Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou 2016
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Key to known species of Nigrimacula (male) 1 Pronotal disc with 2 black spots.................................................................. N. binotata - Pronotal disc with 4 black spots.......................................................................... 2 2 Internal margin of male cercus without spine or lobe in middle area, apical half expanded............................ 3 - Internal margin of male cercus with 1 spine or lobe in middle area, apical half faintly expanded....................... 6 3 Apical area of male cercus expanded on interno-dorsal and interno-ventral margins................................. 4 - Apical area of male cercus only expanded on interno-ventral margin............................................. 5 4 Apical area of male cercus narrowly lamellar expanding on interno-dorsal margin, interno-ventral margin with 2 obtuse and short processes, apical area compressed......................................................... N. biprotubera - Apical third of male cercus compressed, interno-dorsal margin narrowly lamellar expanding, interno-ventral margin with a short conical process, apical area narrowing......................................................... N. trigona 5 Apical half of male cercus compressed, spoon-shaped.............................................. N. beybienkoi - Apical half of male cercus rectangularly expanded on internal margin.................................. N. platycerca 6 Apical half of male cercus with teeth...................................................................... 7 - Apical half of male cercus without teeth................................................................... 8 7 Male cercus with basal area with 1 lamellar lobe on internal margin, following by 1 internal digitate process, ventral margin with 1 transverse lobe on subbasal area with minute teeth at apical margin, the process connecting with 5–6 teeth, interno-ventral margin of apical area rectangularly expanded with 15–16 teeth................................. N. xizangensis - Male cercus stout, apical area excavated with 1 lamellar lobe on dorsal margin, its apex with 9 teeth, following by 1 cylindrical process with 7 teeth at apex, internal margin with 1 spatulate process bearing 15 apical teeth, interno-ventral margin with 1 oblique, lamellar lobe with 7 teeth at apex...................................................... N. quadrinotata 8 Internal margin of male cercus with 1 lamellar lobe in middle area or apical half................................... 9 - Internal margin of male cercus with 1 process in middle area.................................................. 11 9 Male cercus long with 1 digitate lobe on interno-dorsal margin and 1 small rectangular process on interno-ventral margin, apical area of cercus compressed...................................................................... N. laminata - Male cercus short, internal margin with 1 rectangular lobe.................................................... 10 10 Internal lobe of male cercus large, ventral margin with a short obtuse internal lobe near middle area............ N. inlobata - Internal lobe of male cercus narrow and short, ventral margin without lobe......................... N. wuliangshanensis 11 Internal margin of male cercus not expanded, with 1 short process in middle area, apical area of cercus compressed................................................................................................ N. sichuanensis - Internal margin of male cercus moderately expanded........................................................ 12 12 Male cercus terminating from base to apex, apical area bifurcated in lateral view.................... N. paraquadrinotata - Male cercus almost of equal width from base to apex, apical area moderately expanded................... N. compressata
Authors: Yao, Yuqing, Bian, Xun, Zhang, Bin
Institutions: Inner Mongolia Normal University, Guangxi Normal University
Language: English
Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893162152
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