Spurostigma Eertmoed

Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva & García, Alfonso N., 2012, A new species of Spurostigma Eertmoed (Psocodea: ’ Psocoptera’: Spurostigmatidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3501, pp. 83-87 : 85-86

Key to the species of Spurostigma Eertmoed

(modified from García Aldrete, 2009)

1. Forewing Rs-M joined by a crossvein...................................................................... 2

-. Forewing Rs-M diverging from a point or fused for a distance.................................................. 7

2. Forewing with a pigmented pattern........................................................................ 3

-. Forewing without a pigmented pattern..................................................................... 4

3. No brown areolae on setal bases of veins on proximal half of forewing; forewing veins R2+3 to areola postica distinctly angu- late distally. Central Bolivia........................................................ S. boliviana García Aldrete

-. With brown areolae on setal bases of veins on proximal half of forewing; veins R2+3 to areola postica not angulate distally. Puerto Rico...................................................................... S. portoricensis Eertmoed

4. Forewing areola postica with a pigmented spot on apex....................................................... 5

-. Forewing areola postica without a pigmented spot on apex..................................................... 6

5. Brown areolae at the base of setae on veins R, M-Cu, Cu1, A1, and A2; female epiproct with a black spot at each antero-lateral corner and at the distal tip. Puerto Rico.................................................... S. nesiotis Eertmoed

-. Without brown areolae at the base of setae on veins indicated above, female epiproct without black spots as above. Cuba ........................................................................................... S. cuba Eertmoed

6. A light brown spot on proximal angle of areola postica. Southern Mexico........................ S. epirotica Eertmoed

-. Without a light brown spot on areola postica. Surinam...................................... S. mesembria Eertmoed

7. Forewing venation caeciliusid (Rs with two branches, M with three branches)...................................... 8

-. Forewing vein M3 five branched and joined to areola postica. Dominican Republic.............. S. hispaniola Eertmoed

8. Areola postica with a pigmented spot on apex............................................................... 9

-. Areola postica without a pigmented spot on apex............................................................ 12

9. Forewing membrane with a distinct pigmented spot on Rs-M junction, and basally above A2 and A1. Cuba ................................................................................................... S. jimenezi Badonnel

-. Forewing membrane without pigmented spots as above...................................................... 10

10. Brown areola at setal bases on R, M-Cu, Cu1, A1, and A2. Dominica .............................. S. insula Eertmoed

-. Without brown areola at setal bases on veins indicated above.................................................. 11

11. Frontal sutures distinct, frons uniformly brown; subgenital plate brown, not bordered posteriorly with black. Dominica ........................................................................................ S. dominica Eertmoed

-. Frontal sutures indistinct, frons markings indistinct; subgenital plate brown, bordered posteriorly with black. Guyana ............................................................................................ S. guyana Eertmoed

12. Phallosome anteriorly straight, with a mid, longitudinal fissure that divides in two the anterior half. Endophallus well defined. Canal Zone, Panama........................................................................ S. panamensis .

- Phallosome anteriorly concave in the middle, without a mid, longitudinal fissure. Endophallus not well defined. Bahia, Brazil....................................................................................... S. caatinga n. sp.