Rhabdotalebra Young

Catalano, María Inés, Paradell, Susana Liria & Lenicov, Ana María Marino Remes, 2010, Revision of the genus Rhabdotalebra Young (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Alebrini) and description of two new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 2601, pp. 53-60 : 54-55

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.275964

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6205922

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Rhabdotalebra Young
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Key to the species of the genus Rhabdotalebra Young View in CoL

1 Aedeagus with processes .............................................................................................................................................. 5

- Aedeagus without processes .........................................................................................................................................2

2 Pygofer with ventral processes bifurcate at apex..........................................................................................................3

- Pygofer with ventral processes not bifurcate................................................................................................................ 4

3 Aedeagal shaft with very broad base and narrow apex with two pair of anteapical teeth ( Young, 1957: fig. 29, p. 234). Sternal abdominal apodemes longer attaining second conjunctivae ..................................... R. monrosi (Young) View in CoL

- Aedeagal shaft slender without teeth ( Young, 1957: fig. 28, p. 230). Sternal abdominal apodemes shorter not attain- ing first conjunctiva ................................................................................................................... R. jamaicensis (Young) View in CoL

4 Aedeagal shaft abruptly narrowed in apical third. Sternal abdominal apodemes longer attaining second conjunctivae ( Young, 1957: fig. 28, p. 230). Female seventh sternum slightly convex ..................................... R. signata (McAtee) View in CoL

- Aedeagal shaft gradually tapering ( Young, 1957: fig. 28, p. 230). Sternal abdominal apodemes shorter not attaining first conjunctiva. Female seventh sternum shallowly concave .................................................. R. octolineata ( Baker) View in CoL

5 Aedeagus with single process....................................................................................................................................... 6

- Aedeagus with apical pair of processes ........................................................................................................................ 7

6 Aedeagus with apical process directed ventro-caudally. Pygofer with shorter ventral process. Connective U-shaped. Sternal abdominal apodemes attaining first conjunctiva. Female seventh sternum with rounded median lobe ( Fig.1 View FIGURES 1. A – L ). ........................................................................................................................................................ R. litoralensis View in CoL n. sp.

- Aedeagus with basal process directed dorsally. Pygofer with long ventral process. Connective transverse bar shaped. Sternal abdominal apodemes not attaining first conjunctiva. Female seventh sternum slightly concave ( Fig.2 View FIGURES 2. A – K ) .......... .................................................................................................................................................................. R. flava View in CoL n. sp.

7 Pygofer process absent. Connective U-shaped. Aedeagus processes dorsally ( Young, 1957: fig. 29, p. 234). Forewing with hourglass-shaped white commissural marking ......................................... R. plummeri View in CoL (Ruppel & DeLong)

- Pygofer with processes (occasionally not differentially sclerotized). Connective bar shaped. Aedeagus processes ventrally or laterally. Markings of forewing otherwise................................................................................................. 8

8 Aedeagus processes recurved laterally. Gonopore terminal ( Young, 1957: fig. 29, p. 234). Dorsum marked with inverted ´´T´´extending over pronotum, scutellum and basal half of forewings ...................... R. hambletoni (Young) View in CoL

- Aedeagus processes otherwise. Gonopore subapical. Markings of dorsum otherwise ................................................ 9

9 Aedeagus processes apressed to shaft ( Young, 1957: fig. 30, p. 239). Sternal abdominal apodemes shorter, attaining first conjuntiva ................................................................................................................................... R. ornata (Young) View in CoL

- Aedeagal process extending laterad, not appressed to shaft. Sternal abdominal apodemes longer, attaining second or third conjunctivae ( Young, 1957: fig. 30, p. 239) ............................................................................ R. brunnea ( Oman) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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