Tribe Teruliini: new genera and new species of Neotropical leafhoppers with a revised key to genera and species, new records and notes on distribution and taxonomy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae)
Author
Nielson, M. W.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-03-18
2795
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2952.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2952.1.1
1175-5326
10095398
Key to genera of
Teruliini
(males)
1. Crown with lateral margins distinctly carinate, anterior margin angulate, distinctly produced beyond anterior margin of eyes. ................................................................................................... 2
- Crown with lateral margins not carinate, anterior margin usually rounded, rarely angulate, usually produced slightly beyond or even with anterior margin of eyes........................................................................ 8
2. Styles symmetrical.................................................................................... 3
- Styles asymmetrical.....................................................................
Kravilidius
Nielson
3. Style with lateral teeth or setae.......................................................................... 4
- Style glabrous......................................................................................... 5
4. Style with numerous setae at apical ¼; aedeagus long, very slender, with a few long to numerous short spines at apical ½.........................................................................................
Carinolidia
Nielson
- Style with numerous lateral teeth at apical ½; aedeagus long, robust with numerous long spines throughout length of shaft..........................................................................................
Vernobia
Nielson
5. Medium size, slender species, length less than
8 mm
; aedeagus tubular or compressed laterally....................... 6
- Large, robust species, length over
9 mm
; aedeagus tubular.............................................
Terulia
Stål
6. Aedeagus tubular with several medial spines along shaft and or subapically....................................... 7
- Aedeagus compressed laterally with single subapical spine......................................
Sprundigia
Nielson
7. Pygofer scleriorate on middle of caudal margin; aedeagus nearly straight in lateral view..............
Racinolidia
Nielson
- Pygofer not scleriorate; aedeagus with base and apex distinctly curved in lateral view.............
Paracarinolidia
Nielson
8. Aedeagus symmetrical or nearly so....................................................................... 9
- Aedeagus distinctly asymmetrical........................................................................ 10
9. Mesonotum small, median length equal to median length of pronotum; aedeagus with dorsobasal flange and paired subapical ventral spines..........................................................................
Laevilidia
Nielson
- Mesonotum large, median length greater than median length of pronotum; aedeagus without such processes....................................................................................................
Panolidia
Nielson
10. Styles symmetrical; aedeagus single..................................................................... 11
- Styles symmetrical; aedeagus bipendulate....................................................
Harasupia
Nielson
11. Subgenital plate with few to numerous fine hairlike setae on surface or along margin, apex usually rounded............. 13
- Subgenital plate with numerous, very long, coarse setae on margin a apical ½, apex usually pointed with distinct spine apically
Labocurtidia
Nielson
12. Subgential plate with apical half elliptical................................................................. 14
- Subgenital plate with apical half ligulate (
Fig. 2
)...........................................
Freytagolidia
gen. nov.
13. Style very short, extending to or slightly beyond base of aedeagus in dorsal view................................. 15
- Style long, extending to or beyond midlength of aedeagus in dorsal view......................................... 16
14. Aedeagus with subapical process directed distally...............................................
Conbalia
Nielson
- Aedeagus with subapical process directed basally................................................
Yochlia
Nielson
15. Aedeagus long, nearly as long as or longer than style........................................................ 17
- Aedeagus very short, about half as long as style..............................................
Derriblocera
Nielson
16. Pygofer in lateral view with 1–2 caudal processes, processes small, lobe-like, short or long and narrow or broadly digitate, with or without tuft of setae on caudal margin.................................................................. 24
- Pygofer in lateral view usually without such processes, usually with tuft of setae on caudal margin.................... 18
17. Style glabrous....................................................................................... 19
- Style usually densely setaceous distally.......................................................
Perulidia
Nielson
18. Aedeagus with gonopore subapical, setaceous subapically, apically or glabrous; distribution Neogeic or South America.. 20
- Aedeagus with gonopore apical, setaceous medially; distribution
Mexico
...........................
Mexolidia
Nielson
19. Style as long as or much longer than aedeagus, apophysis robust.............................................. 21
- Style shorter than aedeagus, apophysis slender............................................................. 22
20. Aedeagus with numerous fine, short setae subapically; style much longer than aedeagus..............
Cochanga
Nielson
- Aedeagus with 2–3 very long, robust setae, sometimes with short, stout spines; style about as long as aedeagus..................................................................................................
Bolidiana
Nielson
21. Head narrower than pronotum; subgenital plate with numerous stout spines along outer lateral margin; aedeagus broadly tubular, nearly always with several subapical, short to long setae.................................................. 23
- Head nearly as wide as pronotum; subgenital plate with numerous, very fine setae in distal 1/3; aedeagus narrowly tubular, with single spine apically..................................................................
Licolidia
Nielson
22. Aedeagus with shaft somewhat compressed laterally, about twice as broad in lateral view than in dorsal view, with a tuft of short to long, subapical spines............................................................
Kalimorpha
Nielson
- Aedeagus more or less evenly tubular throughout, spines absent or variable in length and number, when present single or om row of short spines.......................................................................
Jikradia
Nielson
23. Pygofer in lateral view with or without caudoventral process, if present never with spines or teeth..................... 25
- Pygofer in lateral view with long broad, caudoventral process, process toothed or with spines in apical half.....................................................................................................
Crepluvia
Nielson
24. Subgenital plate elongate, sometimes broad medially; aedeagus with setae, spines or teeth never in row from base to near apex................................................................................................... 26
- Subgenital plate subglobular in apical half; aedeagus with row of setae from base to near apex...........
Genatra
Nielson
25. Aedeagus with setae and or spines on shaft................................................................ 31
- Aedeagus glabrous, toothed or flanged on shaft............................................................. 27
26. Aedeagus compressed laterally.......................................................................... 28
- Aedeagus not compressed laterally...................................................................... 29
27. Pygofer in lateral view with 2 caudal processes; aedeagus with toothed, medial flange..................
Jalorpa
Nielson
- Pygofer in lateral view with single caudal process; aedeagus glabrous or toothed subapically............
Hastalidia
Nielson
28. Style toothed or glabrous; aedeagus always more or less tubular............................................... 30
- Style usually with apical flange; aedeagus often inflated medially.................................
Peayanus
Nielson
29. Aedeagus glabrous; style triangulate in distal half with single, subapical tooth.........................
Biadorus
Nielson
- Aedeagus toothed subapically; style elongate.................................................
Amylidia
Nielson
30. Aedeagus broad subbasally, gonopore mostly subbasal, often large with numerous adjacent long setae, shaft often with setae distad of gonopore.................................................................................... 32
- Aedeagus narrow subbasally, gonopore subbasal, medial or subapical, shaft setaceous, rarely adjacent to subapical gonopore. .................................................................................................. 33
31. Style very slender, glabrous................................................................
Sapingia
Nielson
- Style ornate often with numerous setae or from one to several spines...............................
Stalolidia
Nielson
32. Subgenital plate with median, longitudinal, double row of fine setae; pygofer with pendulate caudodorsal process..............................................................................................
Larsenolidia
Nielson
- Subgenital plate and pygofer not as above................................................................. 34
33. Aedeagus with several to numerous spines or short spicules on shaft........................................... 37
- Aedeagus glabrous or with 1–2 subapical spines........................................................... 35
34. Aedeagus usually with, sometimes without, ventral subapical spine; subgenital plate often very broad in basal half...............................................................................................
Docalidia
Nielson
- Aedeagus with 2 subapical spines; subgenital plate often long, narrow, constricted in basal half....................... 36
35. Style long, robust, enlarged apically.........................................................
Barodecus
Nielson
- Style long, very narrow, sharply attenuated apically...............................................
Baluba
Nielson
36. Style long, narrow; aedeagus with setae or short spicules on shaft not as tuft adjacent to gonopore..................... 38
- Style very broad, plate-like; aedeagus with subapical gonopore and adjacent tuft of short setae.......
Perspinolidia
Nielson
37. Aedeagus setaceous on shaft; segment X glabrous........................................................... 39
- Aedeagus spiculated on middle of shaft; segment X with prominent ventral spine....................
Articoelidia
Nielson
38. Medium size species, length less than
9 mm
............................................................... 40
- Large robust species, length more than
10 mm
...............................................
Paraterulia
Nielson
39. Style setaceous, spined or with row of teeth............................................................... 41
- Style glabrous and or with prominent spine................................................................ 42
40. Style with spine or teeth; subgenital plate setaceous......................................................... 43
- Style setaceous in distal 1/3; subgenital plate glabrous.....................................
Neodocalidia
,
gen. nov
.
41. Pygofer with caudoventral process when present not fused; style with spine medially or apically..................... 44
- Pygofer with large fused caudoventral lobe; style with row of teeth medially.......................
Corupiana
Nielson
42. Aedeagus with row of short setae medially; style with medial spine................................
Noritonus
Nielson
- Aedeagus with row of long setae medially; style with 2 apical spines..............................
Plapigella
Nielson
43. Subgenital plate distinctly constricted in subbasal third...................................................... 45
- Subgenital plate not as above........................................................................... 47
44. Aedeagus with several very long spines directed basally...................................................... 46
- Aedeagus with several short spines directed laterally or distally.....................................
Jawigia
Nielson
45. Subgenital plate elongate bulbous distally; aedeagus in lateral view narrowed in apical ¼..............
Onblavia
Nielson
- Subgenital plate elongate-subtriangulate distally; adedeagus in lateral view very broad in apical 1/5......
Licontinia
Nielson
46. Subgenital plate short, very broad.......................................................
Marcapatiana
Nielson
- Subgenital plate elongate............................................................................. 48
47. Aedeagus with long setae on shaft, removed from small gonopore.............................................. 49
- Aedeagus with very short setae adjacent to large gonopore.....................................
Scapidonus
Nielson
48. Aedeagus with coiled setae medially, 1 very long distal seta......................................
Inoclapis
Nielson
- Aedeagus with row of setae of equal length...............................................
Brevicapitorus
Nielson
49. Aedeagus in lateral view with each appendage long, broad; dorsal appendage about ½ as long as ventral paraphysis, traversed by gonoduct..........................................................................
Korsigianus
Nielson
- Aedeagus in lateral view with each appendage equal in length and configuration, dorsal appendage traversed by gonoduct.......................................................................................
Spanigorlus
Nielson