Andes Stål

Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Holzinger, Werner E. & Gurr, And Geoff M., 2007, Revision of the Australian Andini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with a description of five new species, Zootaxa 1475, pp. 43-59 : 45-46

Key to Australian species of Andes Stål

1 Lateral carinae of frons pale with large brown dots ( Figs 1 C, 3C); shape of genital styles as in Figs 4 F, 8D..............................................................................................................................................................2

- Lateral carinae of frons pale without dots ( Figs 1 E, 2C,E, 3E); shape of genital styles not as above......3

2(1) Cucullus of aedeagus ( Fig. 4 A) in left lateral view with a pointed rim as in Fig. 4 A; phallotheca left laterally without ridges ( Fig. 4 A) ...................................................................... A. dossenus Löcker, sp. nov.

- Cucullus of aedeagus in left lateral view with a rounded rim as in Fig. 8A ; phallotheca left laterally with a long flattened ridge bearing a smaller elliptic ridge as in Fig. 8A ............. A. moaensis Löcker, sp. nov.

3(1) Forewing with transverse band (tb1) narrow, yellowish to light brown, at least one pterostigma length basad of pterostigma ( Fig. 1 F); genital styles apically rounded with a tapering process as in Fig. 5F; aedeagus with numerous pointed, flattened processes as in Figs 5A,B ............. A. ikelus Löcker, sp. nov.

- Forewing with transverse band (tb1) wide, mid to dark brown, immediately basad of pterostigma ( Figs 2 A,F, 3F); genital styles rounded without process ( Figs 6 E, 7G, 9F); aedeagus without pointed flattened processes ( Figs 6A, 7 A,B, 9A,B)..............................................................................................................4

4(3) Rim of cucullus smooth as in Fig. 7 A; shape of cucullus narrow as in Fig. 7 A ......................................... .................................................................................................................... A. migratorius ( Distant, 1907)

- Rim of cucullus distinctly serrated as in Figs 6A, 9A; shape of cucullus moderately wide to very wide as in Figs 6A, 9A...........................................................................................................................................5

5(4) Cucullus very wide, covering all or most of flagellum in lateral view (Fig. 9A); shape of cucullus in lateral view as in Fig. 9A .................................................................................... A. turrondi Löcker, sp. nov.

- Cucullus not as wide, only partly covering flagellum in lateral view ( Fig. 6A); shape of cucullus in lateral view as in Fig. 6A A . lamondensis Löcker, sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Andes dossenus: A habitus; B, C head. A. ikelus: D, E head; F habitus. tb 1 = transverse band 1; tb 2 = transverse band 2.

FIGURE 2. Andes lamondensis: A habitus; B, C head. A. migratorius: D, E head; F habitus. tb 1 = transverse band 1; tb 2 = transverse band 2.

FIGURE 4. Andes dossenus: A – C aedeagus, (A) left lateral (B) right lateral (C) ventral; D, E anal tube; F, G genital styles.

FIGURE 8. A. moaensis: A aedeagus, left lateral; B, C anal tube; D, E genital styles. FIGURE 9. A. turrondi: A, B aedeagus, (A) left lateral (B) dorsal; C, D anal tube; E, F genital styles.