, face, ventral view; 26, abdominal apodemes; 27, pygofer side, lateral view; 28, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 29, paramere, ventral view; 30, apex of paramere, ventral view; 31, aedeagus and connective, lateral view (all after Dworakowska, 1993).

FIGURES 38 – 45. Sobrala dactylina sp. nov. 38, abdominal apodemes; 39, pygofer side, lateral view; 40, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 41, pygofer side, posterior view; 42, subgenital plate, ventral view; 43, connective, ventral view; 44, paramere, ventral view; 45, aedeagus and connective, lateral view.

FIGURES 32 – 37. Sobrala clara Dworakowska, 1993. 32, Crown, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 33, face, ventral view; 34, abdominal apodemes; 35, pygofer side, lateral view; 36, hind margin of pygofer side, lateral view; 37, aedeagus and connective, lateral view (all after Dworakowska, 1993).

FIGURES 55 – 62. Sobrala quadrilatera sp. nov. 55, abdominal apodemes; 56, pygofer side, lateral view; 57, pygofer side, posterior view; 58, subgenital plate, ventral view; 59, connective, ventral view; 60, paramere, lateral view; 61, paramere, ventral view; 62, aedeagus and connective, lateral view.