Paraclius, Loew, 1864

Soares, Matheus M. M., Capellari, Renato S. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, Species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with bi-lamellate antennal stylus: new combination, new synonym, and two new species, Zootaxa 5231 (1), pp. 37-51 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9C938B40-376D-4AB0-A5E8-B267DD2D5725
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7574101
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987AE-FF86-FFE0-E4D9-FA51FA25F919
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Paraclius
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Treatment

Key to males of Paraclius View in CoL View at ENA with bi-lamellate arista-like stylus

1 Arista-like stylus bi-segmented, shorter than eye eight ( Fig. 2D, G View FIGURE 2 ); epandrium brownish basally and yellow apically ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 )............................................ P. bilamellatus View in CoL sp. nov. [ Brazil, states of Espírito Santo and Goiás]

- Arista-like stylus one-segmented, longer than eye eight ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); epandrium dark brown ( Figs 4B View FIGURE 4 , 6A View FIGURE 6 )............. 2

2 Clypeus shorter than face, with lower margin straight ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); basiventral epandrial lobe hook-shaped ( Capellari 2013, fig. 5).......................... P. americanus View in CoL comb. nov. [ Brazil, states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and S„o Paulo]

- Clypeus longer than face, with lower margin pointed ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A View FIGURE 5 ); basiventral epandrial lobe rounded ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 )..................................................................... P. vulcanoae View in CoL sp. nov. [ Brazil, state of S„o Paulo]