Eupteryx Curtis

Key to species of Eupteryx Curtis from China (males) 1. Pygofer side with various processes at hind margin; basal macroseta on subgenital plate shorter..... Eupteryx (Eupteryx)... 2 - Pygofer side without any process at hind margin; basal macroseta on subgenital plate longer.......... Eupteryx (Stacla)... 8 2. Aedeagal shaft with processes forked apically (Figs 23, 24)............................. E. (E.) stachydearum rec. nov. - Aedeagal shaft with processes not forked apically............................................................ 3 3. Forewing with broad bands; pygofer processes thin; aedeagal shaft with apical processes slender, band-like, curved to base of shaft and crossed subapically............................................................... E. (E.) minuscula - Forewing with small spots; pygofer processes thick; aedeagal shaft with apical processes slim, not band-like............. 4 4. Aedeagus with apical processes short and not exceeding half of shaft............................................. 5 - Aedeagus with apical processes long and exceeding to or over half of shaft........................................ 6 5. Body small, yellowish-white, patches small and light; aedeagus with apical processes extremely slim....... E. (E.) seiugata - Body slender, yellowish-green, patches big and dark; aedeagus with apical processes slender.............. E. (E.) adspersa 6. Aedeagal shaft with apical processes extending to midlength of shaft................................ E. (E.) artemisiae - Aedeagal shaft with apical processes extending basad of shaft midlength.......................................... 7 7. Forewing with spots inconspicuous; pygofer processes curved posterodorsad..................... E. (E.) undomarginata - Forewing with spots conspicuous; pygofer processes curved anterodorsad......................... E. (E.) semipunctata 8. Aedeagal shaft with paired processes apically............................................................... 9 - Aedeagal shaft without any process apically............................................................... 10 9. Aedeagal shaft with one pair of processes elongate, slender, strongly recurved, and rugose apically (Figs 17, 18).............................................................................................. E. (S.) janeki rec. nov. - Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of processes, slender S-shaped ventral processes and Y-shaped dorsal processes apically (Figs 40, 41, 42)..................................................................... E. (S.) gracilivramus sp.nov. 10. Aedeagal shaft acute apically in lateral view................................................. E. (S.) pentavittatus - Aedeagal shaft not acute apically in lateral view............................................................ 11 11. Forewing mottled with brown and pale markings throughout length; aedeagal shaft inflated apically in lateral view....... 12 - Forewing with abrupt transition between dark brown basal 2 / 3 and pale apical 1 / 3 (Figs 4, 5); aedeagal shaft uninflated api- cally in lateral view (Figs 21, 22)..................................................... E. (S.) albonigra rec. nov. 12. Head and forewing with dark spots adjoined (Figs 10, 11); lateral arms of connective long (Fig. 29).. E. (S.) irminae rec. nov. - Head and forewing with dark spots separated (Figs 7, 8); lateral arms of connective very short (Fig. 25).. E. (S.) hela rec. nov.
Published as part of Hou, Xiao-Jiao, Zhang, Ya-Lin & Huang, Min, 2016, A taxonomic study of the genus Eupteryx Curtis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of five new records and one new species from China, pp. 591-599 in Zootaxa 4117 (4) on page 593, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/263717