Key to species of the genus Mukariella (males) (modified from Viraktamath & Webb, 2019) 1. Aedeagal shaft ventral process straight, not laterally curved (Chen et al. 2012, Fig. 59 J)....... M. bambusana (Li & Chen) - Aedeagal shaft ventral process laterally curved distally....................................................... 2 2. Aedeagal shaft slightly widened distally in anterior view and almost straight (Viraktamath & Webb, 2019: Figs. 31 F–G); Subgenital plate about 2x as long as wide near base.................................... M. daii Viraktamath & Webb - Aedeagal shaft narrowed distally, slightly curved anteriorly near apex (Figs. 1, 2. I–J); subgenital plate more than 3x as long as width near base (Fig. 2H))........................................................... M. viraktamathi sp. nov.

Published as part of Ramaiah, Mogili, Meshram, Naresh M. & Dey, Debjani, 2023, A new species of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Mukariella Viraktamath and Webb (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) along with its morphological variant from India, pp. 289-295 in Zootaxa 5239 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7624389