Bennarella Muir, 1930

Viegas, Eduarda Fernanda Gomes & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2022, Study of the Neotropical genus Bennarella Muir, 1930 with description of six new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 5124 (2), pp. 155-187 : 157

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scientific name	Bennarella Muir
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Key to species of Bennarella Muir View in CoL View at ENA (males and females)

1 Pedicel totally yellow ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–5 ); forewing hyaline in the apical half ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–5 ); anal tube with a well-produced ventral lobe near base ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6–12 )...................................................................... B. bicoloripennis Muir, 1930 View in CoL

- Pedicel brown or partially brown ( Figs 21 View FIGURES 19–23 , 86 View FIGURES 84–87 ); forewing semi hyaline, brownish or spotted apically; anal tube without ventral lobe near base....................................................................................... 2

2 Median region of mesonotum brown ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19–23 ); anal tube cup-shaped ( Figs 24–25 View FIGURES 24–30 ); pygofer with one long spiniform projection of different sizes on each side of the posterior margin, convergent in posterior view ( Figs 24, 26 View FIGURES 24–30 )...... B. fusca Muir, 1930 View in CoL

- Median region of mesonotum yellowish on anterior half or completely yellow ( Figs 40 View FIGURES 37–41 , 98 View FIGURES 95–99 ); pygofer and anal tube not as above.............................................................................................. 3

3 Forewing apical half with numerous whitish-yellow and brown regions ( Figs 130–131 View FIGURES 126–133 )............................. 4

- Forewing with apical half mostly brown ( Figs 128–129, 132–133 View FIGURES 126–133 ).............................................. 5

4 Lateral carinae of frons weakly directed obliquely laterally ( Figs 68–69 View FIGURES 66–70 ); median longitudinal carina of pronotum absent; fore leg and mid leg dark brown, hind leg yellowish brown ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–70 ); apex of anal tube not prolonged distally ( Fig. 71 View FIGURES 71–77 ); periandrium with two spines near apex, aedeagus slender with two short spines ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 71–77 )................... B. maculipennis sp. nov.

- Lateral carina of frons strongly directed obliquely laterally ( Figs 85–86 View FIGURES 84–87 ); median longitudinal carina of pronotum present; legs yellowish, except forecoxa and mid coxa dark brown ( Fig. 84 View FIGURES 84–87 ); apex of anal tube prolonged distally ( Fig. 88 View FIGURES 88–94 ); periandrium with three spines near apex, aedeagus swollen without spines ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 88–94 )................................ B. rafaeli sp. nov.

5 Basal portion of the wing, until the apex of the clavus, pale brown to yellow, and the remaining predominantly brown ( Figs 55 View FIGURES 55–58 , 129 View FIGURES 126–133 ); hind leg predominantly yellow; pygofer short, strongly narrowed at dorsal half ( Fig. 59 View FIGURES 59–65 )....... B. henriquesi sp. nov.

- Basal portion of the wing brown with yellowish narrow longitudinal stripes ( Figs 128, 132–133 View FIGURES 126–133 ); hind leg brown; pygofer not strongly narrowed in dorsal half......................................................................... 6

6 Strongly marked median carina on the frons ( Fig. 110 View FIGURES 107–112 ); frons with large portion in the lower region, close to the median ocellus, yellow ( Fig. 110 View FIGURES 107–112 ); median region of mesonotum brownish on posterior half ( Fig. 111 View FIGURES 107–112 ); anal tube truncate apically with two short, slender, spinelike projections at apex ( Fig. 115 View FIGURES 113–119 ).......................................... B. xavieri sp. nov.

- Weakly marked median carina on the frons ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 37–41 ); frons only slightly yellowish in a slender transverse strip in the lower region, laterally to the median ocellus ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 37–41 ); median region of mesonotum completely yellow ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 37–41 ); anal tube not as above.............................................................................................. 7

7 Lateral carinae of the frons, above lateral ocellus, yellow for a short distance, not reaching half the height of the eye in frontal view ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 37–41 ); median longitudinal carina of pronotum present ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 37–41 ); anal tube with apex deeply reentrant, bifid, with two robust parallel lobes ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 42–48 ); periandrium without spines and aedeagus with three spines ( Figs 47–48 View FIGURES 42–48 )...................................................................................................... B. guidai sp. nov.

- Lateral carinae of the frons, above lateral ocellus, yellow for a long distance, extended beyond half the height of the eye in frontal view ( Fig. 97 View FIGURES 95–99 ); median longitudinal carina of pronotum absent ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 95–99 ); anal tube slightly reentrant forming two robust divergent lobes ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 100–106 ); periandrium with one long spine, aedeagus with two long spines near base and two short spines apically ( Figs 105– 106 View FIGURES 100–106 )..................................................................... B. vittata sp. nov.