Chlorionidea Löw

Guglielmino, Adalgisa & Bückle, Christoph, 2010, Revision of Chlorionidea Löw (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) with the description of two new species from Italy, and comments on anti-symmetry in male genitalia of Delphacidae, Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2737-2759 : 2739

Genus Chlorionidea Löw

General colour white or yellow with white middle line from vertex to abdomen apex and dark markings along carinae of head. Vertex longer than wide, apically protruding, with subparallel or slightly converging lateral margins and apical cell very narrow. Transition vertex to frons subangular, frons and postclypeus with distinct simple carina. Lateral carinae of pronotum diverging, not reaching hind margin of pronotum. Wings (brachypterous) with rounded apex, nearly twice as long as wide. Post-tibial spur with 15–23 marginal denticles. No sexual dimorphism. Male: Pygofer white, little sclerotized, margin simple, diaphragm with sclerotized middle ridge at least in its upper part; suspensorium ring-shaped; aedeagus curved, with asymmetrical rows of teeth.