Amasha Medler

Zhang, Ya-Lin, Peng, Ling-Fei & Wang, Ying-Lun, 2010, Review of the planthopper genus Amasha Medler (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae: Phyllyphantini) with description of one new species from China, Zootaxa 2664, pp. 61-68 : 62-63

Key to species of Amasha Medler

1. Vertex truncate ( Fig. 6 ); sutural angle of tegmen acute .................................................................... A. abrupta Medler

- Vertex produced; sutural angle of tegmen right angled ............................................................................................... 2

2. Cu1 merged with branch of vein M .................................................................................................. A. decepta Medler

- Cu1 not merged, free to sutural margin ( Figs. 10 , 18 )................................................................................................. 3

3. Tegmen margin red, postclaval sutural margin with 10–13 apical cells ( Fig. 10 ); male phallobase with a bifurcated process reaching middle of phallobase ( Figs. 12–13 ) ........................................................................ A. inepta Medler

- Tegmen margin without red, postclaval sutural margin with 14–17 apical cells ( Fig. 18 ); male phallobase with a long simple process reaching base of phallobase, not branched ( Figs. 20–21 ) .......................................... A. haina sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6 (after Medler 1992). Figs. 1 – 4, A. decepta; Figs. 5 – 6, A. abrupta; 1, frons; 2, head, dorsal view; 3, sutural margin; 4, male genitalia, left lateral view; 5, frons; 6, head, dorsal view.

FIGURES 7 – 10. A. inepta; 7, head and thorax, dorsal view, show transverse intergenal carina (tic); 8, head and thorax, left lateral view; 9, face, show U-shaped carina; 10, tegmen.

FIGURES 15 – 18. Amasha haina sp. nov. 15, head and thorax, dorsal view; 16, head and thorax, left lateral view; 17, face, show U-shaped carina; 18, tegmen.

FIGURES 11 – 14. A. inepta; 11, male genitalia, left lateral view; 12, phallus, left lateral view, show dorsolateral emargination (dle), ventral lobe (vl), theca, processes; 13, phallus, ventral view, show ventral lobe (vl), theca; 14, male anal segment, dorsal view.

FIGURES 19 – 22. Amasha haina sp. nov. 19, male genitalia, left lateral view; 20, phallus, left lateral view, show dorsolateral emargination (dle), ventral lobe (vl), theca, processes; 21, phallus, ventral view, show ventral lobe (vl), theca; 22, male anal segment, dorsal view.