Poppea

Sakakibara, Albino Morimasa & Evangelista, Olívia, 2008, New species and nomenclatural notes in the Ceresini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae), Zootaxa 1702, pp. 52-60 : 53-55

Key to the species of Poppea

The genus Poppea Stål comprises 24 valid species which can be separated by the following key:

1- Suprahumeral horns with apices acute.........................................................................................................2

- Suprahumeral horns with apices blunt ( MEXICO) ..................................................... variegata (Plummer)

2- Suprahumeral horns thickened at base and abruptly acuminate, with apices in frontal view horizontal or directed very slightly upwards.................................................................................................................... 3

- Suprahumeral horns conical, gradually acuminate, with apices in frontal view directed strongly upwards in wide V .................................................................................................................................................. 14

3- Posterior process strongly inflated, more voluminous than preceding part of pronotum...........................4

- Posterior process weakly inflated, not exceeding size of median swelling in lateral view........................5

4- Pronotum castaneous variegated with yellow; inflated portion of posterior process, in dorsal view, ellipti- cal ( MEXICO) .................................................................................................... tergobullata (Sakakibara)

- Pronotum yellowish with some castaneous dots on metopidium and posterior process; inflated portion of posterior process in dorsal view more or less triangular ( EL SALVADOR, MEXICO) kovari (Plummer)

5 - Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process reduced, blunt ( MEXICO) ............. evelyna (Plummer)

- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process well developed, acute...................................................6

6- Pronotum with median swelling well developed, usually elevated well above metopidium; dorsal contour line, in lateral view, distinctly sinuous.........................................................................................................7

- Pronotum with median swelling slightly bulged, low; dorsal contour line, in lateral view, almost straight...................................................................................................................................................................11

7- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, relatively swollen basally, elevated to about same level as median swelling; color variable..............................................................................................................8

- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, not swollen basally, almost straight; blackish color, spines of posterior process with yellow rings ( PERU)....................... nigra Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov

8- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process distinctly thickened at base and then abruptly acuminate.....................................................................................................................................................................9

- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process slender, gradually acuminate from base ( MEXICO) .... .......................................................................................................................................... delicata Plummer

9- Pronotum with spines of posterior process with bases together forming transverse bulb ( EL SALVADOR) vestigia Plummer

- Pronotum with spines of posterior process with bases forming distinct bulbs..........................................10

10- Yellowish. Apices of suprahumeral horns slightly curved upwards ( MEXICO) ................. setosa Fowler

- Dull-castaneous. Apices of suprahumeral horns horizontal ( GUATEMALA) ....................... torva Fowler

11- Tegmina infuscate at apex ( PERU)........................................ maculipennis Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov

- Tegmina not infuscate at apex..................................................................................................................12

12- Dark-castaneous or blackish. Apices of suprahumeral horns, in frontal view, horizontal or slightly decumbent............................................................................................................................................................13

- Pale yellow, with castaneous dots on metopidium and posterior process. Apices of suprahumeral horns, in frontal view, slightly curved upwards ( MEXICO) .............................................................. pallida sp. nov.

13- Dark-castaneous. Pronotum with posterior process in lateral view not constricted basally; lateral spines short, less than 1/3 length of median spine, without preapical pale yellow rings ( COSTA RICA) ............. ........................................................................................................................................ turrialbae sp. nov.

- Blackish. Pronotum with posterior process in lateral view slightly constricted basally; lateral spines long, about 1/2 the length of the median spine, with preapical pale yellow rings ( GUATEMALA) .................... .......................................................................................................................................... subrugosa Fowler

14- Pronotum usually glabrous, yellow spots at sides and along median carina; suprahumeral horns and spines of posterior process long and slender (resembling Cyphonia trifida )......................................................15

- Pronotum with different color and shape...................................................................................................16

15- Suprahumeral horns directed upwards and strongly curved backwards; lateral spines of posterior process also strongly curved, with apices almost parallel with median spine ( PERU) ............ spinifera Sakakibara

- Suprahumeral horns V-shaped, with apices slightly recurved; lateral spines of posterior process strongly divergent, straight, almost parallel to suprahumeral horns, in dorsal view ( PERU) ..... bulbidorsa Goding

16- Pronotum with median swelling developed, usually rising well above metopidium; posterior process, in lateral view, distinctly constricted basally, with dorsal contour line strongly sinuous..............................17

- Pronotum with median swelling low, slightly bulged; posterior process, in lateral view, discretely constricted basally, with dorsal contour line almost straight..........................................................................20

17- Pronotum with posterior process not dilated; yellowish ( MEXICO) ........................... rectispina Fairmaire

- Pronotum with posterior process dilated or thickened basally; different color.........................................18

18- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, with dorsal contour line straight, distinctly lower than

the median swelling ( PERU) ............................................................................................. concinna Fowler - Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, with dorsal contour line sinuous, at about the same level as the median swelling..............................................................................................................................19

19- Reddish-castaneous. Pronotum with base of posterior process more voluminous than the median swelling; lateral spines, in dorsal view, abruptly acuminate ( COLOMBIA) ............................... colombiana sp. nov.

- Castaneous. Pronotum with median transverse white band covering median bulb and extended to lateral margins; base of posterior process as voluminous as median swelling; lateral spines, in dorsal view, gradually acuminate ( PANAMA, PERU) .............................................................................. capricornis Fowler

20- Light-castaneous or yellowish. Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process darker.......21

- Entirely dark-brown ( PERU) ......................................................................................... nitida Funkhouser

21- Lateral spines of posterior process divergent...........................................................................................22

- Lateral spines of posterior process strongly curved posteriorly, almost parallel with median spine (PAN- AMA, GUATEMALA) .......................................................................................................... munda Fowler

22- Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process blackish, with apices testaceous. Tegmina with opaque dark maculae basally ( MEXICO)............................................................................ formosa Butler

- Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process entirely black. Tegmina hyaline, without opaque dark maculae basally ( GUATEMALA) .................................................................... affinis Fowler