Thaia

Song, Yue-Hua & Li, Zi-Zhong, 2012, A new species of Thaia Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species, Zootaxa 3382, pp. 66-68 : 66-67

Key to males of Thaia from China

1 Anal tube without apical process Thaia (Thaia) ........................................................................................................... 2

– Anal tube with apical process extending ventrally from 10th segment Thaia (Nlunga) ............................................. 7

2 Aedeagal shaft with one or more basal processes......................................................................................................... 3

– Aedeagal shaft without processes ................................................................................................................................. 5

3 Base of aedeagus with single long, fingerlike process ......................................................................... T . (Thaia) nigra

– Base of aedeagus with pair of processes....................................................................................................................... 4

4 Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus expanded, approximately scissorlike ............................................... T . (Thaia) oryzivora

– Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus small, approximately trapezoidal ....................................................... T . (Thaia) subrufa

5 Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus with pair of small, toothlike processes .......................................... T . (Thaia) formosana

– Dorsal apodeme of aedeagus without toothlike processes............................................................................................ 6

6 Aedeagal shaft long and slim, tubelike, without serrations .......................................................... T . (Thaia) longipenia

– Aedeagal shaft short, lamellate, with ventral serrate comb .............................................................. T . (Thaia) barbata

7 Apical process of anal tube bifurcate at apex ................................................................................. T . (Nlunga) sinuata

– Apical process of anal tube not bifurcate at apex ........................................................................................................ 8

8 Ventral appendage of pygofer with few small, serrations both at base and apex ......................... T. (Nlunga) anchora

– Ventral appendage of pygofer without serrations ......................................................................................................... 9

9 Aedeagus with two pairs of processes ( Figs 7, 8 ) ....................................................... T. (Nlunga) mengyanga sp. nov.

– Aedeagus without processes .......................................................................................................... T . (Nlunga) maxima

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Thaia (Nlunga) mengyanga sp. nov. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view. 2. Forewing. 3. Male pygofer lobe, lateral view. 4. Anal tube. 5. Subgenital plate. 6. Style. 7. Aedeagus, lateral view. 8. Aedeagus, ventral view. 9. Connective.