Lecteria, Osten Sacken, 1888

Mederos, Jorge & Pollet, Marc, 2019, Three new species of Lecteria Osten Sacken, 1888 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from a scientific survey in Mitaraka (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (25), pp. 497-512 : 511

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE SUBGENUS LECTERIA RECORDED FROM MITARAKA, FRENCH GUIANA (MALES ONLY):

1. Outer gonostylus divided in two small spike-shaped processes apically ........................................................ 2

— Outer gonostylus extending into a single decurved process at apex, with the outer apical angle featuring a rounded pale crest ( Figs 1K ; 4 ) ............................................................................................ Lecteria mitarakanea n. sp.

2. Interbase wide, trilobed with acute apices. Aedeagal complex ( Fig. 7C ) ............................. Lecteria teko n. sp.

— Interbase not trilobed, with a deep cleft in the central posterior margin. Aedeagal complex ( Fig. 10B ) ........... ..................................................................................................................................... Lecteria wayana n. sp.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Terminalia of Neotropical species of Lecteria (Lecteria) Osten Sacken, 1888: A, L. acanthosoma Alexander, 1969; B, L. acanthostyla Alexander, 1969; C, L. bicornuta Alexander, 1969; D, L. cetrata Alexander, 1969; E, L. fuscitarsis Alexander, 1969; F, L. retrorsa Alexander, 1969; G, L. simplex Alexander, 1969; H, L. upsilon Alexander, 1969; I, L. calopus (Walker, 1856); J, L. wayana n. sp.; K, L. mitarakanea n. sp.; L, L. teko n. sp. A-H, modified by Alexander (1969); I, modified by Ribeiro & Blagoderov (2009).

FIG. 4. — Lecteria (Lecteria) mitarakanea n. sp., terminalia:A, female ovipositor,lateral view;B, female ovipositor,dorsal view;C, terminalia (male,holotype), dorsal view, with tip of left inner gonostylus broken; D, aedeagal complex (dorsal view). Scale bars: A, B, 1 mm; C, D, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 7. — Lecteria (Lecteria) teko n. sp. male, holotype: A, terminalia, dorsal view; B, terminalia, ventral view; C, aedeagal complex (dorsal view). Scale bars: A, B, 0.5 mm; C, 0.3 mm.

FIG. 10. — Lecteria (Lecteria) wayana n. sp. male, holotype: A, terminalia, dorsal view; B, terminalia, ventral view; C, aedeagal complex (dorsal view). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.