Aterinervis, Fox

Sarkar, Ankita, Banerjee, Paramita, Sinha, Shuvra Kanti & Mazumdar, Abhijit, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Indian species of the ‘ Aterinervis’ group of Culicoides Latreille Subgenus Hoffmania Fox (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 5258 (4), pp. 405-428 : 425-426

Key to the Indian species of Aterinervis group

1. Anal angle of wing entirely pale......................................................................... 2

-. Anal angle of wing with dark marking..................................................................... 4

2. Distal pale spot in cell r 3 reaches wing margin........................................................ neoregalis

- Distal pale spot in cell r 3 not reaches wing margin........................................................... 3

3. Distal pale spot in cell r 3 large; anal cell with a constricted distal pale spot.................................... regalis

- Distal pale spot in cell r reduced; anal cell with two separated distal pale spots............................ pararegalis

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4. Anal cell with proximal pale spot narrowly constricted medially...................................... pseudoregalis

- Anal cell with proximal pale spot not constricted medially..................................................... 5

5. Distal pale spot in cell m 1 reaching wing margin............................................................. 6

- Distal pale spot in cell m

1 not reaching wing margin................................................. quasiregalis

6. Distal pale spot in cell m 1 narrow, elongate; posterior margin of tergum IX terminating just before apex of gonocoxite.................................................................................................. isoregalis

- Distal pale spot in cell m 1 broad, short; posterior margin of tergum IX terminating much before apex of gonocoxite..................................................................................................... subregalis