Oecleopsis
Creators: name: Guo, Hong-Wei
name: Wang, Ying-Lun
name: Feng, Ji-Nian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cixiidae
Oecleopsis

description: Key to species of the genus Oecleopsis (males)
1 Vertex at least three times as long as broad; in lateral view highly elevated, with the posterior margin almost forming a rounded, right angle ................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Vertex less than three times as long as broad; in lateral view not so high, posterior margin not forming a right angle, but with an obtuse rounded outline (Fig. 36) ................................................................................................................ 3
2 Apex of flagellum circular, not bifurcated .................................................................................... Oecleopsis articara
- Apex of flagellum not circular, apical process bifurcated. ........................................................... Oecleopsis petasatus
3 Flagellum not terminating in a bifurcated process (Figs 10, 11) .................................................................................. 4
- Flagellum terminating in a bifurcated process (Figs 4, 5, 20, 21, 31, 32) .................................................................... 7
4 Apex of flagellum with three processes (Figs 10, 11) .................................................................................................. 5
- Apex of flagellum with four processes ........................................................................................... Oecleopsis elevatus
5 Left side of periandrium at apex of aedeagus with a short spine ............................................... Oecleopsis yoshikawai
- Left side of periandrium at apex of aedeagus without a spine...................................................................................... 6
6 Periandrium with a moderately long spine, situated on the right-dorsal margin, directed dorsocephalad..................... ......................................................................................................................................................... Oecleopsis chiangi
- Periandrium with a short spine, situated on the right side of the periandrium at the apex of the aedeagus (Fig. 11) .... .......................................................................................................................................... Oecleopsis spinosus sp. nov.
7 Rami of bifurcation symmetrical, almost equal in length (Figs 4–6) ........................................................................... 8
- Rami of bifurcation asymmetrical, unequal in length (Figs 21, 22, 32, 33) ............................................................... 10
8 Flagellum with two subapical processes (Figs 4, 5) ..................................................................................................... 9
- Flagellum with one subapical process ............................................................................................... Oecleopsis bifidus
9 Spine on right side of periandrium at apex of aedeagus very short (Fig. 4) .................................... Oecleopsis sinicus
- Spine on right side of periandrium at apex of aedeagus very long ............................................. Oecleopsis artemisiae
10 Left ramus of bifurcation rudimentary, only a small protuberance (Figs 20–22)........................................................... .................................................................................................................................... Oecleopsis tiantaiensis sp. nov.
- Left ramus of bifurcation well developed (Figs 31–33) ............................................................................................. 11
11 Length of right ramus of bifurcation about 1.8 times as long as that of left ramus, basiventral area of flagellum with- out a spine (Fig. 31) ........................................................................................................ Oecleopsis wuyiensis sp. nov.
- Length of right ramus of bifurcation about three times as long as that of left ramus, basiventral area of flagellum with a small spine .................................................................................................................................. Oecleopsis mori
description: Published as part of Guo, Hong-Wei, Wang, Ying-Lun & Feng, Ji-Nian, 2009, Taxonomic study of the genus Oecleopsis Emeljanov, 1971 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Pentastirini), with descriptions of three new species from China, pp. 45-58 in Zootaxa 2172 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189234