Carinata Li & Wang, 1992

Carinata Li & Wang View in CoL

Carinata Li & Wang, 1992: 65

( type species Carinata rufipenna Li & Wang, 1992 )

Diagnosis. Relatively small, slender Evacanthini . Overall coloration usually pale yellow or orange in live and preserved specimens, head usually pale with single black medial spot on crown and black spot on face below each antenna (rarely uniformly black or pale yellow); pronotum and forewing with varying amounts of darker pigment. Head with crown acutely produced in dorsal view, slightly convex, carinae not strongly elevated. Male pygofer with ventral appendage present and usually elongate.

Key to species ( ♂) of Carinata Li & Wang, 1991 View in CoL in Vietnam and adjacent parts of southern China

(species not yet recorded from Vietnam are marked with *)

1. Ventral process of pygofer side spinose apically ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 70a)........................................ 2

–. Ventral process of pygofer side smooth ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 40a)............................................... 3

2. Ventral process of pygofer side broom-shaped at end ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 70a)......... C. scopulata Li, Li & Xing, 2020 View in CoL *

–. Ventral process of pygofer side not broom-shaped at end ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 59a)............. C. kelloggii ( Baker, 1923) View in CoL

3. Body pale yellow to white, without dark spots ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 40a).................... C. albusa Li & Wang, 1996 View in CoL *

–. Body yellow or orange with one or more black spots or more extensive black markings ( Figs 1A–B View FIGURE 1 )................... 4

4. Head mostly black dorsally ( Li et al. 2015: Fig. 159A)....................................................... 5

–. Head mostly yellow or orange dorsally ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 )............................................................ 6

5. Scutellum yellowish ( Li et al. 2015: Fig. 159A).................................. C. flaviscutata Li & Wang, 1992a View in CoL *

–. Scutellum black ( Li et al. 2015: Fig. 161A)..................................... C. leucoventera Li & Wang, 1993 View in CoL *

6. Aedeagus shaft with ventral process bisected from base to apex in ventral view ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 )........................................................................................... C. bisecta Hg. Nguyen, Dietrich & Bui View in CoL , sp nov.

–. Aedeagus shaft entire through most of length, at most bisected near apex......................................... 7

7. Aedeagal shaft with pair of slender preapical lateral processes, shaft apex hooked ventrad in.lateral view ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 66c)..................................................................... C. nigropictura Li & Webb, 1996 View in CoL

–. Aedeagal shaft without preapical processes, shaft apex not as above............................................. 8

8. Middle of aedeagal shaft with paired processes............................................................. 9

–. Middle of aedeagal shaft without processes............................................................... 10

9. Middle of aedeagal shaft with two pairs of dorsolateral processes ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 76c)............................................................................................. C. yuanbaoshanensis Li, Li & Xing, 2020 View in CoL *

–. Middle of aedeagal shaft with one pair of dorsolateral processes ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 46c)..................................................................................................... C. bifurcata Li & Novotny, 1997 View in CoL

10. Ventral process of pygofer side arising near apex; aedeagus with ventral process arising near base, as long as shaft and bifid at apex in ventral view ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 47a).............................................................. 11

–. Ventral process of pygofer side arising from base or near midlength; aedeagus without ventral process arising near base ( Dietrich et al. 2020: Figs 7N, R)............................................................................... 13

11. Black spot on crown heart-shaped....................................................................... 12

–. Black spot on crown not heart-shaped......................................... C. bihamuluca Li, Li & Xing, 2020 View in CoL

12. Apex of aedeagal shaft straight, with four short, fingerlike processes.................... C. branchera Wang & Li, 1998 View in CoL

–. Apex of aedeagal shaft hooked dorsad, without processes ( Li et al. 2020: Pl. III, Fig. 7)....... C. ganga Li & Wang, 1992b View in CoL

13. Aedeagus slender, arched dorsad through most of length in lateral view ( Dietrich et al. 2020: Fig. 7R)................ 14

–. Aedeagus robust, curved dorsad near apex ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 50d)............................................ 15

14. Ventral process of pygofer side arising near midlength; aedeagal shaft apex strongly recurved and bifid ( Dietrich et al. 2020: Fig. 7N) ……………................................................ C. arcuata Dietrich, Nguyen & Pham, 2020 View in CoL

–. Ventral process of pygofer side arising near base; aedeagal shaft apex extended posteroventrad and tapered to point ( Li et al. 2020: Figs 54b, e) …………….................................................. C. expenda Li, Li & Xing, 2020 View in CoL *

15. Aedeagal shaft with preapical spines or processes.......................................................... 16

–. Aedeagal shaft without preapical spines or processes........................................................ 17

16. Aedeagal shaft with pair of fingerlike lateral preapical processes ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 50d)... C. choui Yang & Zhang, 1999 View in CoL *

–. Aedeagal shaft with several small spines on posterior margin preapically ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 42d)............................................................................................ C. barbulata Yang & Zhang, 1999 View in CoL *

17. Ventral process of pygofer side bent ventrad and rounded apically ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 61a)................................................................................................... C. meandera Li, Li & Xing, 2020 View in CoL *

–. Ventral process of pygofer side nearly straight and tapered to sharp point apically ( Li et al. 2020: Fig. 65a)...................................................................................... C. nigrofasciata Li & Wang, 1994 View in CoL *