Salvina species

Gonçalves, Clayton Corrêa, Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz & Paladini, Andressa, 2025, A synopsis of the genus Salvina Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidiinae) with two new combinations, key to males, and list of host plants for the subfamily, Zootaxa 5588 (2), pp. 339-350 : 345

Key to Salvina species

1 Head and pronotum with large red maculae ( Fig. 1A ).................................. S. distinctissima comb. nov.

1’ Head and pronotum without red maculae ( Fig. 1A, C )........................................................ 2

2 Pronotum with large median dark macula ( Fig. 1B ); male pygofer with dorsal process ( Kramer, 1964; fig. 62); aedeagus with shaft wide in basal two-thirds and strongly narrowed in apical third ( Kramer, 1964; fig. 63)............... S. dorsisignata

2’ Pronotum without macula ( Fig. 1D, F ); male pygofer without dorsal process ( Fig. 2E, F ); aedeagus with shaft narrow, gradually tapered towards apex ( Fig. 2K )......................................................... S. undata comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Salvina species. A, female holotype of Salvina distictissima (Linnavuori, 1965) comb. nov., dorsal view (MZM). B, C, Male lectotype of Salvina dorsisignata (Fowler, 1900), dorsal (left) and lateral (right) views (NHM). D–G, specimens of Salvina undata (Linnavuori, 1956) comb. nov. (DZUP). D, male, dorsal view. B, male, lateral view. C, female, dorsal view. D, female, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.

FIGURE 2. Salvina undata (Linnavuori, 1956) comb. nov., male. A, head and thorax, dorsal view. B, head, frontal view. C, head and thorax, lateral view. D, forewing. E, genital capsule, lateral view. F, pygofer and anal tube, lateral view. G, valve and subgenital plates, ventral view. H, valve and subgenital plate, lateral view. I, style and connective, dorsal view. J, style, lateral view. K, aedeagus, lateral view. L, aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars in mm.