Hishimonus Ishihara
Creators: name: Viraktamath, C. A.
name: Anantha Murthy, H. V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Hishimonus

description: Key to species of the genus Hishimonus Ishihara from Indian subcontinent (for males)
(Modified from Knight (1970a). Only female sex of H. benglensis (Distant) and H. apricus (Melichar) are known)
1. Aedeagal shafts with one pair of basal processes (Figs 52, 84)................................................. 10
- Aedeagal shafts without pair of basal processes (Figs 58, 69)................................................... 2
2. Apices of aedeagal shafts broad, either rounded or truncate (Figs 144, 171), but not filiform..........................3
- Apices of aedeagal shafts filiform (Figs 59, 70, 78, 84, 93)..................................................... 5
3. Apices of shafts tightly curved mesally (Fig. 182)......................................... .. H. sonapaharensis Rao
- Apices of aedeagal shafts not so curved mesally (Figs 142, 171)................................................. 4
4. Aedeagal shafts widely divergent with apical enlarged posteromedial lobe (Fig. 171); gonopore near apex of shaft (Fig. 171)...................................................................................... H. phycitis (Distant)
- Aedeagal shafts convergent, without enlarged posteromedial lobe (Figs 142, 145), gonopore at midlength of shafts (Fig. 144)......................................................................... H. mayarami Rao & Ramakrishnan
5. Aedeagal shafts triangularly expended subapically either in lateral (Fig. 79) or posterodorsal view (Fig. 109).............6
- Aedeagal shafts not triangularly expanded subapically (Figs 93, 156)............................................. 7
6. Aedeagal shafts strongly abruptly tapered in lateral view beyond triangular expansion and concavely excavated (Fig. 79)......................................................................................... H. concavus Knight
- Aedeagal shaft abruptly narrowed and strongly recurved in lateral view without concave excavation (Fig. 110)..................................................................................... H. gillespiei Dai, Fletcher & Zhang
7. Aedeagal shafts in lateral view forked (Figs 70, 93, 158)....................................................... 8
- Aedeagal shafts in lateral view not forked (Fig. 59)......................................... H. acuminatus sp. nov.
8. Aedeagal shafts each with a short, lateral, dorsally directed process at level of gonopore, apex appearing bifurcate (Figs 91, 93)...................................................................................... H. dividens Knight
- Aedeagal shafts without process at level of gonopore (Figs 97, 156).............................................. 9
9. Aedeagal shafts tapered distad of gonopore (Fig. 154)........................................... H. nielsoni Knight
- Aedeagal shafts tapered at level of gonopore (Figs 69, 70)....................................... H. arcuatus Knight
10. Subgenital plates with terminal fingerlike process (Fig.47)....................................................11
- Subgenital plates without terminal fingerlike process (Fig. 117)................................................. 17
11. Aedeagal shafts shorter than length of basal processes (Figs 134, 136).......................... H. longisetosus sp. nov.
- Aedeagal shafts longer than length of basal processes (Figs 52, 84, 190).........................................12
12. Basal processes arising very close to adjacent shaft (Figs 52, 202).............................................. 13
- Basal processes arising between but slightly distant from base of shaft (Figs 84, 97, 190)............................ 14
13. Aedeagal shafts in lateral view broadest subapically (Fig. 203).................................... H. thapai sp. nov.
- Aedeagal shafts in lateral view, broad at base and tapering distally (Fig. 51)......................... H. aberrans Knight
14. Basal processes arising anterad of shafts on dorsal apodeme (Figs 221, 222)..................... .. H. zeylanicus sp. nov.
- Basal processes arising between shafts (Figs 84, 190)........................................................ 15
15. Aedeagal shafts each with subapical mesal rounded lobe in posterodorsal view and apical thin filamentous process (Fig. 84)...................................................................................... H. distinctus sp. nov.
- Aedeagal shafts without subapical rounded lobe in posterodorsal view; apical process when present thicker (Figs 97, 192)...................................................................................................... 16
16. Posterior lobe of pygofer not spiculate (Fig. 54); aedeagal shaft in lateral view, triangular subapically, apex gradually tapered (Fig. 98)............................................................................... H. dwipae sp. nov.
- Posterior lobe of pygofer strongly spiculate (Fig.186); aedeagal shafts in posterior view with inner margins diverging, slightly convexly rounded subapically and in lateral view abruptly tapered (Fig. 192)....................... H. spicans sp. nov.
17. Basal process of aedeagus long narrow and closely opposed, each with row of small teeth along distal half on lateral surface (Fig. 213); posterior margin of female seventh sternum with notched median lobe (Fig. 214)........ H. viraktamathi Knight
- Basal process of aedeagus with basal half broad, then gently curved dorsally with serrations on dorsal surface (Figs 118, 119); posterior margin of female seventh sternum without median rounded lobe (Fig. 122).................. .. H. indicus (Sohi)
description: Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Anantha Murthy, H. V., 2014, Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3785 (2) on pages 105-106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225636