Scaphoideus albovittatus
Creators: name: Chen, Fangying
name: Dai, Wu
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Scaphoideus
Scaphoideus albovittatus

description: Key to males of the Scaphoideus albovittatus group
1. Body ≥ 6.5 mm long................................................................................... 2
- Body ≤ 6.0 mm long................................................................................... 3
2. Connective processes unequal in length; aedeagal shaft with pair of processes at midlength..................................................................................................... S. inequalis Viraktamath & Mohan
- Connective processes symmetrical, of equal length; aedeagus with pair of processes near apex and short triangular apical process................................................................................. S. insignis (Distant)
3. Vertex with 2 triangular black spots near apex margin and 2 quadrangle or zigzag spots next to eyes (Figs. 1 A–E, 3A–B); style with preapical lobe not developed (Figs. 6A–D, 7 B, F, J, N, 8C–D); subgenital plate with blunt distal end (Figs. 6A–D, 8 C); aedeagus without process (Figs. 7 C, D, G, H, K, L, O, P, 8F, G)................................................. 4
- Vertex with 1 spot apically and 2 round spots next to eyes (Figs. 2 A–E, 3C–H), style with preapical lobe well developed (Figs. 9 C, D, 10C, D, 11C, D, 12C, D, 13C, D); subgenital plate with round distal end (Figs. 9 C, 10C, 11C, 12C, 13C); aedeagus with pair of processes (Figs. 9 F, G, 10 F, G, 11 F, G, 12F, G, 13F, G).................................................. 6
4. Pygofer side short, 1.5 times as high as long (Fig. 8 A, B); aedeagal shaft strongly widened dorsoventrally, width equal to 2/3 time of length (Fig. 8 F, G)................................................................. S. rostratus sp.nov.
- Pygofer side long, 2 times as high as long (Fig. 5A–H); aedeagal shaft cylindrical but not strong, width equal to 1/3 time of length (Fig. 7 C, D, G, H, K, L, O, P)...................................................................... 5
5. Connective processes more or less of uniform width in their basal half then tapered (Figs. 6A–D, 7 A, E, I, M)............................................................................................. S. albovittatus Matsumura
- Connective processes slender, tapered from base to apex.............................. S. katraini Rao & Ramakrishnan
6. Crown well produced anteriorly, medial length 1.6 times as long as width between eyes; 2 round spots next to eyes large, diameter equal to 1.5 times distance from spot to hind margin of head; aedeagus with apical processes curved ventrally (Fig. 3 D)................................................................................. S. intermedius Matsumura
- Crown with medial length less than 1.4 times width between eyes; 2 round spots next to eyes small, diameter equal to 2 times distance from spot to hind margin of head (Figs. 2 A–E, 3C, E–H); aedeagus with apical processes, if present, curved dorsally or laterally (Figs. 9 F, G, 10F, G, 11F, G, 12F, G, 13F, G)........................................................ 7
7. Aedeagus with pair of processes at midlengh of shaft (Fig. 11 F, G)............................................... 8
- Aedeagus without pair of processes at midlengh of shaft (Figs. 9 F, G, 10F, G, 12F, G, 13F, G).......................... 9
8. Aedeagal shaft only with one pair of short processes at midlength, lacking apical pair of process................................................................................................... S. bifidus Viraktamath & Mohan
- Aedeagal shaft with 2 pairs of short processes, 1 apical pair and other pair near middle (Fig. 11 F, G)............................................................................................... .. S. maai Kitbamroong & Freytag
9. Aedeagus with two pairs of processes near apex (Fig. 10 F, G)................................................. 10
- Aedeagus with only one pair of processes near apex (Figs. 9 F, G, 12F, G, 13F, G).................................. 12
10. Aedeagal shaft with pair of apical processes very short, directed dorsally, and pair of lateral subapical processes longer than apical processes.................................................................... S. viraktamathi Meshram
- Aedeagal shaft with apical processes very long, directed laterally or ventrally (Fig. 10 F, G).......................... 11
11 Aedeagal shaft with pair of apical processes directed laterally, and pair of dorsal subapical processes or ridges parallel (Fig. 10 F, G)......................................................................... S. kumamotonis Matsumura
- Aedeagus with pair of apical processes directed ventrolaterally, and pair of dorsal subapical processes directed laterobasally.......................................................................... S. ryukyuensis Kamitani & Hayashi
12. Aedeagal shaft almost as long as dorsal apodeme, tapering apically in lateral view, with lateral triangular process near apex in ventral aspect (Fig. 13 F, G).............................................................. S. sagittatus sp. nov.
- Aedeagal shaft longer than dorsal apodeme, with pair of short, toothlike or hooklike processes near apex and directed dorsally (Figs. 9 F, G, 12F, G).................................................................................. 13
13. Aedeagus with pair of processes at apex................................................................... 14
- Aedeagus with pair of processes at subapex (Figs. 9 F, G, 12F, G)............................................... 15
14. Aedeagal shaft almost same width throughout..................................... S. knappi Kitbamroong & Freytag
- Aedeagal shaft wider at basal half, narrowed to apex................................... S. kirti Viraktamath & Mohan
15 Aedeagal shaft robust at base, narrowed abruptly at midlength in lateral view, subapical process long and sharp apically, per- pendicular to shaft in lateral aspect (Fig. 9 F, G)................................................... S. coniceus Li
- Aedeagal shaft gradually tapered apically and truncated at apex in lateral view, subapical process short, recurved and directed basally in lateral aspect (Fig. 12 F, G)......................................................... S. yuani sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Chen, Fangying, Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, Review of species of the Scaphoideus albovittatus group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China, with a checklist and distribution summary for Chinese species in the genus, pp. 334-358 in Zootaxa 3904 (3) on pages 338-339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/233530