Saccharodite

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 179-180

Key to the species of Saccharodite from New Guinea

1. Forewings with Ms1 apparently unbranched (e.g. Fig. 335f).................................................... 2

- Forewings with Ms1 branched (e.g. Fig. 275f)............................................................... 7

2. Most parts of body red or orange......................................................................... 3

- Body stramineous, light brown, or with few orange or red marks................................................ 4

3. Body uniformly orange; forewing veins colourless to faintly yellowish, including apical crossveins............................................................................................ Sa. pirum sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 172

- Most parts of body blood red; forewings with apical crossveins red........................................................................................................ Sa. coccinea (Matsumura) ( Sa. coccinea group), p. 121

4. A conspicuous red mark in front of eyes.................................... Sa. extraria sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 167

- No red mark in front of eyes............................................................................. 5

5. Forewings with some vein sections red or orange (at least on costal margin)....................................... 6

- Forewings without red or orange vein sections.............................. Sa. conducta sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 166

6. Body without red marks; M in forewings with a brown mark just before M-Ms3 fork. Sa. media sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 170

- Frons and a posterior mark on mesonotum reddish; a mark on abdominal tergites bright red; forewings without mark on M just before M-Ms3 fork...................................................... Sa. nanus sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 171

7. Basal median cell of forewings at least twice as wide as basal cell between Sc+R and M (e.g. Fig. 336f)................ 23

- Basal median cell of forewings only about as wide as basal cell between Sc+R and M (e.g. Fig. 267f)................... 8

8. Facial carinae separated ( Fig. 259c)................................ Sa. altissima sp. nov. ( Sa. altissima group), p. 119

- Facial carinae contiguous at their bases.................................................................... 9

9. In front of antennae face produced and with a large, conspicuous dark mark (e.g. Fig. 267a)......................... 10

- Face not produced and without such a mark................................................................ 11

10. Clypeus brown-black.............................................. Sa. nigra sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 133

- Clypeus stramineous.............................................. Sa. aucta sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 128

11. Forewings without orange or red veins, but costal margin may have orange or red sections........................... 12

- Forewings with some veins other than costal margin orange or red (e.g. last subcostal sector), or with hindmargin around clavus tip orange red.................................................................................... 19

12. Pro- and mesonotum with lateral orange stripes, sometimes faint ( Fig. 270e) Sa. fasciata sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 130

- Pro- and mesonotum without such stripes.................................................................. 13

13. Scutellum orange......................................... Sa. variabilis sp. nov. (part) ( Sa. guamana group), p. 137

- Scutellum stramineous................................................................................ 14

14. Forewings slightly powdered, with patches of infuscation (may be faint); rarely with orange marks on head............. 15

- Forewings glassy, uniformly light yellowish brown, without traces of infuscation; frons and genae usually orange......................................................................... Sa. vitrea sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 137

15. Forewings in apical half with several dark spots on R and M ( Fig. 278f)... Sa. punctata sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 135

- No spots on apical forewing veins....................................................................... 16

16. Forewings with a conspicuous dark spot at clavus tip, contrasting with the colourless areas around Cu and Cu1 ( Fig. 276f)........................................................... Sa. nishidai sp. nov. (part) ( Sa. guamana group), p. 133

- Forewings without such a spot at clavus tip, if clavus tip lightly infuscated then also infuscated around Cu and Cu1....... 17

17. Forewings with most crossveins lined with broad bands of light infuscation, giving the forewings a mottled appearance ( Fig. 274f), usually most veins brownish, costa without orange or red sections........................................................................................................ Sa. nervosa sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 132

- Forewings with crossveins lined with faint infuscations, veins stramineous, costa with orange or red sections (occasionally faint).............................................................................................. 18

18. Forewings with last subcostal sector faintly orange, no small triangle at base of Ms1................................................................................. Sa. basipunctulata (Melichar) (part) ( Sa. guamana group), p. 128

- Forewings with last subcostal sector stramineous, usually a small triangle at base of Ms1........................................................................................... Sa. modesta sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 132

19. Forewings with hind margin around clavus tip (and often also adjoining veins) conspicuously orange, contrasting with the stramineous veins of remaining forewing (however, costal margin may also have orange sections); scutellum and sometimes also other parts of mesonotum orange, rarely scutellum only faintly orange or stramineous.......................... 20

- Forewings with hind margin and veins around clavus tip stramineous, if light orange veins, then parts of Sc, R, M, and apical crossveins also light orange; scutellum stramineous......................................................... 21

20. Forewings without a triangle at base of Ms1 and without any traces of infuscation, only hindmargin around clavus tip orange................................................................ Sa. rosea sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 136

- Forewings with a triangle at base of Ms1 and with areas of light or faint infuscation, usually with other veins around clavus tip orange...................................................... Sa. variabilis sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 137

21. Forewings with a large infuscated round mark between apex of Sc and base of Ms3 ( Fig. 269f); veins inside this mark bright orange-red, remaining veins stramineous............................. Sa. egregia sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 129

- Forewings without such a mark, if coloured veins present, then not confined to this position......................... 22

22. Forewings with a conspicuous dark spot at clavus tip; last subcostal sector stramineous........................................................................................... Sa. nishidai sp. nov. ( Sa. guamana group), p. 133

- Forewings without such a dark spot at clavus tip, last subcostal sector orange............................................................................................ Sa. basipunctulata (Melichar) ( Sa. guamana group), p. 128

23. Forewings except near apex and base uniformly infuscated and with bright red veins........................................................................................................ Sa. pulla sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 173

- Forewings not coloured in this way...................................................................... 24

24. Mesonotum with a red, rhomboid mark, scutellum stramineous.............. Sa. picta sp. nov. ( Sa. plurima group), p. 154

- Mesonotum all stramineous, or scutellum plus other posterior parts of mesonotum orange........................... 25

25. Fore femora with broad red stripes....................................................................... 26

- Fore femora stramineous............................................................................... 27

26. In profile, junction of vertex and face angulated ( Fig. 328a), male aedeagus with a short, pointed terminal process ( Fig. 328m, o, s, t)................................................................ Sa. laratica (Muir) (ungrouped), p. 168

- In profile, junction of vertex and face evenly rounded ( Fig. 339a), male aedeagus without pointed process ( Fig. 339m, p)........................................................................ Sa. solitaria sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 174

27. Centre of pronotum orange, apical part of male aedeagus much longer than wide ( Fig. 332m, p)............................................................................................ Sa. montana sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 171

- Pronotum stramineous, apical part of male aedeagus very small, barely as long as wide ( Fig. 331m, o)...................................................................................... Sa. minuscula sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 170