Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937

Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2019, Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus, Zootaxa 4551 (4), pp. 487-493 : 491-492

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F70F17F4-B821-4F34-90A7-AA9502F06604

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931401

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687B3-FFCE-FF9C-FF71-158D3AB924A2

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Plazi

scientific name

Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937
status

 

Key to males of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 View in CoL View at ENA

1 Head without cornicula............................................................................... 2

- Head with multilobed cornicula......................................................................... 6

2 Internal paramere with bifurcated apex.................................. L. flabellata View in CoL ( Bravo & Santos 2011, Fig. 6)

- Internal paramere not bifurcated, blade shaped............................................................. 3

3 Ejaculatory apodeme narrow in dorsal view........................................ L. spinosa View in CoL ( Bravo 2005, Fig. 5)

- Ejaculatory apodeme broad in dorsal view, wider than gonocoxite............................................... 4

4 Ejaculatory apodeme short, 0.7 times the length of gonocoxite.......................................... L. hansoni

- Ejaculatory apodeme long, 2 times the length of gonocoxite.................................................. 5

5 Margins of pedicel divergent distally larger than base; hypandrium subrectangular with microtrichia sparrow uniformly, not arranged in circular groups............................................. L. olgae View in CoL ( Bravo & Araújo 2013, Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 )

- Margins of pedicel parallel; hypandrium wider in the middle portion with microtrichia arranged in circular groups............................................................................................ L. maculosa sp. nov.

6 Scape with a pronounced internal distal lobe............................................................... 7

- Scape cylindrical or with a short internal distal expansion................................................... 12

7 First flagellomere 3.0 X as long as the second....................................................... L. robusta View in CoL - First flagellomere nearly the same length of second......................................................... 8

8 Scape 3.5 X as long as pedicel.............................................................. L. monteverdica View in CoL

- Scape 2.0 – 2.5 times the length of pedicel................................................................ 9

9 Aedeagal apodeme narrow in dorsal view, narrower than the gonocoxite................ L. cervi View in CoL ( Satchell 1955, Fig. 5C)

- Aedeagal apodeme broad in dorsal view, with approximately the same width as the gonocoxite..................... 10

10 Eyes separated by 3.5 facet diameters............................................................. L. albipeda View in CoL

- Eyes separated by 1.5 facet diameters................................................................... 11

11 Aedeagus digitiform; ejaculatory apodeme 3 times the length of gonocoxite; hypandrium triangular..... L. wagneri sp. nov.

- Aedeagus with ending in a dorsal spiraliform tip; ejaculatory apodeme 1.2 times the length of gonocoxite; hypandrium subrect- angular, narrow........................................................... L. pickeringi View in CoL ( Quate 1999, Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 )

12 Eyes separated by 1 facet diameters............................................................. L. niveitarsis View in CoL

- Eyes separated by 2 or three facet diameters.............................................................. 13

13 Radial and medial forks at the same level; first flagellomere 2.0 X longer than second one................ L. lanuginosa View in CoL

- Radial fork apical to medial fork; first flagellomere with the same length or 1.3 X longer than the second one.......... 14

14 Costal area convex, expanded........................... L. matagalpensis View in CoL ( Collantes & Martínez-Ortega 1998, Fig. 4)

- Costal area narrow................................................................................... 15

15 Aedeagus and parameres asymmetrical........................................ L. zumbadoi View in CoL ( Quate 1996, Fig. 5D)

- Aedeagus and parameres symmetrical........................................ L. larryi View in CoL ( Ibañez-Bernal 2010, Fig. 6)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Psychodidae

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