Tambocerus Zhang & Webb 1996
Creators: name: Viraktamath, C. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Tambocerus

description: Key to species of Tambocerus from Indian subcontinent (males only)   
 1. Male subgenital plates rather quadrate (Figs 60–62); caudal lobe of pygofer with ventral dark pigmented crest (Figs 57–59)........................................................................................ T. krameri sp. nov.   
– Male subgenital plates elongate triangular (Fig. 26); caudal lobe of pygofer with dorsal and ventral dark pigmented crest (Fig. 86) or without such structures (Figs 47, 77)................................................................. 2  
 2. Pygofer caudal lobe with dorsal and ventral dark pigmented crests (Fig. 86); aedeagal shaft in posterior view constricted abruptly near apex (Figs 92, 93)........................................................... T. viraktamathi Rao   
– Pygofer caudal lobe without dark pigmented crests (Figs 32, 40); aedeagal shaft in posterior view not constricted abruptly near apex................................................................................................ 3  
3. Pygofer caudal lobe not serrated (Figs 40, 47)............................................................... 4  
– Pygofer caudal lobe serrated (Figs 24, 33, 77, 95)............................................................ 5  
 4. Apical lobe of style elongate, 0.75 times as long as apophysis (Fig. 52); aedeagus with ridge on ventral margin at base (Fig. 54); shaft slightly curved (Fig. 53)........................................................ T. furcostylus sp. nov.   
 – Apical lobe of style short, at most about 0.33 times as long as apophysis (Fig. 43); aedeagus lacking ridge on ventral margin at base (Fig. 45); shaft bent almost at right angle at mid length (Fig. 44)................................. T. daii sp. nov. 5. Pygofer lobe either constricted in distal region (Figs 24, 95) or narrowed in lateral view (Fig. 32)...................... 6   
– Pygofer lobe of uniform width, not strongly narrowed caudally in lateral view (Fig. 77).............................. 8  
 6. Aedeagus with atrium ventrally produced (Fig. 38); shaft of uniform width in posterior view (Fig. 39)..... T. cholas sp. nov.   
- Aedeagus with atrium not ventrally produced (Figs 29, 100); shaft narrowed distally in posterior view (Figs 30, 99)....... 7  
 7. Aedeagal shaft with basal triangular ventral process in lateral view (Fig. 29); shaft broader in basal half then narrowed distally in posterior view (Figs 30)................................................................. T. acutus sp. nov.   
 – Aedeagal shaft lacking triangular ventral process in lateral view (Fig. 100); shaft in middle almost parallel sided (Fig. 99)......................................................................................... T. zahniseri sp. nov.   
8. Forewing with at least a few to extensive brown maculations (Figs 5, 9); pygofer mesally not produced near apex......... 9  
 - Forewing lacking brown maculations (Figs 18–20); male pygofer mesally produced near apex (Figs 77, 78) T. nilgiris sp. nov.   
 9. Aedeagal shaft curved dorsally near apical 0.33 length, lateral serrations on shaft extend to distal 0.75 length, shaft of uniform width in posterior view (Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs 92–93).................................. T. disparatus (Melichar)   
 - Aedeagal shaft straight, lateral serrations confined to apical 0.25 length, shaft broad at basal 0.75, then narrowed (Zhang & Webb 1996, Figs 94, 97)................................................................ T. plumbeus (Distant)
description: Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A., 2012, Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent, pp. 43-61 in Zootaxa 3385 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3385.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5253862