Poppea
Creators: name: Sakakibara, Albino Morimasa
name: Evangelista, Olívia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Membracidae
Poppea

description: Key to the species of Poppea
The genus Poppea Stål comprises 24 valid species which can be separated by the following key:
1- Suprahumeral horns with apices acute.........................................................................................................2
- Suprahumeral horns with apices blunt (MEXICO) ..................................................... variegata (Plummer)
2- Suprahumeral horns thickened at base and abruptly acuminate, with apices in frontal view horizontal or directed very slightly upwards.................................................................................................................... 3
- Suprahumeral horns conical, gradually acuminate, with apices in frontal view directed strongly upwards in wide V .................................................................................................................................................. 14
3- Posterior process strongly inflated, more voluminous than preceding part of pronotum...........................4
- Posterior process weakly inflated, not exceeding size of median swelling in lateral view........................5
4- Pronotum castaneous variegated with yellow; inflated portion of posterior process, in dorsal view, ellipti- cal (MEXICO) .................................................................................................... tergobullata (Sakakibara)
- Pronotum yellowish with some castaneous dots on metopidium and posterior process; inflated portion of posterior process in dorsal view more or less triangular (EL SALVADOR, MEXICO) kovari (Plummer)
5 - Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process reduced, blunt (MEXICO) ............. evelyna (Plummer)
- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process well developed, acute...................................................6
6- Pronotum with median swelling well developed, usually elevated well above metopidium; dorsal contour line, in lateral view, distinctly sinuous.........................................................................................................7
- Pronotum with median swelling slightly bulged, low; dorsal contour line, in lateral view, almost straight...................................................................................................................................................................11
7- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, relatively swollen basally, elevated to about same level as median swelling; color variable..............................................................................................................8
- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, not swollen basally, almost straight; blackish color, spines of posterior process with yellow rings (PERU)....................... nigra Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov
8- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process distinctly thickened at base and then abruptly acuminate.....................................................................................................................................................................9
- Pronotum with lateral spines of posterior process slender, gradually acuminate from base (MEXICO) .... .......................................................................................................................................... delicata Plummer
9- Pronotum with spines of posterior process with bases together forming transverse bulb (EL SALVADOR) vestigia Plummer
- Pronotum with spines of posterior process with bases forming distinct bulbs..........................................10
10- Yellowish. Apices of suprahumeral horns slightly curved upwards (MEXICO) ................. setosa Fowler
- Dull-castaneous. Apices of suprahumeral horns horizontal (GUATEMALA) ....................... torva Fowler
11- Tegmina infuscate at apex (PERU)........................................ maculipennis Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov
- Tegmina not infuscate at apex..................................................................................................................12
12- Dark-castaneous or blackish. Apices of suprahumeral horns, in frontal view, horizontal or slightly decumbent............................................................................................................................................................13
- Pale yellow, with castaneous dots on metopidium and posterior process. Apices of suprahumeral horns, in frontal view, slightly curved upwards (MEXICO) .............................................................. pallida sp. nov.
13- Dark-castaneous. Pronotum with posterior process in lateral view not constricted basally; lateral spines short, less than 1/3 length of median spine, without preapical pale yellow rings (COSTA RICA) ............. ........................................................................................................................................ turrialbae sp. nov.
- Blackish. Pronotum with posterior process in lateral view slightly constricted basally; lateral spines long, about 1/2 the length of the median spine, with preapical pale yellow rings (GUATEMALA) .................... .......................................................................................................................................... subrugosa Fowler
14- Pronotum usually glabrous, yellow spots at sides and along median carina; suprahumeral horns and spines of posterior process long and slender (resembling Cyphonia trifida)......................................................15
- Pronotum with different color and shape...................................................................................................16
15- Suprahumeral horns directed upwards and strongly curved backwards; lateral spines of posterior process also strongly curved, with apices almost parallel with median spine (PERU) ............ spinifera Sakakibara
- Suprahumeral horns V-shaped, with apices slightly recurved; lateral spines of posterior process strongly divergent, straight, almost parallel to suprahumeral horns, in dorsal view (PERU) ..... bulbidorsa Goding
16- Pronotum with median swelling developed, usually rising well above metopidium; posterior process, in lateral view, distinctly constricted basally, with dorsal contour line strongly sinuous..............................17
- Pronotum with median swelling low, slightly bulged; posterior process, in lateral view, discretely constricted basally, with dorsal contour line almost straight..........................................................................20
17- Pronotum with posterior process not dilated; yellowish (MEXICO) ........................... rectispina Fairmaire
- Pronotum with posterior process dilated or thickened basally; different color.........................................18
18- Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, with dorsal contour line straight, distinctly lower than
the median swelling (PERU) ............................................................................................. concinna Fowler - Pronotum with posterior process, in lateral view, with dorsal contour line sinuous, at about the same level as the median swelling..............................................................................................................................19
19- Reddish-castaneous. Pronotum with base of posterior process more voluminous than the median swelling; lateral spines, in dorsal view, abruptly acuminate (COLOMBIA) ............................... colombiana sp. nov.
- Castaneous. Pronotum with median transverse white band covering median bulb and extended to lateral margins; base of posterior process as voluminous as median swelling; lateral spines, in dorsal view, gradually acuminate (PANAMA, PERU) .............................................................................. capricornis Fowler
20- Light-castaneous or yellowish. Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process darker.......21
- Entirely dark-brown (PERU) ......................................................................................... nitida Funkhouser
21- Lateral spines of posterior process divergent...........................................................................................22
- Lateral spines of posterior process strongly curved posteriorly, almost parallel with median spine (PAN- AMA, GUATEMALA) .......................................................................................................... munda Fowler
22- Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process blackish, with apices testaceous. Tegmina with opaque dark maculae basally (MEXICO)............................................................................ formosa Butler
- Suprahumeral horns and lateral spines of posterior process entirely black. Tegmina hyaline, without opaque dark maculae basally (GUATEMALA) .................................................................... affinis Fowler
description: Published as part of Sakakibara, Albino Morimasa & Evangelista, Olívia, 2008, New species and nomenclatural notes in the Ceresini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae), pp. 52-60 in Zootaxa 1702 on pages 53-55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274107