Epora

Men, Qiu-Lei, Feng, Ji-Nian & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2011, The planthopper genus Epora Walker (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae) from China with description of one new species, Zootaxa 2803, pp. 32-40 : 33

Key to the species of Epora

1 Vertex with a middle sulcus............................................................................. 2

- Vertex with a middle carina.............................................................................. 5

2 Anal tube with process................................................................................. 3

- Anal tube without process............................................................................... 4

3 Anal tube with a pair of ribbon-like processes ventrobasally ( Figs 25–27 )......................... E. biprolata sp. nov.

- Anal tube with a pair of ribbon-like processes ventrodistally (see Qin & Men, 2010: 192, Figs 7, 10, 11 )................................................................................................... E. bilemisca Qin & Men

4 Female with seventh sternite medially projected caudad in a semicircular lobe (see Chou et al., 1985: 36, Fig. 31 e)...................................................................................... E. hainanensis Chou & Wang

- Female seventh sternite medially projected caudad in a subangulate lobe (see Fennah, 1978: 261, Fig. 218) E. callosa Fennah

5 Body ochraceous; forewings pale ochraceous (see Distant, 1916: 51).............................. E. montana Distant

- Body pale green; forewings pale green..................................................................... 6

6 Male pygofer with dorsolateral angle acutely rounded (see Fennah, 1970: 73)......................... E. subtilis Walker

- Male pygofer with dorsolateral angle broadly rectangular or subrectangulately rounded.............................. 7

7 Forewings with Cu1 forked only moderately basad of the level of union of claval veins (see Fennah, 1970: 74)................................................................................................. E. themisto Fennah

- Forewings with Cu1 forked much basad of the level of union of claval veins....................................... 8

8 Forewings with cell Sc 1/5 as long as vein Sc+R measured from basal cell; vertex 1.6 times broader than long in midline (see Fennah, 1970: 71)....................................................................... E. laticeps Fennah

- Forewings with cell Sc about 1/6 as long as vein Sc+R measured from basal cell; vertex 1.2 times broader than long in midline (see Fennah, 1970: 73)................................................................... E. stenops Fennah

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 30. Epora biprolata Men & Qin, sp. nov., 22. head and thorax, dorsal view; 23. head, ventral view; 24. head and thorax, lateral view; 25. aedeagus and anal segment, right lateral view; 26. same, left lateral view; 27. male genitalia, left lateral view; 28. right forewing; 29. right hindwing; 30. genital style, left lateral view.

FIGURES 7 – 21. Epora bilemisca Qin & Men, 7. head and thorax, dorsal view; 8. head, ventral view; 9. head and thorax, lateral view; 10. right forewing; 11. right hindwing; 12. male genitalia, left lateral view; 13. anal segment, ventral view; 14. genital style, left lateral view; 15. male genitalia, ventral view; 16. aedeagus and anal segment, right lateral view; 17. same, left lateral view; 18. female genitalia, left lateral view; 19. same, ventral view; 20. second valvula, ventral view; 21. tip of third valvula.

FIGURES 31 – 45. Epora hainanensis Chou & Wang, 31. head and thorax, dorsal view; 32. head and thorax, lateral view; 33. head, ventral view; 34. right forewing; 35. right hindwing; 36. anal segment, dorsal view; 37. genital style, left lateral view; 38. same, right lateral view; 39. male genitalia, left lateral view; 40. aedeagus and anal segment, left lateral view; 41. same, right lateral view; 42. female genitalia, left lateral view; 43. second valvula, ventral view; 44. female genitalia, ventral view; 45. tip of third valvula.