Ariptyelus

Shih, Hsien-Tzung & Yang, Jeng-Tze, 2007, Revision of the genus Ariptyelus Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae), Zootaxa 1592, pp. 57-68 : 59

Key to species of Ariptyelus

1. Body, about 2 times as long as wide; tegmen light brown ( Fig. 1 A); dorsal process of pygofer in lateral view directed ventrally ( Fig. 3 A); ventral process of pygofer in ventral view not bilobed ( Fig. 3 B); aedeagus membranous, cylindrical ( Fig. 3 E); genital style triangular in lateral view, apical part about 1.2 times as wide as long ( Fig. 3 C) ...................................................................................... A. arisanus (Matsumura)

- Body, over 2 times as long as wide; tegmen dark brown; dorsal process of pygofer in lateral view directed posteriorly ( Figs. 4 A, 6A); ventral process of pygofer in ventral view bilobed ( Figs. 4 B, 6B); aedeagus membranous, trapezoidal; genital style triangular in lateral view, apical part about 0.5–0.8 times as wide as long.......................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Ventral process of pygofer in ventral view, round at apex and directed caudad ( Fig. 4 B)............................ .......................................................................................................................... A. auropilosus (Matsumura)

- Ventral process of pygofer in ventral view, acute at apex and directed ventro-mesad ( Fig. 6 B) .................. ............................................................................................................................. A. subauropilosus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Tegmen and wing: A, Ariptyelus arisanus, tegmen; B, A. arisanus, wing; C, A. auropilosus, tegmen; D, A. auropilosus, wing; ap, apical cell; AM, anal margin; BW, basal widest point; LBW, length from base to basal widest point; LMW, length from basal point to middle widest point; LT, length of tegmen; MW, middle widest point; PM, posterior margin; WCA, wing coupling apparatus.

FIGURE 3. Ariptyelus arisanus (Matsumura, 1942): A, Male genitalia, lateral view; B, pygofer, ventral view; C, left genital style, outer lateral side; D, the same, inner lateral side; E, aedeagus, phallobase, and connective, lateral view; aed, aedeagus; bmp, basal margin of pygofer in lateral view; con, connective; dp, dorsal process of pygofer; gs, genital styles; IX – XI, abdominal segments IX – XI; LAGS, length of genital style; LBWP, the length of basal wide of pygofer; LP, length of pygofer; LPML, length of pygofer in middle line; LVP, length of vp in lateral view; LVVP, length of vp in ventral view; LWVP, length of the widest part of vp in lateral view; LVMP, length of ventral margin of pygofer; phb, phallobase; vp, ventral process of pygofer; WAGS, width of apical part of genital style; XIt, abdominal tergite XI; XIs, abdominal sternite XI; WP, wide of pygofer.

FIGURE 4. Ariptyelus auropilosus (Matsumura, 1907): A, Male genitalia, lateral view; B, pygofer, ventral view; C, left genital style, outer lateral side; D, the same, inner lateral side; E, aedeagus, phallobase, and connective, lateral view.

FIGURE 6. Ariptyelus subauropilosus Shih and Yang, sp. nov.: A, Male genitalia, lateral view; B, pygofer, ventral view; C, left genital style, outer lateral side; D, the same, inner lateral side; E, aedeagus, phallobase, and connective, lateral view; aed, aedeagus.