Platyretus Melichar (Males)

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 1696, pp. 37-47 : 39

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180717

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235422

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scientific name

Platyretus Melichar (Males)
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Key to species of Platyretus Melichar (Males) View in CoL

1. Male style with subapical lobe poorly developed, not strongly angled, with setae on apophysis ( Figs.14, 15 View FIGURES 13 – 19 ) ( Sri Lanka) ......................................................................................................... P. marginatus View in CoL Melichar

- Male style with subapical lobe well developed, and angled strongly, with or without setae on apophysis ( Figs 7–9 View FIGURES 1 – 12 , 24, 25 View FIGURES 20 – 26 , 31, 32 View FIGURES 27 – 35 , 38).......................................................................................................................2

2. Male style with spines on apophysis ( Figs. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 12 , 25 View FIGURES 20 – 26 ).......................................................................................3

- Male style without spines on apophysis ( Figs. 31 View FIGURES 27 – 35 , 38)................................................................................4

3. Male style with apophysis abruptly narrowed apically, ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 20 – 26 ); apex of aedeagal shaft excavated ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 20 – 26 ) (Java) .................................................................................. P. javanicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

- Male style with apophysis gradually narrowed apically ( Figs. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); apex of aedeagal shaft truncate ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ) (north India, China) ................................................................ P. gangeticus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

4. Aedeagal shaft short and broad (Fig. 41); apophysis of style with setal brush (Fig. 38) ( China) ................. .............................................................................................................. P. brevipenis Dai & Zhang, sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft longer ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ); apophysis of style without setal brush ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ) (south India) .................. ................................................................................................ P. sudindicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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