Leinendera Carrera, 1945

Camargo, Alexssandro, Vieira, Rodrigo & Rafael, José Albertino, 2019, Revision of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4657 (2), pp. 291-316 : 310

Identification Key to males of Leinendera Carrera, 1945

1. Marginal scutellar macrosetae absent ( Figs. 8, 25, 41)........................................................ 2

- Marginal scutellar macrosetae present ( Fig. 98)............................................................. 4

2. Postpedicel reddish to dark brown and black ( Figs. 38, 60); mesonotum dark brown ( Figs. 42, 64); epandrium rounded apically ( Figs. 48, 49, 69, 70); hypandrium with proximal and distal margin straight ( Figs. 51, 72, 88, 107)..................... 3

- Postpedicel completely yellow ( Figs. 5, 21, 22); mesonotum brown ( Figs. 9, 26); epandrium triangular apically ( Fig. 15); hypandrium with proximal margin rounded and distal margin straight ( Figs. 12, 13, 16)........................................... Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Köhler & Rafael, 2016 ( Brazil: Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul)

3. Postpedicel long, about two times the length of scape and pedicel combined, stylus short, almost 1/6 of postpedicel length ( Fig. 38); golden yellow mesonotal stripes straight on the inner margin anteriorly ( Fig. 42); epandrium cheliform ( Figs. 44–50).................................................................. Leinendera carrerai sp. n. ( Brazil: São Paulo)

- Postpedicel short, about the same length of scape and pedicel combined, stylus long, almost half of postpedicel length ( Fig. 60); yellowish grey mesonotal stripes with a slight curve on the inner margin anteriorly ( Fig. 64); epandrium digitiform ( Figs. 65–71)............................................. Leinendera mnrj sp. n. ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)

4. Lower facial margin with black projection ( Figs. 79–82); base of cell r4 narrow ( Fig. 84); epandrium with apex backward directed ( Figs. 85–87); gonocoxite sub-quadrangular with a projection on the external margin ( Fig. 90); subepandrial sclerite with a basal plate ( Fig. 92); aedeagus strongly curved upward, and apex straight ( Fig. 91).................................................................................... Leinendera nigra Vieira, 2012 ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)

- Lower facial margin without a black projection ( Figs. 94, 95); base of cell r4 slightly narrow ( Fig. 96); epandrium with apex inwardly curved ( Figs. 102, 104); gonocoxite sub-quadrangular with a median keel backward directed ( Fig. 108); subepandrial sclerite simple, without projections ( Fig. 109); aedeagus curved upward and apex forming a hook ( Fig. 111)............................................ Leinendera rubra Carrera, 1945 ( Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)