Nelidina, Gonçalves & Mejdalani, 2017

Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa & Mejdalani, Gabriel, 2017, Three new species of Peruvian Nelidina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidiinae) with key to males, Zootaxa 4365 (1), pp. 85-93 : 92

Key to males of Nelidina

1. Aedeagus with two pairs of lateral processes ( Figs 26, 27 ).................................... N. platypenis sp. nov.

- Aedeagus with one pair of lateral processes ( Figs 9 , 18 )....................................................... 2

2. Aedeagus with short lateral processes, not exceeding half length of shaft ( Kramer 1967: fig. 22)... N. sportula Kramer, 1967

- Aedeagus with long lateral processes, exceeding half length of shaft ( Figs 9 , 17 )................................... 3

3. Aedeagus with shaft flattened dorsoventrally, lateral processes strongly curved anterodorsally ( Figs 17, 18 )................................................................................................... N. coronata sp. nov.

- Aedeagus with shaft approximately tubular, lateral processes directed ventrally or curved posteriorly ( Figs 8, 9 ; Kramer 1964: figs 80, 111).......................................................................................... 4

4. Pygofer with apex bilobed ( Fig. 3 ); aedeagus with spine on medial portion of each lateroapical process ( Fig. 9 )................................................................................................... N. bifida sp. nov.

- Pygofer with apex acute, dentiform ( Kramer 1964: figs 75, 110); aedeagus without spine on lateroapical processes ( Kramer 1964: figs 79, 112)..................................................................................... 5

5. Aedeagus with lateroapical processes flattened, ribbon-like and twisted ( Kramer 1964: figs 111, 112).................................................................................................... N. taeniola Kramer, 1964

- Aedeagus with lateroapical processes conical, not flattened nor twisted ( Kramer 1964: figs 79, 80)....................................................................................................... N. defila ( DeLong, 1953)

Figures

FIGURES19–27.Nelidina platypenis sp. nov., holotype male.19, head, frontal view.20, forewing.21, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. 22, subgenital plate, lateral view. 23, subgenital plates, ventral view. 24, style, lateral view. 25, styles and connective, dorsal view. 26, aedeagus, lateral view.27, aedeagus, caudal view.

FIGURES 1–9. Nelidina bifida sp. nov., holotype male. 1, head, frontal view. 2, forewing. 3, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. 4, subgenital plate, lateral view. 5, subgenital plates, ventral view. 6, style, lateral view. 7, styles and connective, dorsal view.8, aedeagus, lateral view.9, aedeagus, caudal view.

FIGURES 10–18. Nelidina coronata sp. nov., holotype male.10, head, frontal view. 11, forewing. 12, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. 13, subgenital plate, lateral view. 14, subgenital plates, ventral view. 15, style, lateral view. 16, styles and connective, dorsal view. 17,aedeagus, lateral view.18,aedeagus, caudal view.