Atomosia

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, Zootaxa 1381, pp. 1-91 : 22

Key to the known species of Atomosia from Hispaniola

1. Scutum white setose, lateral bristles and dorsocentral setae black ............................... 2

- Scutum yellow setose, lateral bristles and dorsocentral setae yellow ........................... 4

2. Face entirely tomentose with white setae; hind femur and hind tibia black, at most narrow bases yellow or reddish; tarsi black setose dorsally, hind tarsus entirely blackish3

- Face in part shining black atomentose, mystax and epistomal margin black setose, basal 1/3 or 1/2 femur and tibia yellow; tarsi mostly yellowish setose dorsally; hind tarsus in part brownish-yellow or reddish; male flagellum and terminalia ( Figs. 3–7) .. ............................................................................................................ anacaona sp. nov.

3. Ocellar tubercle black setose; flagellum ( Fig. 18) with dorsal corner of excised notch spur-like, as long or longer than spine-like bristle, sensory area 1/2 as long as flagellum; terminalia ( Figs. 19–22) ............................................................... jimagua sp. nov.

- Ocellar tubercle white setose; flagellum with dorsal corner angular, not long spur-like, much shorter than spine-like bristle, sensory area short, about 1/3 as long as flagellum ( Fig. 13); terminalia ( Figs. 14–17) ........................................................... jagua sp. nov.

4. Anepisternum in part shiny black, atomentose; hind trochanter yellow; basal tarsomere of hind tarsus yellowish basally; fore and middle femora largely yellow, dorsoapical 2/ 3 blackish; basal 1/2 of hind femur and hind tibiae yellow, black apically; male flagellum and terminalia ( Figs. 23–27) .......................................................... yurabia sp. nov.

- Anepisternum entirely tomentose; hind trochanter and hind tarsus black; femora and hind tibia largely black, narrow apices and bases of femora and narrow bases of hind tibia yellowish or reddish; male flagellum and terminalia ( Figs. 8–12, 119) ciguaya sp. nov.