Mimotettix, Matsumura, 1914

Hu, Shangmi, Ran, Siyu & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Description of a new species of the leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 5570 (2), pp. 380-386 : 381-382

Checklist of Mimotettix species from China

M. alboguttulatus (Melichar, 1903)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan); Japan; India; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Africa.

M. articularis Xing & Li, 2013

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

M. curticeps Kwon & Lee, 1979

Distribution. China (Hunan, Hainan, Hubei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Guizhou, Taiwan); Japan; Korea; Russia M. distiflangentus Dai, Zhang & Webb, 2010

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

M. dorsocavatus Dai, Zhang & Webb, 2010

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

M. fanjingensis ( Li & Wang, 2005)

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

M. fodingshanensis sp. nov.

Distribution: China (Guizhou).

M. multispinosus Wei & Xing, 2018

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

M. robustistylus Dai, Zhang & Webb, 2010

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

M. sinuatus Wei & Xing, 2018

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

M. slenderus ( Li & Wang, 2005)

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong); Thailand; Vietnam.

M. spinosus Li & Xing, 2010

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi); Malaysia.

M. tibetensis Dai, Zhang & Webb, 2010

Distribution. China (Tibet).

Key to Chinese species (males) of Mimotettix

1. Pygofer side without process............................................................................ 2 Pygofer side with process............................................................................... 8

2. Aedeagal process short, expanded apically with many fine spines.................................. M. multispinosus Aedeagal process elongate, tapered to apex, without spines.................................................... 3

3. Aedeagal shaft with a pair of distal triangular flanges on dorsal surface.............................. M. distiflangentus Aedeagal shaft without a pair of flanges on dorsal surface..................................................... 4

4. Aedeagal shaft deeply concave ventrally or dorsally.......................................................... 5 Aedeagal shaft not deeply concave ventrally or dorsally....................................................... 6

5. Aedeagal shaft deeply concave ventrally.......................................................... M. slenderus Aedeagal shaft deeply concave dorsally........................................................ M. dorsocavatus

6. Aedeagal shaft broadest at mid-length in lateral view, process with length about 2/3 length of shaft....... M. alboguttulatus Aedeagal shaft evenly tapered from base to apex in lateral view................................................ 7

7. Aedeagal process similar in length to that of shaft................................................... M. curticeps Aedeagal process about 1/2 length of shaft......................................................... M. sinuatus

8. Pygofer process movably articulated to ventral margin.............................................. M. articularis Pygofer side with process rigidly attached to ventral or dorsal margin............................................ 9

9. Pygofer side with process at dorsal margin...................................................... M. fanjingensis Pygofer side with process at ventral margin................................................................ 10

10. Subgenital plate very short, about 1/3 length of valve.................................... M. fodingshanensis sp. nov. Subgenital plate with length approximately equal that of valve................................................ 11

11. Aedeagal shaft without flanges on dorsal surface, pygofer side slightly protruding at ventroposterior angle.. M. robustistylus Aedeagal shaft with narrow flanges on dorsal surface, pygofer side acutely rounded posteriorly...................... 12

12. Pygofer side with ventral process at midlength of margin............................................. M. tibetensis Pygofer side with ventral process near caudal margin................................................ M. spinosus