Tambocerus Zhang & Webb 1996
Creators: name: Naveed, Hassan
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Tambocerus

description: Key to species (³³) of Tambocerus
(modified from Viraktamath 2012 and Qu & Dai, 2014)
1 Pygofer with dark pigmented crest at posterior margin (Figs 1K, 2A, 4A)......................................... 2
- Pygofer without dark pigmented crest at posterior margin (Fig. 1K).............................................. 5
2 Pygofer with ventral dark pigmented crest at posterior margin.................................................. 3
- Pygofer with ventral and dorsal dark pigmented crest at posterior margin (Fig. 4A).................................. 4
3 Subgenital plate abruptly tapered at distal 2/3 to fingerlike apex; apical process of style long................. T. elongatus
- Subgenital plate sub quadrangular in ventral view (Fig. 1L); apical process of style short...................... T. krameri
4 Forewing with dark brown irroration; pygofer with caudal margin smooth (Fig. 2A); subgenital plates abruptly narrowed near mid length to form a finger-like apex (Fig. 2B); aedeagal shaft with lamellate serrations not extending onto upper half (Fig. 2D)...................................................................................... T. viraktamathi
- Forewing without dark brown irroration (Fig. 3A, C); pygofer with caudal margin serrated (Fig. A–B); subgenital plates bulging and subtriangular; aedeagal shaft with lamellate serrations extending beyond upper half (Fig. H–I)........................................................................................................ T. bulbulus sp. nov.
5 Pygofer without serrations posteriorly..................................................................... 6
- Pygofer with serrations posteriorly....................................................................... 10
6 Pygofer with posterior process acute apically; aedeagal shaft with bifurcate apex....................... T. robustispinus
- Pygofer with posterior process not acute apically; aedeagal shaft without bifurcate apex.............................. 7
7 Aedeagal shaft with pair of lateral processes................................................................ 8
- Aedeagal shaft without lateral processes................................................................... 9
8 Aedeagal shaft with processes distinctly longer than width of shaft.................................. T. longicaudatus
- Aedeagal shaft with processes similar in width to shaft............................................. T. triangulatus
9 Style with apical lobe rather long (Fig. 1H); aedeagus with a ventral ridge at base (Fig. 1J); shaft slightly curved laterally (Fig. 1I)....................................................................................... T. furcostylus
- Style with apical lobe rather short (Fig. 1E); aedeagus without a ventral ridge at base (Fig. 1G); shaft bent at right angle near mid length (Fig. 1F)............................................................................... T. daii
10 Pygofer constricted or narrowed towards posterior margin in lateral view........................................ 11
- Pygofer not constricted; slightly narrowed towards posterior margin in lateral view................................ 15
11 Aedeagal shaft with two pair of processes at apex................................................. T. quadricornis
- Aedeagal shaft without two pair of processes at apex........................................................ 12
12 Aedeagal shaft with bifurcate apex................................................................ T. furcellus
- Aedeagal shaft without bifurcate apex.................................................................... 13
13 Aedeagal shaft of uniform width; atrium produced ventrally (Fig. 1C–D)................................... T. cholas
- Aedeagal shaft tapered towards apex; atrium not produced ventrally............................................ 14
14 Aedeagal shaft with triangular ventral process; shaft broader in basal half then narrowed distally in posterior view (Fig. 1A–B).............................................................................................. T. acutus
- Aedeagal shaft lacking triangular ventral process; shaft in middle almost parallel sided (Fig. 2E–F)............. T. zahniseri
15 Forewings with brown spots............................................................................ 16
- Forewings without brown spots................................................................... T. nilgiris
16 Pygofer caudal lobe rounded with dorsoposterior margin dentate........................................ T. dentatus
- Pygofer caudal lobe not rounded......................................................................... 17
17 Aedeagal shaft of uniform width in posterior view; curved dorsally, with lateral serrations on shaft extending to 0.75 length of shaft (Fig. 2G–H)........................................................................... T. disparatus
- Aedeagal shaft with basal 0.75 broad in posterior view, without serrations; apical 0.25 length narrowed, with serrations (Fig. 2I –J)....................................................................................... T. plumbeus
description: Published as part of Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, A key to species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, pp. 237-244 in Zootaxa 4462 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1441561