Thailus

Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, Two new erythroneurine leafhopper genera and first record of Thailus Mahmood from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3686 (3), pp. 363-372 : 369

Key to males of the genus Thailus

1 Apical part of style straight ( Fig. 4 g)...................................................... T. rectilinea sp. nov.

- Apical part of style curved mesad ( Fig. 5 j).................................................................. 2

2 Aedeagal shaft narrow, approximately same length as preatrium.......................... T. nigroscutellatus Mahmood

- Aedeagal shaft broad, shorter than preatrium ( Fig. 5 m)........................................ T. versicolor sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Thailus rectilinea sp. nov. a, abdominal apodemes; b, genital capsule; c, pygofer dorsal appendage and anal tube appendage; d, pygofer ventral appendage, caudal view; e, subgenital plate, style and connective, dorsal view; f, subgenital plate, dorsal view; g, style, dorsal view; h, connective; i, aedeagus, lateral view; j, aedeagus, ventral view.

FIGURE 5. Thailus versicolor sp. nov. a, forewing; b, hind wing; c, abdominal apodemes; d, genital capsule, lateral view; e, genital capsule, dorsal view; f, pygofer dorsal appendage and anal tube appendage; g, pygofer ventral appendage, caudal view; h, subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; i, subgenital plate, dorsal view; j, style, dorsal view; k, apex of style; l, connective; m, aedeagus, lateral view; n, aedeagus, ventral view.