Bentrovata, RICHARDS, 1973

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KEY TO THE KNOWN SPECIES OF BENTROVATA RICHARDS, 1973

1. Frons without longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite unarranged ( Figs 21–22). Pseudocerci large ( Fig. 23). Female spermathecae long ovoid ( Fig. 28), its neck without warts. Thorax contrastingly yellow. B. flavithorax sp. n.

– Frons with 5 longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite in 1 row ( Figs 31–32). Pseudocerci small ( Fig. 47) or indistinct ( Fig. 33). Female spermathecae pear-shaped ( Figs 39–40, 53) 2