Macrosteles (Male), 1866

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 257-273 : 265

Key to Pakistan species of Macrosteles (Male)

1 Second abdominal acrotergite with trunk v-shaped ( Fig. 5G ); aedeagal shaft short, with long apical appendages............................................................................................. M. parafalcatus sp. nov.

- Second abdominal acrotergite with trunk horizontal ( Fig. 6I ); aedeagal shaft long........................... M. indrinus

Figures

FIGURE 5. Macrosteles parafalcatus sp. nov. A. habitus, dOrsal view; B. face; C. habitus, lateral view; D. habitus, anteriOr view; E. pygOfer, lateral view; F. pygOfer, ventral view; G. male 2nd abdOminal tergites, dOrsal view; H. male 2nd abdOminal sternal apOdemes, dOrsal view; I–J. male 1st abdOminal sternal apOdeme, dOrsO-anteriOr and anteriOr view.

FIGURE 6. Macrosteles parafalcatus sp. nov. A. valve, subgenital plate, style and cOnnective, dOrsal view; B. aedeagus, ventral view; C. aedeagus, lateral view; Macrosteles indrinus (Pruthi) D. pygOfer, lateral view; E. pygOfer, caudal view; F. valve, subgenital plate, style and cOnnective, dOrsal view; G. aedeagus, lateral view; H. aedeagus, dOrsal view; I. abdOminal apOdemes (ReprOduced frOm Khatri & Webb, 2010).