Pintomyia (Pifanomyia), Ortiz and Scorza, 1963

Oliveira, Arley Faria José de, Alencar, Ronildo Baiatone & Freitas, Rui Alves de, 2018, A new species of phlebotomine sandfly, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) duckei (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil, Acta Amazonica 48 (3), pp. 224-229 : 227-228

Identification key to species of the subgenus Pifanomyia – Serrana Series (adapted from Galati, 2017) (based exclusively on male characters)

1 Gonostylus with two stout spines (one apical and one external subapical), and oneverythin oratrophied on theinner surface of the basal half of the structure ……………...….2

Gonostylus with three stout spines implanted as in the previous alternative, but with the internal spine of size and caliber equivalent to the external one ..........................….9

2(1) Gonocoxite with one multi-branched basal seta ….....… ….......................................................… Pi. (Pif.) piedraferroi 1

Gonocoxtie with one basal group (tuft) of three or more simple setae …...............................................................…3

3(2)Gonocoxitetuftwithstraightsetae……..…………..…….4

Gonocoxite tuft with curved setae, and of apexes directed toward the gonocoxite ...………………………..........…...5

4(3) Gonocoxite tuft with four or five loose setae implanted in a single row, some reaching the apex of the paramere ………………….…………………..……. Pi. (Pif.) oresbia

Gonocoxite tuft with three or four grouped setae, all of uniform size, reaching the middle of the paramere ………………………………....……….. Pi. (Pif.) ottolinai

5(3) Gonocoxite tuftwith five setae ………….………...…6

Gonocoxite tuft with six or seven setae ………. Pi. (Pif.) odax

6(5) Gonocoxite dilated (or inflated), length less thantwice the width. Paramere dilatedwith slender apex and slightly convex dorsal margin, length surpasses the apex of the epandrial lobe …………………………...…....……. Pi. (Pif.) duckei sp. n.

Other character combinations ……................….………...7

7(6) Gonocoxite tuft with long setae, surpassing apex of paramere.…………………...………… Pi.(Pif.) guilvardae

Gonocoxite tuft with short setae, not reaching the apex of paramere …...................................................……………..8 8(7) Paramere: length of theapical area, covered with setae, less or equal to twice its width; dorso-basal margin with marked concavity. Gonocoxite tuft with one of the setae not aligned with theothers …...…….......…….………… Pi. (Pif.) robusta

Paramere: length of the apical area, covered with setae, greater than 2.5 times its width; dorsal margin practically straight. Gonocoxitetuft with strictly lined setae ……. Pi. (Pif.) serrana

9(1) Parameresimple ..…………………………………... 10

Paramere bilobed …………………......……………..… 13

10(9) Mesonotum pale.………….....………………….. 11

Mesonotumdark …….…………….…………………… 12

11(10) Gonocoxite tuft with 20 or more simple and straight setae, implantedon asmall tubercle .......... Pi. (Pif.) christophei

Gonocoxite tuft with four or five simple and curved setae, implanteddirectly on thesurface of the gonocoxite ................ .......................................................………. Pi. (Pif.) orestes

12(10) Gonocoxite with one basal tuft composed of 10 to 12 setae …………......................................… Pi. (Pif.) diazi

Gonocoxite with two tufts of setae in medium position …… …….................................................….…. Pi. (Pif.) novoae

13 (9) Length of ventral lobe of the paramere equivalent to the dorsal; interlobular region with three to five setae ……………………………………….……. Pi. (Pif.) torresi

Length of ventral lobe of the paramere evidently much shorter than the dorsal one; interlobular region with 10 or more setae ………………...…................ Pi. (Pif.) boliviana