Bhatia Distant

Murthy, Shankara, 2009, Two new species of the genus Bhatia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from south India with new locality records of other species, Zootaxa 2245, pp. 47-53 : 48

Key to species of Bhatia Distant from the Indian subcontinent

1 Male pygophore with oblique internal posterior ledge; aedeagal shaft stout, with pair of apical or subapical short processes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

- Male pygophore without internal ledge ( Figs 5 , 18 ); aedeagal shaft without such processes...................................... 2

2 Vertex slightly longer medially than next to eyes ( Fig. 1 ); aedeagal shaft without serrations ( Fig. 9 ); dorsal apodeme with lateral processes (arrowed in Figs 9 and 10 ) ........................................................... Bhatia radhamaniae sp. nov.

- Vertex shorter in middle than next to eyes ( Fig. 14 ); aedeagal shaft with lateral serrations ( Fig. 24 ); dorsal apodeme without processes ( Fig. 22 ) ........................................................................................................ Bhatia serrata sp. nov.

3 Apophysis of style bilobed, outer lobe beak-like; intermediate sclerite between connective and aedeagus absent; shaft with ventral angular projection when viewed laterally with pair of lateral processes subapically ....................... ............................................................................................................................................ Bhatia olivacea (Melichar)

- Apophysis of style not bilobed; obliquely truncate; intermediate sclerite between connective and aedeagus present; aedeagus short, robust not angled on its ventral margin, with apical process ............. Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Bhatia radhamaniae sp. nov. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 2. Head and thorax, profile; 3. Face; 4. Forewing, 5. Male pygophore, lateral view; 6. Subgenital plate; 7. Male style; 8. Connective; 9. Aedeagus, lateral view; 10. Aedeagus, ventral view; 11. Female seventh sternite, ventral view; 12. Second pair of valvula, left lateral view; 13. Magnified view of teeth on second pair of valvula, left lateral view.

FIGURES 14 – 27. Bhatia serrata sp. nov. 14. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 15. Head and thorax, profile; 16. Face; 17. Forewing; 18. Male genital capsule, lateral view; 19. Subgenital plate, dorsal view; 20. Male style, dorsal view; 21. Connective, ventral view; 22. Aedeagus, lateral view; 23. Aedeagus, caudal view; 24. Apex of aedeagal shaft and ventral process, cephalic view; 25. Female seventh sternite, ventral view; 26. Second pair of valvula, left lateral view; 27. Magnified view of second pair of valvula, left lateral view.