Deferunda

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & He, Ting-Ting, 2010, Two new species of genus Deferunda Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from southwest China, Zootaxa 2335, pp. 59-68 : 61

Key to species of the genus Deferunda of the world

1 Frons centrally with a conversed V-shaped dark marking ( Fig. 2 ) .......................................................................... 2

- Frons without any dark marking ( Fig. 14 ) ............................................................................................................... 8

2(1) Hind tibiae without lateral spine ( Distant 1912) ..................................................................... D. stigmatica Distant

- Hind tibiae with a lateral spine at middle near to base ............................................................................................. 3

3(2) Anterior margin of vertex truncate ( Chen et al., 1989: Fig. 28: A); apical third of forewing without milky-white spots ( Chen et al., 1989: Fig. 28: D) ................................................................... D. truncata Chen, Yang & Wilson

- Anterior margin of vertex acute ( Fig. 1 ); apical third of forewing with milky-white spots ( Fig. 3 )....................... 4

4(3) Vertex subequal to pronotum in middle line (Melichar 1914) ........................................... D. philippina (Melichar)

- Vertex distinctly longer than pronotum in middle line ( Fig. 1 ) ............................................................................... 5

5(4) Lateral margins of frons without narrow dark stripes ( Fig. 2 )....................................................... D. diana sp. nov.

- Lateral margins of frons with several narrow dark stripes ( Matsumura 1914: Fig. 5 : b; Chou & Wang 1985: Fig. 28: b; Chen et al. 1989: Fig. 27: B) ........................................................................................................................ 6

6(5) Vertex relatively short, as long in middle line as broad at base, median carina bordered with short longitudinal black stripes apically ( Matsumura 1914) ............................................................................ D. lineola (Matsumura)

- Vertex relatively long, longer in median line than broad at base, median carina bordered with longitudinal dark stripes from apex to base ( Matsumura 1914: Fig. 5 : a; Chou & Wang 1985: Fig. 28: a; Chen et al. 1989: Fig. 27: A) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7

7(6) Forewing with Cu1a deeply convex distad of clavus, reaching M ( Chen et al. 1989: Fig. 27: D) ............................ ....................................................................................................................................... D. rubrostigma Matsumura

- Forewing with Cu1a straight or slightly convex distad of clavus, not reaching M ( Figs 3 , 15 ; Chou & Wang 1985: Fig. 28: a) .................................................................................................................... D. acuminata Chou & Wang

8(1) Forewing with irregular yellowish brown transverse markings ( Wang et al. 2008: Figs 10 , 20, 21 ) ........................ ................................................................................................................................................ D. striata Wang & Liu

- Forewing without above markings ( Figs 3 , 15 ; Wang et al. 2008: Figs 2 , 18 ) ........................................................ 9

9(8) Lateral margins of frons with five narrow dark brown stripes ( Wang et al. 2008: Fig. 1 ); forewing with costal margin red, apical region having three red triangular markings ( Wang et al. 2008: Figs 2 , 18 ) ..................................... ..................................................................................................................................... D. trimaculata Wang & Peng

- Lateral margins of frons without above stripes ( Fig. 14 ); forwing without above marking ( Figs 3 , 15 ) .............. 10

10(9) Apex of clavus sanguineous with a large bluish-black spot; base of first apical cell sanguineous ( Kirkaldy 1906) ................................................................................................................................................. D. majella (Kirkaldy)

- Forewing not as above ............................................................................................................................................ 11

11(10) Body relatively small, body length including forewing 3 4.5mm, Ƥ 4.7mm; pygofer with mediaoventral processes diverging apically ( Dlabola 1961: Fig. 32) .................................................................... D. incompta Dlabola

- Body relatively large, body length including forewing 3 5.10-5.35mm, Ƥ 5.50-5.70 mm; pygofer with mediaoventral processes parallel apically ( Fig. 18 ) ...................................................................................................... 12

12(11) Vertex with median carina bordered with dark brown stripes at apex ( Fig. 13 ); frons and basal half of clypeus yellowish white ( Fig. 14 ); gena with a dark brown spot near beneath antenna; hind tibiae with a brown marking apically; genital style in lateral view with two processes on outer margin apically and subapically ( Fig. 20 )............... ....................................................................................................................................................... D. qiana sp. nov.

- Vertex with median carina bordered with longitudinal dark brown stripes from apex to base ( Muir 1922); frons light brown, clypeus dark brown ( Muir 1922); gena without dark brown spot; hind tibiae with two brown mark-

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Deferunda diana (1) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (2) Frons and clypeus; (32) Forewing; (4) Hindwing; (5) Anal segment, dorsal view; (6) Pygofer, lateral view; (7) Pygofer, ventral view; (8) Genital styles and connective, ventral view; (9) Genital style, lateral view; (10) Genital style, ventral view; (11) Aedeagus, ventral view; (12) Aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (Figs 1, 2), 1.0 mm (Figs 3 – 4), 0.2 mm (Figs 5 – 12)

FIGURES 13 – 22. Deferunda qiana (13) Head and thorax, dorsal view; (14) Frons and clypeus; (15) Forewing; (16) Anal segment, dorsal view; (17) Pygofer, lateral view; (18) Pygofer, ventral view; (19) Genital styles and connective, ventral view; (20) Genital style, lateral view; (21) Aedeagus, ventral view; (22) Aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (Figs 13, 14), 1.0 mm (Fig. 15), 0.2 mm (Figs 16 – 22)