Cicadatra Kolenati, 1857

Ahmed, Zubair & Akhter, Muhammad Atique, 2013, Two new species of the genus Cicadatra Kolenati (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 3750 (2), pp. 176-184 : 182-183

Key to the males of Cicadatra Kolenati of Pakistan

The key was produced by appending the new species to the key produced by Ahmed et al. (2012).

1. Body length more than 24mm, pronotal collar almost or entirely black............................................ 2

- Body length less than 24mm, pronotal collar heavily marked with ochraceous, olivaceous or tawny..................... 4

2. Pronotal disk black................................................................. C. acberi ( Distant, 1888)

- Pronotal disk ochraceous................................................................................ 3

3. Supra-antennal plate, cruciform elevation, and costal margin tawny.......................... C. persica Kirkaldy, 1909

- Supra-antennal plate and cruciform elevation black, costal margin castaneous..................... C. gingat China, 1926

4. Head castaneous..................................................................... C. raja ( Distant, 1906)

- Head black...........................................................................................5

5. Radial and radiomedial crossveins not infuscated............................................................6

- Radial and radiomedial crossveins infuscated............................................................... 7

6. Pronotum castaneous marked with black, cruciform elevation black, male opercula overlapping medially, small marginal spot on hind wing..................................................................... C. sankara ( Distant, 1904)

- Pronotum dark ochraceous marked with black, cruciform elevation marked with ochraceous, male opercula almost meeting medially, hind wing hyaline.................................................. C. karachiensis Ahmed et al. 2010

7. Postclypeus black............................................................ .. C. ziaratica Ahmed et al. 2012

- Postclypeus tawny marked with castaneous, black or light brown................................................ 8

8. Aedeagus with four spines..............................................................................9

- Aedeagus with more than or less than four spines........................................................... 10

9. Postclypeus marked with broad chestnut brown patch at base, radial and radiomedial crossveins lightly infuscated, pygofer broad, basal lobe of pygofer triangular, aedeagus with one long, two intermediate and one short spine, meracanthus pointed apically, timbal cover covering the greater part of the timbal....................................... C. ashrafi sp. n.

- Postclypeus without patch at base, radial and radiomedial crossveins darkly and broadly infuscated, pygofer narrow, basal lobe of pygofer not developed, aedeagus with three short and one long spine, meracanthus rounded apically, timbal cover covering a small part of timbal................................................................. C. tandojamensis sp. n.

10. Postclypeus with transverse grooves black............................................... C. walkeri Metcalf, 1963

- Postclypeus with medial castaneous or black stripe........................................ C. xantes (Walker, 1850)