Scaphoidella Vilbaste 1968
Creators: name: Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
name: Hussain, Riaz
name: Xing, Jichun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Scaphoidella

description: Key to species (males) of Scaphoidella
(modified from Dai & Dietrich, 2011 and Xing & Li, 2015)
1. Pygofer with conspicuous spine on dorsal margin............................................................ 2
– Pygofer without spine on dorsal margin................................................................... 5
2. Pygofer with ventrally directed spine on caudal margin (Viraktamath & Mohan, 2004: fig. 218)............................................................................................... S. zhangi (Viraktamath & Mohan)
– Pygofer with caudal margin round, without spine............................................................ 3
3. Pygofer with dorsal spine long (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 51); aedeagal shaft in lateral view straight (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 55)........................................................................... S. clavatella Dai & Dietrich
– Pygofer with dorsal spine shorter; aedeagal shaft in lateral view with apex curved dorsally........................... 4
4. Crown with submarginal arcuate piceous thin band not interrupted at middle (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 78); pygofer rounded apically in lateral view (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 81).................................... S. punctulata (Melichar)
– Crown with submarginal arcuate piceous thin band interrupted at middle (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 6); pygofer tapering posteriorly from midlength in lateral view (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 47)............... S. viraktamathi Dai & Dietrich
5. Pygofer side with caudal process......................................................................... 6
– Pygofer side without caudal process..................................................................... 10
6. Subgenital plate with lateral macrosetae arranged irregularly.................................................. 7
– Subgenital plate with lateral macrosetae in single row........................................................ 8
7. Pygofer process long; subgenital plate tapered apically; basal processes of aedeagus extending to near apex of shaft (Zhang & Dai, 2006: figs 14–17).............................................................. S. undosa Zhang & Dai
– Pygofer process short; subgenital plate rounded apically; basal processes of aedeagus. extending beyond shaft (Zhang & Dai, 2006: figs 4–7)...................................................................... S. arboricola Vilbaste
8. Aedeagal shaft with a pair of lateral processes at apex (Zhang & Dai, 2006: figs 28–29)............ S. stenopaea Anufriev
– Aedeagal shaft without apical process..................................................................... 9
9. Style apical process moderately long (Xing & Li, 2015: fig. 18)......................... S. brevissima Dai, Xing & Li
– Style apical process very long (Zhang & Dai, 2006: fig. 39).............................. S. unihamata (Li & Kuoh)
10. Aedeagal shaft in ventral view bifid at apex, branches divergent (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: fig. 42). S. bifurcata Dai & Dietrich
– Aedeagal shaft not bifid at apex........................................................................ 11
11. Apical margin of aedeagal shaft with many small spines on both sides (Xing & Li, 2015: figs 34–35)... S. dietrichi Xing & Li
– Aedeagal shaft without small spinose processes............................................................ 12
12. Subgenital plates short, rounded apically.................................................................. 13
– Subgenital plates long, subequal or longer than pygofer in lateral view, narrowing to rounded apex.................... 16
13. Crown with a broad transverse dark band between ocelli (Fig. 3); style with apical process short, 1/4-1/5 length of style; basal processes of aedeagus slightly exceeding the length of aedeagal shaft in lateral view (Figs 11–13)........... S. lii sp. nov.
– Crown with a narrow transverse dark band between ocelli with bordered pale yellow;..style with apical process elongate, 1/2 length of style; basal processes of aedeagus grately exceeding the length of aedeagal shaft in lateral view.............. 14
14. Aedeagus without apical process; aedeagal shaft without distal serration........................................ 15
– Aedeagus with pair of apical processes; distal expansions of aedeagal shaft serrate (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 31–32).................................................................................. S. flangenella Dai & Dietrich
15. Aedeagal shaft with convex projection at midlength of ventral margin in lateral view; style with preapical lobe well developed (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 44–46).................................................. S. cornuta Dai & Dietrich
– Aedeagal shaft without convex projection on ventral margin in lateral view; style with. preapical lobe weakly developed (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 61–63)................................................... S. dongnaiensis Dai & Dietrich
16. Style with preapical lobe well developed.................................................................. 17
– Style with preapical lobe weakly developed............................................................... 20
17. Aedeagal shaft compressed laterally, widening towards apex, rounded apically, ventral. margin with some apical teeth (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 68–69)......................................................... S. digitatus Dai & Dietrich
– Aedeagal shaft not compressed laterally, gradually tapered to round apex or slider wider at midlength, ventral margin without teeth.............................................................................................. 18
18. Aedeagal shaft in lateral view distinctly broadened near midlength; stem of connective nearly 1/3 length of arms (Zhang & Dai, 2006: figs 47, 50).............................................................. S. wideaedeaga (Wang & Li)
– Aedeagal shaft in lateral view slender and not broadened near midlength; stem of connective and arms of approximately equal length............................................................................................. 19
19. Preatrium of aedeagus very long; style apical process with teeth (Xing & Li, 2015: figs 29–30).... S. denticlestyla Xing & Li
– Preatrium of aedeagus short; style apical process without teeth (Zhang & Dai, 2006: figs 55–57). S. acaudata Zhang & Dai
20. Forewings bicolor, with basal third white and apical two thirds brown (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 8, 20)............................................................................................. S. dimidiatus Dai & Dietrich
– Forewing unicolor, ochraceous with hyaline whitish spots or brownish yellow with distinct white spots................ 21
21. Forewings ochraceous hyaline with whitish spots.......................................................... 22
– Forewings brownish yellow with distinct white spots (Dietrich et al. 2020: figs 5H–I)............................................................................................... S. albopunctata Dietrich & Nguyen & Pham
22. Aedeagal shaft slender distally, with pair of slender, distally directed preapical processes........(in addition to paired basal processes); basal processes S-shaped in lateral view (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 36–37)...... S. coronoida Dai & Dietrich
– Aedeagal shaft expanded distally, without slender preapical processes, with paired dorsolateral preapical lamellae; basal processes straight in lateral view (Dai & Dietrich, 2011: figs 27–28, 31–32)................... S. lamella Dai & Dietrich
description: Published as part of Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Hussain, Riaz & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Key to species of the leafhopper genus Scaphoidella Vilbaste, 1968 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from China, pp. 567-576 in Zootaxa 5613 (3) on pages 568-569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/15216819