Mahellus

Viraktamath, C. A. & Meshram, Naresh M., 2017, A review of the coelidiine leafhopper genus Mahellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of two new species from the Oriental region, Zootaxa 4258 (3), pp. 271-280 : 272

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:24932262-6253-42D3-B6FB-02E5394564F2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3507285

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/777B87B6-FFA3-7A0B-FF48-F9A3FA65AC60

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scientific name

Mahellus
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Key to species of Mahellus View in CoL

1. Subgenital plate with posterior spine-like projection ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 40 – 47 ).................................... .. ungulatus View in CoL sp. nov.

- Subgenital plate without posterior spine-like projection ( Figs 21 View FIGURES 18 – 24 , 36 View FIGURES 32 – 39 ; Nielson 1982: Figs 260, 267).....................2

2. Pygofer ventral process short, glabrous ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18 – 24 ); aedeagal shaft robust, tapered apically with lateral processes broad and spinose ( Figs 22–24 View FIGURES 18 – 24 )....................................................................... distanti Nielson View in CoL

- Pygofer ventral process with dentate ventral margin ( Figs 33 View FIGURES 32 – 39 , 41 View FIGURES 40 – 47 ; Nielson 1982: Fig. 263); aedeagal shaft narrow, with thinner processes ( Figs 37 View FIGURES 32 – 39 , 45 View FIGURES 40 – 47 ; Nielson 1982: Fig. 261)..............................................................3

3. Subgenital plate truncate apically ( Nielson 1982: Fig. 260); style with apophysis not produced into a thin process but narrowed ( Nielson 1982: Fig. 259)............................................................... determinatus (Distant)

- Subgenital plate rounded apically ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 32 – 39 ); style with apophysis abruptly narrowed and produced into a thin process ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 32 – 39 )...................................................................................... ... cardoni View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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