Published February 22, 2021 | Version v1
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Mileewini Evans 1947

  • 1. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China & h 2 ldyx @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6780 - 5992
  • 2. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China & 15285171818 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5290 - 4576
  • 3. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China & College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China

Description

Key to species of Mileewini from Hainan Island

1 Vertex with distinctive pattern consisting of three median pale ovals narrowly bordered with black (Fig. 2a); forewing with costal margin with a white patch divided by a black or red line (Fig. 2b) (Ujna).................................... 2

- Vertex and forewing not as above (Mileewa)................................................................ 3

2 Forewing with costal patches divided by red stripe (Fig. 2b); pygofer without ventral process......... U. cavipenis sp. nov.

- Forewing with costal patches divided by black stripe; pygofer with ventral process. See Dietrich et al., 2020; Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 7 for habitus........................................................................ U. consors Distant

3 Posterior part of mesonotum (scutellum) bright yellow. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 31 for habitus... M. margheritae Distant

- Posterior part of mesonotum (scutellum) brown or black...................................................... 4

4 Male subgenital plates with apical margin broad with big dentate process. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 41 for habitus.......................................................................................... M. shirozui (Ishihara)

- Male subgenital plates with apical margin without dentate process.............................................. 5

5 Forewing with white patch distally on costal margin, on middle of inner margin, and on base of second apical cell respectively. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 8 for habitus..................................................... M. alara Yang & Li

- Forewing not marked as above........................................................................... 6

6 Style S-shaped (Fig. 1h); aedeagus with a pair of flat basal processes............................................ 7

- Style and aedeagus not as above......................................................................... 8

7 Aedeagus with a pair of dentate apical processes. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 40 for habitus............... M. sharpa Yang

- Aedeagus with a lobe-like apical process (Figs 1 j–l)........................................... M. triloba sp. nov.

8 Apex of aedeagus without processes. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 38 for habitus.................... M. ponta Yang & Li

- Apex of aedeagus with processes......................................................................... 9

9 Apical aedeagal processes attaining midlength of aedeagus. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 26 for habitus.................................................................................................. M. lackstripa Yang & Li

- Apical aedeagal processes short and stout, distinctly not attaining midlength of aedeagus. See Yang et al., 2014, Fig. 48 for habitus............................................................................. M. zhangi Yang & Li

Notes

Published as part of He, Hong-Li, Yan, Bin & Yang, Mao-Fa, 2021, Two new species of the leafhopper tribe Mileewini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Mileewinae) from Hainan Island, China, with a key to species, pp. 444-450 in Zootaxa 4933 (3) on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/4554881

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cicadellidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Evans
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Mileewini Evans, 1947 sec. He, Yan & Yang, 2021

References

  • Dietrich, C. H., Nguyen, H. T. T. & Pham, H. T. (2020) New genera, new species and new records of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4877, 241 - 273.
  • Yang, M. F., Meng, Z. H., He, Q. & Dietrich, C. H. (2014) Illustrated checklist of Mileewinae leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) of China, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 3881 (2), 175 - 189. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3881.2.6