Pedionis

Yang, Liyuan & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Three new species in the leafhopper genus Pedionis Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species, Zootaxa 3760 (4), pp. 587-595 : 588

Key to male species of the genus Pedionis from China

1. Dorsal connective elaborate, ribbon like....................................................................2

- Dorsal connective variously armed, shaped like “∏”.......................................................... 3

2. Pygofer caudal margin with several blunt teeth subdorsally.............................................. P. (P.) lii

- Pygofer caudal margin with some sharp spinae subdorsally......................................... P. (P.) sagittata

3. Aedeagal shaft with 1–2 paired processes................................................................... 4

- Aedeagal shaft without process.......................................................................... 16

4. Aedeagal shaft with 1 pair of processes.................................................................... 5

- Aedeagal shaft with 2 pairs of processes...................................................................9

5. Aedeagus with paired processes pointed laterally................................................ P. (P.) contrasta

- Paired aedeagal processes pointed dorsally................................................................. 6

6. Paired aedeagal processes small and apical.................................................................7

- Paired aedeagal processes broad and occupying nearly half of shaft.............................................. 8

7. Paired aedeagal processes with serrated margins.............................................. P. (P.) longiaxonica

- Paired aedeagal processes triangular with smooth margins........................................... P. (P.) stigma

8. Apex of aedeagus stout, paired processes with serrated margins.................................... P. (P.) clypellata

- Apex of aedeagus truncate, paired processes with acerate margins.................................... P. (P.) acerosa

9. Subapical pair of aedeagal processes close to apical ones..................................................... 10

- Subapical pair of aedeagal processes distant from apical ones.................................................. 12

10. Apical processes of aedeagus serrated, connected with subapical ones......................... P. (P.) nankunshanensis

- The apical processes of aedeagus small, not connected with subapical ones....................................... 11

11. Subapical processes of aedeagus narrow, digitiform............................................... P. (P.) yunnana

- Subapical processes broad, lamelliform........................................................ P. (P.) tabulatus

12. Pygophore without caudo-dorsal spine.................................................................... 13

- Pygophore with 1 or 3 caudo-dorsal spines................................................................14

13. Aedeagus broad basally in posterior view with shaft abruptly narrowed beyond base............ P. (P.) dentiforma sp. nov.

- Aedeagus narrow basally in posterior view with shaft evenly tapered through most of length................ P. (P.) spinata

14. Pygophore caudo-dorsal angle with 3 obtuse dendritic spines........................... P. (P.) tribrachyblasta sp. nov.

- Pygophore caudo-dorsal angle with 1 spine................................................................ 15

15. Pair of subapical processes perpendicular to the shaft, and have a large falcate medial process on the dorsal connective.......................................................................................... P. (P.) rufoscutallata

- Pair of processes ventrally directed, and lacks the falcate process on the dorsal connective....... P. (P.) dinghuensis sp. nov.

16. Apex of aedeagus in posterior view acute, lancelike............................................... P. (P.) mecota

- Apex of aedeagus in posterior view stout, rounded............................................... P. (P.) obtusata