Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding
Creators: name: Yang, Lin
name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Delphacidae
Bambusiphaga

description: Key to species of Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding (male)
1. Vertex dark brown or with blackish-brown markings.......................................................... 2
- Vertex without any markings............................................................................. 3
2. Vertex yellowish-brown, basal compartment with a black oval spot in middle part; anal segment without a process, pygofer without medioventral processes............................................................. B. nigropunctata
- Vertex dark brown, basal compartment of vertex without a black oval spot; anal segment with a very long process which sur- passes base of genital styles; pygofer with conjugated medioventral processes........................... B. pianmaensis
3. Mesonotum with blackish-brown markings................................................................. 4
- Mesonotum without blackish-brown markings............................................................... 9
4. Pronotum with blackish-brown markings on lateral areas; forewings with blackish-brown markings on basal half.......... 5
- Pronotum and forewings not as above..................................................................... 8
5. Forewings with basal 1/3 black........................................................................... 6
- Forewings with a large black marking at base...................................................... B. maculata
6. Anal segment without a process on ventral margin........................................ B. kunmingensis sp. nov.
- Anal segment with a very long process on ventral margin...................................................... 7
7. Pygofer with three medioventral processes........................................................ .. B. basifusca
- Pygofer without medioventral processes.............................................................. B. fascia
8. Forewings somewhat reddish-orange, costal margin blackish-brown; genital styles relatively broad and short.................................................................................................... B. nigromarginata
- Forewings somewhat yellowish-brown, costal margin yellowish-brown; genital styles relatively slender...... B. taiwanensis
9. Anal segment with a process on ventral margin............................................................. 10
- Anal segment without a process on ventral margin.......................................................... 14
10. Pygofer with a medioventral process................................................................ B. bakeri
- Pygofer without a medioventral process................................................................... 11
11. Anal segment with the process on ventral margin very long, reaching ventral margin of pygofer...................... 12
- Anal segment with the process on ventral margin very short................................................... 13
12. Body length of male 3.5–3.6 mm; genital styles with a process at base................................ B. jinghongensis
- Body length of male 4.3 mm; genital styles without a process at base.................................... B. mirostylis
13. Tegula with apical 1/2 blackish-brown; pygofer with hind margin produced at an acute angle medially; genital styles slender; aedeagus without phallobase...................................................................... B. huangi
- Tegula fully yellowish-brown; pygofer with hind margin not produced medially; genital styles broad and short; aedeagus with developed phallobase...................................................................... B. wangmoensis
14. Pygofer with a spine on ventral margin.................................................................... 15
- Pygofer without a spine on ventral margin................................................................. 17
15. Genital style with an inversed spine on caudal side near apex which is as long as 1/5 of genital style (Figs 18, 20, 21); aedeagus with three spines subapically................................................................ B. yangi sp. nov.
- Genital style with an angular or tooth-like process on caudal side near apex; aedeagus without spines subapically........ 16
16. Genital styles asymmetrical, right one shorter than left one, without tooth-like process subapically on caudal side; aedeagus with an inversed process on right side near apical 1/3............................................. B. singaporensis
- Genital styles symmetrical; aedeagus without any processes......................................... B. luodianensis
17. Genital styles with a finger-like process at base............................................................. 18
- Genital styles without a finger-like process at base........................................................... 19
18. Genital styles with a finger-like process subapically; aedeagus curved in middle......................... B. maolanensis
- Genital styles with a lamellate process subapically; aedeagus almost straight............................ B. hainanensis
19. Genital styles forked apically............................................................................ 20
- Genital styles not forked apically........................................................................ 22
20. Frons longer at middle line than wide at widest part, about 2.0: 1; basocaudal portion of genital styles in profile produced at a right angle.............................................................................. B. membranacea
- Frons longer at middle line than wide at widest part, about 2.5: 1; basocaudal portion of genital styles in profile not produced at a right angle......................................................................................... 21
21. Median portion of genital styles granulate............................................................. B. furca
- Median portion of genital styles not granulate......................................................... B. lynchi
22. Ventral margin of anal segment incised medially; genital styles short, lamellate......................... B. lacticolorata
- Ventral margin of anal segment not incised medially; genital styles slender........................................ 23
23. Apex of vertex obviously broadened, frons widest at base; apex of genital styles without small teeth; aedeagus short and stout.............................................................................................. B. similis
- Apex of vertex not broadened, frons widest at apex; apex of genital styles with several small teeth; aedeagus relatively long........................................................................................... B. citricolorata
description: Published as part of Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2011, The Oriental bamboo-feeding genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Tropidocephalini): a checklist, a key to the species and descriptions of two new species, pp. 50-59 in Zootaxa 2879 on pages 50-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206029