Heleomyzidae

Calhau, Julia, Coelho, Lívia Aguiar, Kawada, Ricardo, Lima, Felipe Varussa De Oliveira & Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer, 2016, Review of Rhinotora (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) with description of a new species and key to all known heleomyzid species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4138 (3), pp. 513-533 : 530

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6086404
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D446B59-FFAD-FF80-27BD-FD4A2DB5F861
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Heleomyzidae
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Key to the known species of Heleomyzidae View in CoL View at ENA occurring in Brazil

1. Face without subantennal pits ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 C, 7F, 8F). Compound eyes large and prominent. Vertex slightly to deeply excavated. Head brown to yellow.......................................................................Rhinotorini... 2

1’. Face with pair of deep, oval subantennal pits ( Figs 9C View FIGURE 9. A – C ,F). Compound eyes reduced. Vertex horizontal or slightly convex. Head at least partially bright orange.................................................................. Diaciini...13

2(1). Postvertical setae absent ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C). Scutellum with longitudinal excavation or with protuberances ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 B, 2B). Vertex deeply excavated ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 C, 7F)................................................................................ 3

2’. Postvertical setae weak, convergent ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8. A – C D). Scutellum without longitudinal excavation or protuberances ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8. A – C E). Vertex slightly excavated ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8. A – C F)................................................ Rhinotoroides bifurcata Lopes, 1934 View in CoL .

3(2). Scutellum flattened, not excavated, with spiniform or lobed protuberances ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 B, 2B). Pruinescence of scutum fine, present around setal sockets ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 B,D)............................................................... Rhinotora View in CoL ... 4

3’. Scutellum inflated and longitudinally excavated ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7. A – C ). Pruinescence of scutum thick, absent around setal sockets ( Figs 7A–B View FIGURE 7. A – C ,D–E)............................................................................. Neorhinotora View in CoL ...11

4(3). Scutellum with apical and lateral spiniform protuberances ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B). Wing membrane hyaline with dark spots; cell r1 with several supernumerary crossveins, occasionally some of them branched ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 D, 3D, 6D).............................. 5

4’. Scutellum with discrete apical and lateral lobed protuberances ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2. A – B ). Wing membrane dark with hyaline spots; cell r1 with several supernumerary crossveins, most of them branched (per Almeida & Ale-Rocha 2011)................ R. fonsecai View in CoL

5(4). Cell r2+3 medially with 2–3 supernumerary crossveins, arising independently from R2+3 (sometimes connected posteriorly) ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 D, 6D)........................................................................................ 6

5’. Cell r2+3 medially with a single (either simple or branched) supernumerary crossvein ( Fig 3D View FIGURE 3. A – G )......................... 7

6(5). Wing with a distinct spot around crossveins arising from R2+3, darker than remaining wing spots ( Fig 6D View FIGURE 6. A – F ). Scutellum centrally with a dark pruinose triangle; margin golden pruinose. Male cerci with convex apical margin ( Fig 6F View FIGURE 6. A – F )........ R. travassosi View in CoL

6’. Wing with two parallel, often posteriorly connected supernumerary crossveins arising from the middle of R2+3; dark spot around those crossveins not darker than the remaining wing spots ( Fig 1 View FIGURE 1 D). Pruinescence of scutellum golden to brown, not forming a distinct pattern. Male cerci with indented apical margin ( Fig 1 View FIGURE 1 F)............................ R. diversipennis View in CoL

7(6). Scutum with complex pattern of dark pruinose spots ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B D, 3B, 5E)........................................... 8

7’. Scutum golden pruinose, without dark pruinose spots ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4. A – C E, 5B)............................................ 10

8(7). Male fore femur about three times longer than wide. Scutum with two parallel dark pruinose spots on posteromedial region ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B D). Mid tibia with one distinct ventroapical seta. Cerci with a greater medial lobe, and a smaller lateral lobe ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B F)............................................................................................... R. lopesi View in CoL

8’. Male fore femur about four times longer than wide. Pruinose pattern of scutum not as above. Mid tibia with 1–3 distinct ventroapical setae........................................................................................ 9

9(8). Scutum without dark pruinose spots on posteromedial region ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5. A – C E). Mid tibia with two or three distinct ventroapical setae. Male cerci triangular in dorsal view (per Guimarães & Papavero, 1966).................................. R. spiloptera View in CoL

9’. Scutum with two converging dark pruinose spots on posteromedial region ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3. A – G ). Mid tibia with one distinct ventroapical seta. Male cerci short, fused all along its apex, prolonged laterally into two digitiform lobes ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3. A – G ).. R. paschoali View in CoL sp. nov.

10(7). Cell r1 with five to six supernumerary crossveins ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4. A – C ,D). Mid tibia with one ventroapical distinct seta. Male cerci abruptly narrowing from base to apex, bottle-shaped in dorsal view (per Almeida & Ale-Rocha 2011)....... R. pluricellata View in CoL

10’. Cell r1 with eight to nine supernumerary crossveins ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5. A – C ). Mid tibia with two or three ventroapical distinct seta. Male cerci trapezoidal in dorsal view ( Guimarães & Papavero, 1966)........................................ R. salesopolitana View in CoL

11(3). Arista micropubescent ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8. A – C ). Wing with two well-defined spots around dm-cu and on the distal extremities of R4+5 and M ( Figs 8A–B View FIGURE 8. A – C )..................................................................... N. mutica ( Schiner, 1868) View in CoL