Megipocerus Zakhvatkin, 1945

Yao, Yuqing, Yao, Zhengyuan, Li, Guoqing & Zhang, Bin, 2024, A second species of Megipocerus Zakhvatkin (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae), Zootaxa 5399 (3), pp. 275-280 : 276

Key to the males of the genus Megipocerus Zakhvatkin

1. Body with numerous dark brown to black markings on the head and thorax ( Fig. 1 ); male pygofer bearing four unequal processes with ventral process longest ( Fig. 8 ); aedeagal shaft abruptly bent dorsad at nearly 90º angle in distal half................................................................................................ M. hunanensis

- Body with pale brown markings on the head and thorax ( Fig. 4 ); male pygofer bearing four equal processes; aedeagal shaft gradually curved dorsad through entire length..................................................... M. mordvilkoi

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Male Habitus and face of Megipocerus. 1–3. M. hunanensis Zhang sp. nov. 4–6. M. mordvilkoi Zakhvatkin

FIGURES 7–13. 7–9. Female Habitus and face of Megipocerus mordvilkoi Zakhvatkin; 10–13. 10. female genital, ventral view; 11. forewing; 12. female seventh sternite, dorsal view; 13. female genital capsule, lateral view.