Platyretus Melichar (Males)

Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2008, A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 1696, pp. 37-47 : 39

Key to species of Platyretus Melichar (Males)

1. Male style with subapical lobe poorly developed, not strongly angled, with setae on apophysis ( Figs.14, 15 ) ( Sri Lanka) ......................................................................................................... P. marginatus Melichar

- Male style with subapical lobe well developed, and angled strongly, with or without setae on apophysis ( Figs 7–9 , 24, 25 , 31, 32 , 38).......................................................................................................................2

2. Male style with spines on apophysis ( Figs. 8 , 25 ).......................................................................................3

- Male style without spines on apophysis ( Figs. 31 , 38)................................................................................4

3. Male style with apophysis abruptly narrowed apically, ( Fig. 25 ); apex of aedeagal shaft excavated ( Fig. 23 ) (Java) .................................................................................. P. javanicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

- Male style with apophysis gradually narrowed apically ( Figs. 8 ); apex of aedeagal shaft truncate ( Fig. 5 ) (north India, China) ................................................................ P. gangeticus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

4. Aedeagal shaft short and broad (Fig. 41); apophysis of style with setal brush (Fig. 38) ( China) ................. .............................................................................................................. P. brevipenis Dai & Zhang, sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft longer ( Fig. 34 ); apophysis of style without setal brush ( Fig. 31 ) (south India) .................. ................................................................................................ P. sudindicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 19. Platyretus marginatus Melichar 13. Subgenital plate and valve, ventral view; 14. Male style, dorsal view; 15. Apex of male style, lateral view; 16. Aedeagus, lateral view; 17. Aedeagus, caudal view; 18 – 19. Median lobe of female seventh sternite.

FIGURES 1 – 12. Platyretus gangeticus Viraktamath and Webb, sp. nov. 1. Habitus, dorsal view; 2. Forewing; 3. Pygophore, lateral view; 4. Pygophore, dorsal view; 5. Aedeagus, lateral view; 6. Aedeagus, caudal view; 7. Male style, dorsal view; 8 – 9. Apex of male style, lateral view; 10 – 12. Median lobe of female seventh sternite. Figures 1, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 12 are of the specimens from China and rest from India.

FIGURES 20 – 26. Platyretus javanicus Viraktamath and Webb, sp. nov. 20. Pygofer, lateral view; 21. Subgenital plate and valve, ventral view; 22. Aedeagus, caudal view; 23. Aedeagus, lateral view; 24. Male style, dorsal view; 25. Apex of male style, lateral view; 26. Median lobe of female seventh sternite.

FIGURES 27 – 35. Platyretus sudindicus Viraktamath and Webb, sp. nov. 27. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 28. face; 29. head and thorax, profile; 30. Male genital capsule, lateral view; 31. Apex of male style, lateral view; 32. Male style, dorsal view; 33. Aedeagus, caudal view; 34. Aedeagus, lateral view; 35. Median lobe of female seventh sternite.