Midoria Kato 1931
Creators: name: Li, Yu-Jian
name: Dai, Ren-Huai
name: Li, Zi-Zhong
name: Jiang, Li-Na
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Midoria

description: Midoria Kato
Midoria Kato, 1931: 439.
Type species: Midoria capitata Kato, 1931.
Distribution. Oriental Region (China: Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi).
Checklist of species of Midoria Kato
Midoria annulata Cai & Jiang, 2000: 415, figs. 1–8. Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Guizhou).
Midoria barbula sp. nov.
Midoria capitata Kato, 1931: 439, fig. 1. Distribution. China (Taiwan).
Midoria curvidentata Sun, Huang & Zhang, 2017: 368, figs. 21–30. Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
Midoria denticulata Li & Li, 2011: 58, figs. 1–4, 25, 28. Distribution. China (Guizhou).
Midoria deplanata Li & Li, 2011: 58, figs. 5–8, 26, 29. Distribution. China (Guangxi).
Midoria emmrichi (Zhang & Yang, 2004): 85–86, figs. 12–19; Li & Li, 2010: 64, figs. 1–3. Distribution. China (Fujian).
Midoria plana sp. nov.
Midoria funebris (Jacobi, 1944): 40; Li & Li, 2010: 65, figs. 7–9, 27. Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou).
Midoria hamulata Li & Li, 2011: 60, figs. 9–12, 27, 30. Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Midoria hastifera Li & Li, 2011: 63, figs. 21–24, 33, 36. Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Midoria hei Cai & Jiang, 2000: 414–415, figs. 1–8. Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Midoria huapingensis Li & Li, 2010: 66–67, figs. 14–18, 25. Distribution. China (Guangxi).
Midoria lamellata Li & Li, 2010: 67, figs. 19–24, 26. Distribution. China (Guizhou).
Midoria longicornis (Zhang & Yang, 2004): 87–88, figs. 40–47; Li & Li, 2010: 64, figs. 4–6. Distribution. China (Fujian).
Midoria quadrata Wang, Dietrich & Dai, 2024: 17, Figs. 5I 1 –13, 6I, 7I1–13. Distribution. China (Guangxi).
Midoria triprocessa sp. nov.
Midoria torsiva Li & Li, 2011: 60. Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Midoria zunyiensis Li & Li, 2011: 60, figs. 9–12. Distribution. China (Guizhou).
Key to species (♂) of Midoria (except Midoria capitata Kato)
1. Body length less than 6 mm .............................................................. M. barbula sp. nov.
- Body length longer than 6 mm ........................................................................... 2
2. Aedeagus expanded apically............................................... M. curvidentata Sun, Huang & Zhang
- Aedeagus not expanded apically......................................................................... 3
3. Aedeagus with two pairs of processes..................................................................... 4
- Aedeagus with one pair of processes...................................................................... 5
4. Aedeagus with one pair of processes apically............................................ M. huapingensis Li & Li
- Aedeagus with two pairs of processes apically................................................ M. hei Cai & Jiang
5. Ventral processes of aedeagus unobtrusive.................................................... M. plana sp. nov.
- Ventral processes of aedeagus obtrusive................................................................... 6
6. Aedeagus shaft with serrated processes dorsally............................................ M. denticulata Li & Li
- Aedeagus shaft without serrated processes dorsally.......................................................... 7
7. Aedeagus shaft and lateral processes forming H-shaped structure............................................... 8
- Aedeagus shaft and lateral processes not forming H-shaped structure........................................... 10
8. Style with single distal projection........................................................................ 9
- Style with two distal projections......................................................... M. hamulata Li & Li
9. Lateral processes of aedeagus lamellar......................................... M. quadrata Wang, Dietrich & Dai
- Lateral processes of aedeagus not lamellar.................................................. M. hastifera Li & Li
10. Processes longer than aedeagus shaft..................................................................... 11
- Processes not longer than aedeagus shaft.................................................................. 13
11. Processes on aedeagus curved toward each other......................................... M. annulata Cai & Jiang
- Processes on aedeagus not curved toward each other........................................................ 12
12. Apex of processes on aedeagus hornlike..................................................... M. torsiva Li & Li
- Apex of processes on aedeagus not hornlike............................................................... 13
13. Aedeagus with three long ventral processes arising from medral area........................... M. triprocessa sp. nov.
- Aedeagus with two long ventral processes arising from medral area, each with a small subapical projection from medial suface....................................................................... M. emmrichi (Zhang & Yang)
14. Aedeagus with processes not furcate..................................................................... 15
- Aedeagus with processes furcate........................................................................ 16
15. Processes on aedeagus separated from shaft........................................ M. longicornis (Zhang & Yang)
- Processes on aedeagus not separated from shaft............................................. M. deplanata Li & Li
16. Processes on aedeagus tapering......................................................................... 17
- Processes on aedeagus not tapering....................................................... M. zunyiensis Li & Li
17. Apex of processes on aedeagus curved basally.............................................. M. lamellata Li & Li
- Apex of processes on aedeagus not curved basally............................................ M. funebris (Jacobi)
description: Published as part of Li, Yu-Jian, Dai, Ren-Huai, Li, Zi-Zhong & Jiang, Li-Na, 2025, Notes on the leafhopper genus Midoria Kato (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae), with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from China, pp. 181-191 in Zootaxa 5632 (1) on pages 185-186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/15371336