Mendozellus Linnavuori
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Mendozellus

description: Key to species of Mendozellus Linnavuori (males)
The following species were described based on female specimens and are therefore omitted from the key: M. brevipennis, M. incisus and M. lineiceps.
1. Aedeagal apex narrowly emarginate in posteroventral view....................................................2
- Aedeagal apex entire in posteroventral view (Fig. 2 E).........................................................6
2. Apophysis of style irregularly expanded apically, finely serrate.............................................. M. isis
- Apophysis of style finger-like............................................................................ 3
3. Subgenital plate truncate apically................................................................... M. devius
- Subgenital plate acute apically............................................................................4
4. Subgenital plate lateral margin convex............................................................ M. tarandus
- Subgenital plate lateral margin incurved....................................................................5
5. Aedeagus with lateral processes oriented dorsad in lateral view...................................... M. mallecoanus
- Aedeagus with lateral processes oriented posteroventrad in lateral view................................... M. minutus
6. Gonopore large, round, situated at apex of shaft (Fig. 5 E)......................................................7
- Gonopore not as above.................................................................................. 9
7. Forewing mostly dark brown contrasting with white commissural stripe (Fig. 4 A–D)............. M. paralaredanus sp. n.
- Forewing coloration not as above.........................................................................8
8. Extreme apex of aedeagus attenuate in lateral view.................................................. M. laredanus
- Extreme apex of aedeagus rounded in lateral view.................................................. M. albolectus
9. Aedeagus without lateral teeth or processes (Fig. 7 E)............................................. M. rakitovi sp. n.
- Aedeagus with lateral teeth or processes...................................................................10
10. Aedeagus with pair of minute subapical tooth-like processes (Fig. 2 E)................................... M. asunctia
- Aedeagal with pair of depressed lateral triangular processes.................................................... 11
11. Apophysis of style short, apex truncate with acute lateral and medial angles................................. M. dubius
- Apophysis of style long, acuminate.......................................................................12
12. Aedeagus in ventral view abruptly constricted distad of lateral teeth with apical section nearly parallel sided.. M. patagonicus
- Aedeagus in ventral view evenly tapered from lateral teeth to apex.................................... M. maipuanus
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, Two new species of Mendozellus Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with redescription of Mendozellus asunctia Cheng, pp. 231-240 in Zootaxa 4232 (2) on page 232, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/292897