Monohelea, Kieffer, 1917

Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza, Cardoso, Erick Aragão & Trindade, Rosimeire Lopes Da, 2017, New species and new records of Monohelea Kieffer from eastern Amazon, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4358 (1) : -

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.6

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6033280

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03885039-3F04-FFA1-FF4F-FC74FA0EF8C5

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Plazi

scientific name

Monohelea
status

 

Key to males of the Amazonian Monohelea View in CoL species

1- Legs yellow, with pattern of brown patches ( Figs. 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 7F View FIGURE7 ), paramere single ( Figs. 9C, 9G View FIGURE9 , 10C View FIGURE 10 ) or with median process (9E)................................................................................................ 2

- Legs brown, with pattern of yellowish patches ( Figs. 2E View FIGURE 2 , 6E View FIGURE 6 , 8D View FIGURE 8 ), paramere with distal process ( Figs. 9A View FIGURE9 , 10A, 10E View FIGURE 10 , 11A, 11C, 11G View FIGURE 11 )................................................................................................ 6

2- Hind femur with brown base ( Figs. 4F View FIGURE 4 , 7F View FIGURE7 )................................................................. 3

- Hind femur with pale or slightly infuscated base ( Figs. 3F View FIGURE 3 , 5F View FIGURE 5 )................................................. 4

3- Paramere with mesal process ( Fig. 9E View FIGURE9 )......................................................... M. ema View in CoL sp. nov.

- Paramere single ( Fig. 10C View FIGURE 10 )............................................................ M. patauateua View in CoL sp. nov.

4- Paramere single, without mesal process, with single base ( Fig. 9G View FIGURE9 )............................... M. forceps View in CoL sp. nov.

- Paramere with mesal process, with trilobed base ( Figs. 9C View FIGURE9 , 11E View FIGURE 11 )................................................ 5

5- Paramere with stout horn-shaped mesal process, base fused ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE9 )............................. M. cornuta View in CoL sp. nov.

- Paramere with slender mesal process, base not fused ( Fig. 11E View FIGURE 11 )........................... M. maculipennis (Coquillett) View in CoL

6- Aedeagus with basal arms slender, not expanded antero-posteriorly ( Figs. 9B View FIGURE9 , 10F View FIGURE 10 , 11H View FIGURE 11 ), paramere with two distal processes ( Figs. 9A View FIGURE9 , 10E View FIGURE 10 , 11G View FIGURE 11 )................................................................................... 7

- Aedeagus with basal arms large, greatly expanded antero-posteriorly ( Fig. 10B View FIGURE 10 , 11B, 11D View FIGURE 11 ), paramere with one ( Figs. 11A, 11C View FIGURE 11 ) or two distal processes ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ).................................................................... 9

7- Paramere with one beak-shaped distal process and other bilobed ( Fig. 11G View FIGURE 11 )........ M. roraimensis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli View in CoL

- Paramere distal processes not as above..................................................................... 8

8- Paramere with one hook-shaped distal process and other aculeate; paramere with ventral sclerotized structure ( Fig. 10E View FIGURE 10 )........................................................................................ M. visinensis View in CoL sp. nov.

- Paramere with one beak-shaped distal process and other hook-shaped; paramere without ventral sclerotized structure ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE9 )..................................................................................... M. barbara View in CoL sp. nov.

9- Paramere with two distal hook-shaped processes ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ).................................... M. gorayebi View in CoL sp. nov.

- Paramere with one distal beak-shaped process ( Figs. 11A, 11C View FIGURE 11 )................................................ 10

10- Smaller species (wing length 0.87 mm); yellowish bands of femora and tibiae broad..... M. affinis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli View in CoL

- Greater species (wing length 1.13 mm); yellowish bands of femora and tibiae narrow........... M. guaimiesi Lane & Wirth View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

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