Togoda, MELICHAR, 1906

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2025, Review of the genus Togoda Melichar, 1906 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea, Tropiduchidae), with descriptions of three new species from tropical Africa and Madagascar, Zoosystema 47 (23), pp. 473-488 : 475

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KEY TO TOGODA MELICHAR, 1906 View in CoL

1. Fore wings dull green, with transverse double broken brown stripe in its basal third. Metope distinctly narrower between eyes. Metopial proboscis and postclypeus joint at obtuse angle in lateral view. Distribution: South African Republic ............................................................................................... T. transvaalensis Schmidt, 1910 View in CoL

— Fore wings yellowish light brown to black. Metope with nearly parallel lateral margins. Metopial proboscis and postclypeus joint at nearly right angle in lateral view ( Fig. 6 View FIG ) ....................................................................... 2

2. Metope with two weak carinae medially and groove between them ( Fig. 6G View FIG ). Postclypeus with strong triangular-shaped median carina ( Figs 5D View FIG , 6H View FIG ). Fore and middle femora flattened or nearly foliate. Distribution: Madagascar................................................................................................................................... T. carinata n. sp.

— Metope without carinae. Postclypeus with tiny median carina. Legs not flattened neither foliated ............... 3

3. Fore wings large, with 1/3 of its length behind apex of clavus in lateral view ( Figs 4 View FIG ). Metopial proboscis distinctly notched frontally ( Fig. 6B, D View FIG ). Phallobase short, 1/3 of aedeagus length, symmetric ( Figs 8D, E View FIG ; 9D, F View FIG .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

— Fore wings small, with 1/5 of its length behind apex of clavus in lateral view ( Fig. 5A, B View FIG ). Metopial proboscis without notch frontally ( Fig. 6F View FIG ). Phallobase long, nearly as long as aedeagus, asymmetric ( Fig. 10D, E View FIG ). Distribution: Mozambique........................................................................................................ T. minima n. sp.

4. Coryphe-metope margin keel-shaped. Metopial proboscis weakly concave frontally ( Fig. 6B View FIG ). Male anal tube narrowing apically in dorsal view ( Fig. 8B View FIG ). Aedeagus wide, with four subapical processes ( Fig. 8D, E, F View FIG ). Distribution: Togo...................................................................................................... T. africana Melichar, 1906 View in CoL

— Coryphe-metope margin smooth, without keel. Metopial proboscis deeply notched frontally ( Fig. 6D View FIG ). Male anal tube deeply concave apically in dorsal view ( Fig. 9C View FIG ). Aedeagus narrow, with two subapical processes ( Fig. 9D, E, F View FIG ). Distribution: Central African Republic........................................................................... T. excisa n. sp.