Acothrura Melichar, 1915

Liu, Yidi, Ren, Yujie & Wang, Menglin, 2024, Sexual dimorphism in the genus Acothrura Melichar, 1915 (Hemiptera: Lophopidae) and description of male and female specimens of A. impunctata (Jacobi, 1905), Zootaxa 5447 (2), pp. 225-238 : 226

Genus Acothrura Melichar, 1915

Type species: Acothrura impunctata ( Jacobi, 1905)

Key to species of Acothrura

1. Male anal tube in dorsal view with two protrusions on apical margin directing to outward ( Liang 2000: fig. 24).......................................................................................... A. orientalis ( Liang, 2000)

- Male anal tube in dorsal view without such protrusions on apical margin......................................... 2

2. The apex of male anal tube triangular in lateral view ( Wang et al. 2016a: fig. 96). Periandrium with dorsal margin strongly convex at middle in lateral view ( Wang et al. 2016a: fig. 101).................... A. fucizona Wang, Chou & Yuan, 2000

- The apex of male anal tube truncated in lateral view ( Fig. 5 ). Periandrium with dorsal margin nearly straight at middle in lateral view ( Fig. 9 )................................................................... A. impunctata ( Jacobi, 1905)

Figures

FIGURES 1–14. Acothrura impunctata, male. 1. Adult, dorsal view; 2. Adult, lateral view; 3. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 4. Frons and clypeus, ventral view; 5. Genitalia, lateral view; 6. Genitalia, ventral view; 7. Hind legs; 8. Anal tube, dorsal view; 9. Phallic complex, left lateral view; 10. Phallic complex, right dorso-lateral view; 11. Phallic complex, left dorso-lateral view; 12. Phallic complex, dorso-caudal view; 13. Phallic complex, dorsal view; 14. Phallic complex, ventral view. Scale bars: 1–4, 7=1 mm; 5, 6, 8–14=0.2 mm.