Polyplectropus fuscatus

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 126

Key to males of P. fuscatus species group

1 Dorsolateral process of preanal appendage present; mesoventral process of preanal appendage not fused apically ( Figs. 60, 61).............................................................................. 2

- Dorsolateral process of preanal appendage absent; mesoventral process of preanal appendage almost entirely fused apically ( Fig. 59)................................................... P. fuscatus Flint , p. 121

2(1) Endothecal phallic spines long, robust, basally fused (forming a “U”); dorsal surface of ventral branch with acute projection ( Fig. 60)................................................. P. rondoniensis , n. sp., p. 122

- Endothecal phallic spines long, narrow and lightly sclerotized; dorsal surface of ventral branch without acute projection ( Fig. 61)................................................... P. tragularius , n. sp., p. 124