Machaerota

Nie, Jing & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2008, A new species of Machaerota Burmeister (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Machaerotidae) from China and Laos, Zootaxa 1727, pp. 63-68 : 64

Key to species of Machaerota from China

1. Head produced anteriorly both in dorsal and lateral views........................................................................2

- Head broadly rounded.................................................................................................................................3

2. Head subangularly produced; antero- and posterolateral margins of pronotum subequal in length ............ ............................................................................................................................................... M. esakii Kato

- Head produced both forwards and upwards into a distinct subconic process; anterolateral margin of prono- tum about 1.5X as long as posterolateral margin ...................................................... M. conicapita sp. nov.

3. Veins of forewing with fine punctures........................................................................................................4

- Veins of forewing without punctures..........................................................................................................6

4. Median carina of pronotum complete; punctures on the veins of forewing without setae ........................... ................................................................................................................................. M. coomani Lallemand

- Median carina of pronotum poorly defined at posterior 1/3; punctures on the veins of forewing setigerous.....................................................................................................................................................................5

5. Tylus convex; discoidal and apical cells of forewing wrinkled ................................. M. notoceras Schmidt

- Tylus flattened, discoidal and apical cells of forewing smooth ....................................... M. jiangxiensis Lu

6. Posterolateral angle of pronotum broadly rounded; apical cells of forewing smooth................................7

- Posterolateral angle of pronotum acute or spine-like; apical cells of forewing wrinkled........................11

7. Pronotum black, discally with 2 large brown markings extending nearly to posterior margin; postclypeus keeled ................................................................................................................. M. taiheisana (Matsumura)

- Pronotum not colored as above; postclypeus not distinctly keeled............................................................8

8. Discoidal cell of forewing not more than 2X as long as broad ...................................... M. fukienicola Maa

- Discoidal cell of forewing 2.4X as long as broad or longer.......................................................................9

9. Oblique ental carina of pronotum long and strong; posterior margin straight ............... M. formosana Kato

- Oblique ental carina of pronotum short; posterior margin incurved at middle........................................10

10. Scutellum proper posteriorly strongly convex in lateral view; dorsal sulcus narrowed basally and apically, rather wide in the middle ........................................................................................................... M. choui Lu

- Scutellum proper gently rised in lateral view, dorsally slightly concaved in the middle; dorsal sulcus grad- ually narrowed caudad ................................................................................................... M. shaanxiensis Lu

11. Oblique ental carina of pronotum absent; lateral stripe of scutellum not definable ....... M. coronata (Maa)

- Oblique ental carina of pronotum short and weak; lateral stripe of scutellum definable M. yunnanensis Lu