Sycorax

Curler, Gregory R. & Jacobson, Amanda J., 2012, New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae, Zootaxa 3552, pp. 43-65 : 51

Key to males of Sycorax species known to occur in New Caledonia

1. Parameres with medial processes ( Figs. 19 , 26 ); aedeagus with apices acuminate.................................... ( Figs. 20 , 27 ), without lateral dentation.................................................................... 2

- Parameres without medial processes ( Figs. 16 , 32 , 40 ); aedeagus with apices....................................... triangular ( Fig. 17 ) or with lateral dentation ( Figs. 33 , 41 ).................................................... 3

2(1). Parameres with medial process smoothly arcuate, dorsomedial process elongate, extending beyond aedeagus, swollen at midlength ( Fig. 26 )........................................................................... S. spina sp. nov.

- Parameres with medial processes sinuous, dorsomedial process short, not extending beyond aedeagus ( Fig. 19 ).................................................................................................. S. sinuosa sp. nov.

3(1). Aedeagus with apices curved laterally, with one or more lateral dentes ( Figs. 33 , 41 )................................ 4

- Aedeagus with apices triangular, without lateral dentes ( Fig. 17 ); parameres with dorsomedial process bipartite, with dorsal part digitiform, ventral part bifurcate at apex ( Fig. 16 )............................................ S. furca sp. nov.

4(3). Apices of aedeagus each with three lateral dentes ( Fig. 33 ); parameres with dorsomedial process capitate, with bulbous apex ( Fig. 32 )............................................................................. S. tridentata sp. nov.

- Apices of aedeagus each with two lateral dentes ( Fig. 41 ); parameres with dorsomedial process digitiform, without bulbous apex ( Fig. 40 )........................................................................... S. webbi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 21. Sycorax furca Curler sp. nov., male. 16. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 17. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 18. Left gonopod, dorsal view. Sycorax sinuosa Curler sp. nov., male. 19. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 20. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 21. Left gonopod, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.

FIGURES 26 − 29. Sycorax spina Curler sp. nov., male. 26. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 27. Genital tract, dorsal view. 28. Gonopods, dorsal view. 29. Epandrium, cerci and hypoproct, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed = aedeagus; cerc = cercus; dmp = dorsomedial process of paramere; eja = ejaculatory apodeme; gcx = gonocoxite; gst = gonostyle; hprct = hypoproct; mp = medial process of paramere; pl = posterior lobe of paramere; pm = paramere; sp = spiniform process of paramere; ss = spiniform seta; st = subterminal seta. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.

FIGURES 30 − 34. Sycorax dispar Satchell, male. 30. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 31. Right gonopod, dorsolateral view. Sycorax tridentata Curler sp. nov., male. 32. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 33. Genital tract, dorsal view. 34. Left gonopod, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.

FIGURES 40 − 43. Sycorax webbi Curler sp. nov., male. 40. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 41. Genital tract, dorsal view. 42. Gonopods, dorsal view. 43. Epandrium, cerci and hypoproct, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed = aedeagus; dmp = dorsomedial process of paramere; pl = posterior lobe of paramere; pm = paramere; ss = spiniform seta; st = subterminal seta. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.