Mitjaevia Dworakowska, 1970

Chen, Xiaoxiao & Song, Yuehua, 2020, Two new species of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), ZooKeys 964, pp. 31-40 : 31

Mitjaevia Dworakowska, 1970

Mitjaevia Dworakowska, 1970: 763.

Type species.

Erythroneura amseli Dlabola, 1961, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Species with distinctive dark brown markings; head distinctly narrower than pronotum; male pygofer with simple dorsal appendage and sometimes ventral appendage; subgenital plate with a series of lateral peg-like setae basally or subbasally and a few macrosetae centrally at midlength; style elongate with subapical extension and variably developed lateral lobe; aedeagus with shaft cylindrical or laterally compressed, with or without processes, with ventral gonopore, basal apodeme variably developed and preatrium distinct.

Distribution.

Palaearctic and Oriental Regions.

Remarks.

Dworakowska (1970: 763-765) gave a detailed description of this genus based on the three included species known at that time; based on subsequently included species a modified description was given by Song et al. (2011: 26-27) and Dmitriev (2020). In addition, the female valvulae are described and figured here for the first time. Although a diagnosis is given above, clearly further studies are needed to elucidate fully the diagnostic characters of the genus and to test if the genus is monophyletic in the light of the observed variation in male genitalia between species.

Checklist to species of the genus Mitjaevia

1 Mitjaevia amseli (Dlabola, 1961: 297, figs 137-141, Erythroneura . Uzbekistan); Dlabola 1964: 248, Afghanistan; Dworakowska 1970: 765, figs 33-44, transferred to Mitjaevia . Kazakhstan; Korolevskaya, 1976: 42-43, figs 7, 8.

2 Mitjaevia atropictila (Ahmed, 1970a: 35; fig. 5: A-F, Erythroneura . Pakistan); Sharma 1984: 33, figs 19-29, transferred to Mitjaevia . India.

3 Mitjaevia aurantiaca (Mitjaev, 1969: 1045; figs 1, 2, Erythroneura . Kazakhstan); Dworakowska 1970: 765, transferred to Mitjaevia ; Korolevskaya 1976: 42, figs 9, 10.

4 Mitjaevia aurea Dworakowska, 1994: 118; figs 407-414. India.

5 Mitjaevia bibichanae (Dlabola, 1961: 296, figs 131-135, Erythroneura . Uzbekistan); Korolevskaya 1976: 43-44, figs 11-13, transferred to Mitjaevia . Tadzhikistan.

6 Mitjaevia callosa Dworakowska, 1980: 179; figs 263-272. India.

7 Mitjaevia diana (Distant, 1918: 100, Typhlocyba . India); Dworakowska 1970: 765; 1980: 179, figs 252-262, transferred to Mitjaevia . India, Kazakhstan.

8 Mitjaevia elegantula Dworakowska, 1994: 119; figs 415-425. India.

9 Mitjaevia korolevskayae Dworakowska, 1979: 44; figs 349-358. Vietnam.

10 Mitjaevia maculata (Ahmed, 1970b: 175; fig. 6: A-H, Helionidia . Pakistan); Dworakowska and Viraktamath 1975: 529, transferred to Mitjaevia . India.

11 Mitjaevia nanaoensis Chiang & Knight, 1990: 223; fig. 18: 1-7. China.

12 Mitjaevia narzikulovi Korolevskaya, 1976: 43; figs 1-6. Tadzhikistan.

13 Mitjaevia notata (Ahmed & Khokhar, 1971: 70; fig. 4a-f, Helionidia . Pakistan); Dworakowska 1980: 179, transferred to Mitjaevia . India.

14 Mitjaevia protuberanta Song, Li & Xiong, 2011: 27; figs 1-10. China.

15 Mitjaevia shibingensis sp. nov. China.

16 Mitjaevia sikkimensis Dworakowska, 1994: 119; figs 426-434. India.

17 Mitjaevia dworakowskae sp. nov. China.

18 Mitjaevia tappana Chiang & Knight, 1990: 224; fig. 19: 1-7. China.

19 Mitjaevia wangwushana Song, Li & Xiong, 2011: 29; figs 11-19. China.