Hypercompsa fieberi (Brunner v. W., 1864)

Characters. Femur armament: all femora with two apical spines (frontfemur: 2 at the anterio-ventral edge; mid- and hindfemur: 1 knee spine and 1 spine at the anterio-ventral edge).—Tibia armament: [2.6.1][5-7.6.3][11.6.5].— Cercal tricholiths: absent.

Material studied: 1♂, Brésil, Curityba, 1914, P.Lombard (det. by Hebard as H. cynipsoides). (M. Paris) .

Characters and their states: 3. Ventral spines on the hindtibia 1. Apical spine on mid- and hindfemur a: 3–5, alternating in two parallel rows a: present b: 3 spines in one oblique row

b: present or absent c: 4–5 huge spines, densely arranged in one c: absent longitudinal row (Fig. 2F)

2. Number of apical tibia spines 4. Number of tarsal claws a: F8, M7, H7 a: two

b: F8, M8, H7 b: one

c: F <7, M<7, H<7

5. Strong bristles on T9 f: Type 5b (Fig. 13B)

a: forming a stripe along the posterior margin of T 9 7. Wings

(Fig. 8A,C,E,G) a: long or only moderately shortened, with normal

b: covering the posterior half of T 9 (Fig. 4A,C,E,G) venation

6. Main dent of the right phallomere b: specialised: short, scarcely surpassing the abdomen, a: stepped, Type 2 (Fig. 9B) hindwings considerably

b: stepped, Type 1/2 (Fig. 3E) surpassing the tegmina, venation uniformly reticular c: stepped, Type 1 (Fig. 3A) c: specialised: short, scarcely surpassing the abdomen, d: not stepped, Type 5 hindwings slightly surpassing the e: Type 5a (Fig. 12H) tegmina, both transparent, without any venation

Characters and their states 4: Number of tricholiths per anulus of cerci (male) 1: Ventral spine at the fronttibia a two (Fig. 18A–F)

a present (ve in Fig. 1A) b three (Fig. 18G,H)

b absent (Fig. 1F,H) c more than five (Figs. 18I–K, 19A–D)

2: Right tegmen d none (presumably reduced)

a highly specialised (Fig. 19E,F) 5: Wings of female

b moderately specialised (Fig. 19G,H) a fully developed

c not specialised (Fig. 20A–G) b slightly shortened, but mostly covering abdomen 3: Length of the supraanal plate (male) c absent a long (Fig. 16A) 6: Subgenital plate of female

b long or of medium length a divided, bivalvular

c short b undivided, not bivalvular

d very short (Fig. 15A–F)