Limassolla (Limassolla)
Creators: name: Zhou, Xian
name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Limassolla

description: Key to species (males) of the subgenus Limassolla (Limassolla) from China, Japan and Korea
(Modified from Song & Li 2011. Note: L. bielawskii Dworakowska, 1969 and L. dostali Dworakowska & Lauterer, 1975 are omitted because they are known only from females.)
1. Aedeagus without processes (Limassolla multipunctata group)................................................. 2
- Aedeagus with processes............................................................................... 8
2. Aedeagal shaft compressed, much wider in lateral view than in posterior view..................................... 3
- Aedeagal shaft tubular, approximately same width in lateral and posterior views................................... 5
3. Aedeagal shaft with dorsal margin strongly sclerotized, apex concave in posterior view.................................................................................................. L. lingchuanensis (Chou & Zhang, 1985)
- Aedeagal shaft uniformly sclerotized, apex rounded or tapered in posterior view................................... 4
4. Aedeagus with posterior margin evenly rounded in lateral view; subgenital plate with two long macrosetae subbasally............................................................................... L. emmrichi Dworakowska, 1972
- Aedeagus with posterior margin subquadrate in lateral view; subgenital plate with single long macroseta subbasally............................................................................... L. multipunctata (Matsumura, 1920)
5. Aedeagal shaft apex rounded or obliquely truncate in lateral and posterior views.......... L. ishiharai Dworakowska, 1972
- Aedeagal shaft tapered to sharp point or irregular in lateral or posterior views..................................... 6
6. Aedeagal shaft apex tapered to sharp point in lateral and posterior views............ L. rubrolimbata Zhang & Chou, 1988
- Aedeagal shaft apex irregularly rounded in lateral and posterior views........................................... 7
7. Aedeagal shaft with longitudinal lateral ridge; connective without median anterior lobe................ L. kunyica sp. nov.
- Aedeagus shaft without lateral ridge; connective with median anterior lobe.......................... L. uncata sp. nov.
8. Aedeagus with apical and basal processes, either single or paired (Limassolla dworakowskae group).................... 9
- Aedeagus with either apical or basal processes, but not both.................................................. 12
9. Aedeagal shaft with paired apical processes............................................................... 10
- Aedeagal shaft with single apical process................................................................. 11
10. Aedeagus apical processes lamella-like, with serrated lateral margins..................... L. yingjianga Song & Li, 2011
- Aedeagus apical processes teeth-like................................................ L. unica Zhang & Xiao, 2000
11. Aedeagus with paired basal processes......................................... L. dworakowskae Chou & Ma, 1981
- Aedeagus with single basal process............................................... L. qianfoensis Song & Li, 2011
12. Aedeagus with 1–4 apical processes, no basal process (Limassolla dispunctata group).............................. 13
- Aedeagus with basal process or processes, no apical process (Limassolla aureata group)............................ 22
13. Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of apical processes........................................................... 14
- Aedeagal shaft with one pair of apical processes............................................................ 17
14. Apical processes of aedeagal shaft petiolate at base......................................................... 15
- Apical processes of aedeagal shaft directly bifurcate................................... L. diospyri Chou & Ma, 1981
15. Two pairs of apical processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcate...................................................... 16
- One pair of apical processes of aedeagal shaft bifurcate.............................. L. dispunctata Chou & Ma, 1981
16. Aedeagus apical processes length similar to preapical processes.......................... L. hebeiensis Cai et al., 1992
- Aedeagus apical processes shorter than preapical processes.......................... L. dangjinensis Sumin et al., 2020
17. Aedeagus with pair of apical processes extended distad and unpaired preapical processes extended basad......................................................................................... L. discoloris Zhang & Chou, 1988
- Aedeagal processes arising from apex of shaft............................................................. 18
18. Apex of aedeagus with three processes, one extended distally and two extended basad....... L. koreana Hossain et al., 2019
- Aedeagus with one pair of processes, without unpaired process............................................... 19
19. Aedeagus apical processes extended distad................................................................ 20
- Aedeagus apical processes extended basad................................................................ 21
20. Forewing mostly dark with large pale spots; aedeagus abruptly narrowed preapically in lateral view.................................................................................................... L. kakii Chou & Ma, 1981
- Forewing mostly pale with small dark spots; aedeagus evenly tapered preapically in lateral view...... L. bicruralis sp. nov.
21. Each aedeagal process wide and flat, with distinct preapical angle............................ L. rutila Song & Li, 2011
- Each aedeagal process narrow and long, without preapical angle..................... L. yunnanana Zhang & Chou, 1988
22. Aedeagus with pair of basal processes.................................................................... 23
- Aedeagus with single basal process...................................................................... 25
23. Aedeagus with basal processes broad, longer than shaft............................. L. galewskii Dworakowska, 1969
- Aedeagus with basal processes slender, shorter than aedeagal shaft............................................. 24
24. Gonopore apical............................................................. L. fasciata Zhang & Chou, 1988
- Gonopore subapical............................................................. L. forcipata Song & Li, 2011
25. Aedeagus with basal process shorter than shaft............................................................. 26
- Aedeagus with basal process as long as or longer than shaft................................................... 28
26. Basal process of aedeagus denticulate...................................................... L. spinulata sp. nov.
- Basal process of aedeagus smooth....................................................................... 27
27. Aedeagus with basal process well separated from shaft in lateral view..................... L. auriculata Song & Li, 2011
- Aedeagus with basal process closely appressed to shaft in lateral view........................ L. nigropunctata sp. nov.
28. Connective with median anterior lobe, aedeagus with shaft emarginate apically in lateral view................................................................................................... L. discreta Chou & Zhang, 1985
- Connective without median anterior lobe.................................................................. 29
29. Aedeagus basal process longer than aedeagal shaft, apex bifurcate in posterior view..... L. multimacula Chiang et al., 1988
- Aedeagus basal process as long as aedeagal shaft, apex tapered in posterior view............. L. lanyua Chiang et al., 1989
description: Published as part of Zhou, Xian, Dietrich, Christopher H., Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2020, Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 559-571 in Zootaxa 4878 (3) on pages 560-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4425463