Leinendera Carrera, 1945

Camargo, Alexssandro, Vieira, Rodrigo & Rafael, José Albertino, 2019, Revision of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4657 (2), pp. 291-316 : 310

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scientific name	Leinendera Carrera, 1945
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Identification Key to males of Leinendera Carrera, 1945 View in CoL

1. Marginal scutellar macrosetae absent ( Figs. 8 View FIGURES 2–8 , 25 View FIGURES 20–27 , 41 View FIGURES 36–43 )........................................................ 2

- Marginal scutellar macrosetae present ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 93–99 )............................................................. 4

2. Postpedicel reddish to dark brown and black ( Figs. 38 View FIGURES 36–43 , 60 View FIGURES 58–64 ); mesonotum dark brown ( Figs. 42 View FIGURES 36–43 , 64 View FIGURES 58–64 ); epandrium rounded apically ( Figs. 48, 49 View FIGURES 44–49 , 69, 70 View FIGURES 65–70 ); hypandrium with proximal and distal margin straight ( Figs. 51 View FIGURES 50–57 , 72 View FIGURES 71–78 , 88 View FIGURES 85–92 , 107 View FIGURES 107–111 )..................... 3

- Postpedicel completely yellow ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 2–8 , 21, 22 View FIGURES 20–27 ); mesonotum brown ( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 9–11 , 26 View FIGURES 20–27 ); epandrium triangular apically ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12–19 ); hypandrium with proximal margin rounded and distal margin straight ( Figs. 12, 13, 16 View FIGURES 12–19 )........................................... Leinendera achaeta Camargo, Vieira, Köhler & Rafael, 2016 View in CoL ( Brazil: Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul)

3. Postpedicel long, about two times the length of scape and pedicel combined, stylus short, almost 1/6 of postpedicel length ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 36–43 ); golden yellow mesonotal stripes straight on the inner margin anteriorly ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 36–43 ); epandrium cheliform ( Figs. 44–50 View FIGURES 44–49 View FIGURES 50–57 ).................................................................. Leinendera carrerai sp. n. ( Brazil: São Paulo)

- Postpedicel short, about the same length of scape and pedicel combined, stylus long, almost half of postpedicel length ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 58–64 ); yellowish grey mesonotal stripes with a slight curve on the inner margin anteriorly ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 58–64 ); epandrium digitiform ( Figs. 65–71 View FIGURES 65–70 View FIGURES 71–78 )............................................. Leinendera mnrj sp. n. ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)

4. Lower facial margin with black projection ( Figs. 79–82 View FIGURES 79–84 ); base of cell r4 narrow ( Fig. 84 View FIGURES 79–84 ); epandrium with apex backward directed ( Figs. 85–87 View FIGURES 85–92 ); gonocoxite sub-quadrangular with a projection on the external margin ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 85–92 ); subepandrial sclerite with a basal plate ( Fig. 92 View FIGURES 85–92 ); aedeagus strongly curved upward, and apex straight ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 85–92 ).................................................................................... Leinendera nigra Vieira, 2012 View in CoL ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)

- Lower facial margin without a black projection ( Figs. 94, 95 View FIGURES 93–99 ); base of cell r4 slightly narrow ( Fig. 96 View FIGURES 93–99 ); epandrium with apex inwardly curved ( Figs. 102, 104 View FIGURES 100–106 ); gonocoxite sub-quadrangular with a median keel backward directed ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 107–111 ); subepandrial sclerite simple, without projections ( Fig. 109 View FIGURES 107–111 ); aedeagus curved upward and apex forming a hook ( Fig. 111 View FIGURES 107–111 )............................................ Leinendera rubra Carrera, 1945 View in CoL ( Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)