Mitjaevia

Song, Yuehua, Li, Zizhong & Xiong, Kangning, 2011, Two new species of the genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 2805, pp. 26-30 : 27

Key to species of the genus Mitjaevia

1 Aedeagus with one or two pairs of processes............................................................... 2

- Aedeagus without any process.......................................................................... 12

2 Paired processes arising from preatrium of aedeagus............................... M. narzikulovi Korolevskaja, 1976

- Paired processes arising from aedeagal shaft................................................................ 3

3 Aedeagal shaft with pair of processes at base ventrally........................................................4

- Aedeagal shaft with distal or sub-distal processes........................................................... 10

4 Aedeagal shaft bifurcate at apex.......................................................................... 5

- Aedeagal shaft not bifurcate at apex.......................................................................6

5 Processes at base of aedeagal shaft ventrally thin, needle-like............................ M. aurea Dworakowska, 1994

- Processes at base of aedeagal shaft ventrally thick, sickle-like............................... M. diana (Distant, 1918)

6 Apical part of style bilobate.................................................... M. callosa Dworakowska, 1980

- Apical part of style not bilobate.......................................................................... 7

7 Gonopore at apex of shaft............................................................................... 8

- Gonopore at about middle of shaft........................................................................ 9

8 Aedeagal shaft with pair of small, triangle-like processes subapically ( Figs. 8, 9 )................ M. protuberanta sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft without pair of processes subapically............................... M.elegantula Dworakowska, 1994

9 Aedeagal shaft with basal processes ventrally, short and slim, thorn-like.............. M. sikkimensis Dworakowska, 1994

- Aedeagal shaft with basal processes ventrally, long and strong, finger-like................ M. aurantiaca ( Mitjaev, 1969)

10 Aedeagal shaft with pair of long appendages at subapex...................................................... 11

- Aedeagal shaft with pair of short distal appendages.............................. M. notata ( Ahmed & Khokhar, 1971)

11 Paired long processes curved dorsally............................................. M. bibichanae (Dlabola, 1961)

- Paired long processes curved ventrally ( Fig. 18 )......................................... M. wangwushana sp. nov.

12 Aedeagus with gonopore situated at subapex of aedeagal shaft................................................. 13

- Aedeagus with gonopore situated near median of aedeagal shaft........................... M. maculata ( Ahmed, 1970)

13 Aedeagal shaft expanded distinctly in lateral view........................................ M. amseli (Dlabola, 1961)

- Aedeagal shaft not expanded distinctly in lateral view........................................................ 14

14 Preapical lobe enormously large............................................. M. tappana Chiang & Knight, 1990

- Preapical lobe quite small.............................................................................. 15

15 Aedeagus dorsal apodeme obvious in lateral view............................. M. korolevskayae Dworakowska, 1979

- Aedeagus dorsal apodeme absent or vestigial................................. M. nanaoensis Chiang & Knight, 1990

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Mitjaevia protuberanta n. sp. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 2. Forewing. 3. Abdominal apodemes. 4. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 5. Subgenital plate. 6. Style, ventral view. 7. Style, lateral; view. 8. Aedeagus, lateral view. 9. Aedeagus, ventral view. 10. Connective.

FIGURES 11 – 19. Mitjaevia wangwushana n. sp. 11. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 12. Forewing. 13. Abdominal apodemes. 14. Pygofer lobe, lateral view. 15. Subgenital plate. 16. Style. 17. Aedeagus, lateral view. 18. Aedeagus, ventral view. 19. Connective.