Hepneriana

Yang, Meixia, Cao, Yanghui & Zhang, Yalin, 2016, Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 266-284 : 267

Key to males of Hepneriana from China

1. Anal tube appendage long, exceeding hind margin of pygofer side ( Fig. 6 a).......................... H. longa sp. nov.

- Anal tube appendage short, not reaching hind margin of pygofer side ( Figs 1 a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12a)........ 2

2. Aedeagal shaft without process ( Figs 9 d, f)................................................. H. prostrata sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft with pair of processes ( Figs 1 d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 7d, 8f, h, 10e, 11d, 12e)............................... 3

3. Aedeagal shaft with pair of basal processes, directed apically ( Figs 10 e, f).......................... H. robusta sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft with pair of apical or subapical processes, directed basad ( Figs 1 d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 7d, 8f, h, 11d, 12e)....... 4

4. Processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcated apically ( Figs 2 d, e)...................................... H. bicruris sp. nov.

- Processes of aedeagal shaft not bifurcated ( Figs 1 d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 7d, 8f, h, 11d, 12e).................................. 5

5. Aedeagal shaft with pair of apical processes ( Figs 3 d, 12e)..................................................... 6

- Aedeagal shaft with pair of subapical processes ( Figs 1 d, 4d, 5d, 7d, 8f, h, 11d).................................... 7

6. Aedeagal shaft with pair of triangular extensions subapically ( Figs 12 e, f)......................... H. undulata sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft without extension subapically ( Figs 3 d, e)....................................... H. concava sp. nov.

7. Aedeagal shaft with subequal thickness in lateral view as in caudal view ( Figs 11 d, e)............. H. taibaoensis sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft in caudal view much broader than in lateral view ( Figs 1 d, e, 4d, e, 5d, e, 7d, f, 8f–i).................... 8

8. Aedeagal shaft with paired processes short and smooth ( Figs 5 d, e, 7d, f)......................................... 9

- Aedeagal shaft with paired processes long and serrated on outer margin ( Figs 1 e, 4d, 8f, h).......................... 10

9. Aedeagal processes almost straight, directed basad ( Fig. 5 d)............................... H. joannae (Dworakowska)

- Aedeagal processes distinctly curved laterad ( Fig. 7 d)...................................... H. menglunensis sp. nov.

10. Apex of aedeagal shaft distinctly produced ( Fig. 4 d)....................................... H. euryaedeaga sp. nov.

- Apex of aedeagal shaft slightly rounded, without protrusion ( Figs 1 d, 8f, h)...................................... 11

11. Aedeagal shaft with paired processes curved laterad distinctly in caudal view ( Figs 8 f, h)........... H. paragamma sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft with paired processes not curved laterad in caudal view ( Fig. 1 d).................. H. applanata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Hepneriana applanata sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 2. Hepneriana bicruris sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 3. Hepneriana concava sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 4. Hepneriana euryaedeaga sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 5. Hepneriana joannae (Dworakowska, 1984) n. rec. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 6. Hepneriana longa sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view; f. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 7. Hepneriana menglunensis sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer dorsal appendage, lateral view; b. subgenital plate; c. style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. basal preatrial process of aedeagus, ventral view; f. aedeagus, lateral view; g. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 8. Hepneriana paragamma sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. style and connective, dorsal view; c. subgenital plate; d. apex of style, holotype; e. apex of style, specimen from Lancang; f, g. aedeagus of holotype; h, i. aedeagus of specimen from Lancang; j. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 9. Hepneriana prostrata sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagal shaft, caudal view; e. basal preatrial process of aedeagus, ventral view; f. aedeagus, lateral view; g. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 10. Hepneriana robusta sp. nov. a. male genital capsule, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. subgenital plate; d. apex of style; e. aedeagus, caudal view; f. aedeagus, lateral view; g. abdominal apodemes.

FIGURE 11. Hepneriana taibaoensis sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate, style, connective and the 9 th sternite, dorsal view; c. apex of style; d. aedeagus, caudal view; e. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 12. Hepneriana undulata sp. nov. a. anal tube appendage and pygofer side, lateral view; b. subgenital plate; c. style; d. connective; e. aedeagus, caudal view; f. aedeagus, lateral view.