Midoria Kato

Li, Yu-Jian & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2011, Descriptions of six new species of Midoria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) from China with a key to the species of the genus, Zootaxa 2897, pp. 57-63 : 57-58

Midoria Kato

Midoria Kato, 1931: 439 . Type species: Midoria capitata Kato, 1931 .

Diagnosis. Midoria is similar to Thlasia but smaller, with the head less strongly produced and the aedeagal shaft compressed, with one or two pairs of moderately long processes subapically on the posteroventral surface. For a detailed generic description see Li & Li (2010). As the type of Midoria capitata is unavailable for study, we here consider capitata as a species inquirenda.

Distribution. Oriental Region ( China: Taiwan, Guizhou, Yunnan).

Key to species (3) of Midoria (except Midoria capitata Kato )

1. Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of processes on ventroapical region............................................... 2

- Aedeagal shaft with two processes on ventroapical region...................................................... 3

2. Apex of aedeagal shaft forked......................................................... M. huapingensis Li & Li

- Apex of aedeagal shaft not forked........................................................... M. hei Cai & Jiang

3. Ventroapical processes of aedeagal shaft forklike......................................... M. annulata Cai & Jiang

- Ventroapical processes of aedeagal shaft not forklike......................................................... 4

4. Aedeagus shaft serrated on dorsal margin ( Figs 1, 2 )........................................ M. denticulata sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft not serrated on dorsal margin................................................................ 5

5. Ventroapical process of aedeagus with basolaterally directed process near base..................................... 6

- Ventroapical process of aedeagus without basolaterally directed process near base.................................. 7

6. Paramere long, with angulate preapical projection; pygofer side with posterior process hooked ventrad near apex ( Figs 13, 14 ).................................................................................... M. hamulata sp. nov.

- Paramere long, without angulate preapical projection; pygofer with posterior process not hooked ventrad ( Figs 21, 22 ).......................................................................................... M. hastifera sp. nov.

7. Aedeagal shaft with ventroapical processes ( Figs 5, 6 )....................................... M. deplanata sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft without ventroapical processes............................................................... 8

8. Ventroapical processes of aedeagal shaft ox-horn like ( Figs 17, 18 )................................ M. torsiva sp. nov.

- Ventroapical processes of aedeagal shaft not ox-horn like...................................................... 9

9. Aedeagus with processes flat, shaft without ridge on each side near apex......................................... 10

- Aedeagus with processes thick, shaft with ridge on each side near apex.......................................... 11

10. Processes of aedeagal shaft short, with fine apical spicule..................................... .. M. lamellata Li & Li

- Processes of aedeagal shaft long, with broad apical spicule ( Figs 9, 10 ).......................... M. zunyiensis sp. nov.

11. Ventroapical processes of aedeagus with small subapical projection....................... M. emmrichi (Zhang & Yang)

- Ventroapical processes of aedeagus without small subapical projection........................................... 12

12. Processes of aedeagus elongate.................................................. M. longicornis (Zhang & Yang)

- Processes of aedeagus moderately long..................................................... M. funebris (Jacobi)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Male genitalia of Midoria species. 1 – 4. Midoria denticulata sp. nov., aedeagus, connective and paramere, ventral view and lateral view, Male pygofer side, lateral view, subgenital plate; 5 – 8. same, Midoria deplanata sp. nov.; 9 – 12. same, Midoria zunyiensis sp. nov..

FIGURES 13 – 24. Male genitalia of Midoria species. 13 – 16. Midoria hamulata sp. nov., aedeagus, connective and paramere, ventral view and laterla view, Male pygofer side, lateral view, subgenital plate; 17 – 20. same, Midoria torsiva sp. nov.; 21 – 24. same, Midoria hastifera sp. nov..