Neotetricodes

Zhang, Zheng-Guang & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2012, A new genus of the tribe Parahiraciini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae) from China with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3174, pp. 35-43 : 37

Key to the species of the genus Neotetricodes

1. Vertex ( Figs 1 , 19 ) 1.7 times wider at base than long in midline; forewings ( Figs 3 , 19 ) 2.3 times longer than widest part; hind tibiae with one small lateral tooth near base and two large lateral teeth near apex, spinal formula of hind leg: 3 (N=6) 8–8–2; Ƥ (N=7) 8–8–2; anal tube subtriangular, ventrally without any process, anal style near middle, the laminas of aedeagus without any gladiate process, the dorsal lobe of aedeagus distally with a triangular process in midline, each side without any process ( Figs 6, 7, 8 )...................................................................... N. quadrilamina sp. nov.

- Vertex ( Figs 10 , 22 ) 2.0 times wider at base than long in midline; forewings ( Figs 12 , 22 ) 2.6 times longer than widest part; hind tibiae with two lateral teeth near apex, spinal formula of hind leg: 3 (N=1) 8–10–2; Ƥ (N=1) 8–10–2; anal tube ( Fig. 15 ) oval, ventrally with a process in midline, anal style near apical part, the distal laminas of aedeagus with gladiate processes, the dorsal lobe of aedeagus distally with a triangular process in midline, each side with a small triangular process ( Figs 16, 17, 18 )............................................................................. N. kuankuoshuiensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Neotetricodes quadrilamina. (1) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (2) Frons and clypeus; (3) Forewing; (4) Hindwing; (5) Male genitalia, lateral view; (6) Anal segment, dorsal view; (7) Aedeagus, lateral view; (8) Aedeagus, ventral view; (9) Genital style, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (figs 5 – 9), 1.0 mm (figs 1 – 4)

FIGURES 19 – 24. Neotetricodes quadrilamina and Neotetricodes kuankuoshuiensis. 19 - 21. N. quadrilamina: (19) Body, dorsal view (holotype ♂); (20) Body, lateral view (holotype ♂); (21) Head, ventral view (holotype ♂). 22 – 24. N. kuankuoshuiensis: (22) Body, dorsal view (holotype ♂); (23) Body, lateral view (holotype ♂); (24) Head, ventral view (holotype ♂).

FIGURES 10 – 18. Neotetricodes kuankuoshuiensis. (10) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (11) Frons and clypeus; (12) Forewing; (13) Hindwing; (14) Male genitalia, lateral view; (15) Anal segment, dorsal view; (16) Aedeagus, lateral view; (17) Aedeagus, ventral view; (18) Genital style, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (figs 14 – 18), 1.0 mm (figs 10 – 13)