Key to male imagos of Traverella from Brazil

1. Styliger plate strongly projected posteriorly, hindering the vision of penes (Nascimento & Salles 2013: fig. 14D).. T. insolita

- Styliger plate not strongly projected posteriorly............................................................. 2

2(1). Styliger plate without lateral projections (Needham & Murphy 1924: pl. 11, fig, 142)....................... T. bradleyi

- Styliger plate with lateral broad paired projections........................................................... 3

3(2). Lateral projections of styliger plate sharpening toward at apex (Figs 1D, 2D)................ Traverella excelsior sp. nov.

- Lateral projections of styliger plate with two fine, long spines dorsally recurved (Nascimento et al. 2019: fig. 16A)................................................................................................ T. maranhensis