Nyctonympha, Thomson, 1868
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.332 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848036 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E58E433-1C2A-BC78-8E82-FB9B426CFB08 |
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Provisional key to species of Nyctonympha View in CoL
1. Dorsal and lateral longitudinal carinae on elytra distinct. Venezuela ………………………………… ……………………………………………………..……………… N. costipennis ( Lameere, 1893) View in CoL
– Dorsal and lateral carinae on elytra feebly marked or absent …………..…………………..2
2. Body slender ( Figs 6 View Figs 1–8. – 1–4 , 16 View Figs 9–17. – 9–11 , 20–22, 25, 26, 28 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ) …………………………………….………………….3
– Body wider ( Figs 1 View Figs 1–8. – 1–4 , 18, 24, 27 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ) …………………………………………………………………12
3. Femora entirely dark ……………………...………………………………………………………4
– Femora entirely or partially light ………………………………………………………………7
4. Distance between upper eye lobes distinctly wider than width of one lobe …………………5
– Distance between upper eye lobes about equal to width of one lobe …………………………6
5. Punctures on scape and femora distinctly contrasting with pubescence; mesepisternum punctate ( Fig. 21 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Colombia ……………………………………… N. boyacana Galileo & Martins, 2008 View in CoL
– Punctures on scape and femora not distinctly contrasting with pubescence; mesepisternum smooth ( Figs 5–8 View Figs 1–8. – 1–4 ). Colombia ……………………………………………………… N. antonkozlovi View in CoL sp. nov.
6. Apex of sutural angle of the elytra projected. Colombia … N. howdenarum Martins & Galileo, 1992 View in CoL
– Apex of sutural angle of the elytra rounded ( Fig. 16 View Figs 9–17. – 9–11 ). Panama, Venezuela ………………… ……………………………………………………………………… N. annulata Aurivillius, 1900 View in CoL
7. Elytra coarsely punctate (punctures on basal half closer than diameter of one puncture) ( Fig. 20 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Ecuador, Bolivia ……………………………………………………… N. flavipes Aurivillius, 1920 View in CoL
– Elytra moderately finely punctate (punctures on basal half farther apart than the diameter of one puncture) ……………………………………………………………………………………………8
8. Mesepisternum punctate ……………………………………………………………………………9
– Mesepisternum impunctate ………………………………………………………………………10
9. Scape reddish-brown ( Fig. 28 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Ecuador …………………… N. genieri Martins & Galileo, 1992 View in CoL
– Scape dark-brown ( Figs 22–23 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia (?) …………………………… ………………………………………………………………… N. carioca Galileo & Martins, 2001 View in CoL
10. Tibiae with dark ring at middle. Peru, Bolivia ……………………… N. annulipes ( Belon, 1897) View in CoL
– Tibiae not centrally ringed ………………………………………………………………………11
11. Abdominal ventrites smooth ( Fig. 25 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). French Guiana …… N. affinis Martins & Galileo, 2008 View in CoL
– Abdominal ventrites punctate ( Fig. 26 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Argentina (Salta), Bolivia ……………………………… ………………………………………………………………… N. punctata Martins & Galileo, 1989 View in CoL
12. Abdominal ventrites impunctate …………………………………………………………………13
– Abdominal ventrites punctate ……………………………………………………………………14
13. Mesepisternum punctate ( Figs 17–19 View Figs 9–17. – 9–11 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Venezuela ……………… N. carcharias ( Lameere, 1893) View in CoL
– Mesepisternum impunctate ( Fig. 27 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Trinidad and Tobago …… N. taeniata Martins & Galileo, 1992 View in CoL
14. Femora with punctures distinctly contrasting with pubescence ( Fig. 24 View Figs 18–28. – 18–19 ). Colombia …………… ………………………………………………………………………… N. cribrata ( Thomson, 1868) View in CoL
– Femora without punctures contrasting with pubescence …………………………………………15
15. Body moderately wide; lateral tubercles of prothorax acute at apex; elytral apex strongly, obliquely truncate with outer angle forming long spine. Colombia, Bolivia …………………… ……………………………………………………………… N. andersoni Martins & Galileo, 1992 View in CoL
– Body notably wide; lateral tubercles of prothorax blunt at apex; elytral apex obliquely truncate with outer angle not forming long spine ( Figs 1–4 View Figs 1–8. – 1–4 ). Colombia ……………… N. sinjaevi View in CoL sp. nov.
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