Nilotanypus Kieffer, 1923

Cheng, Ming & Wang, Xinhua, 2006, 1 H, 13 C and 15 N resonance assignments of telomeric repeat-binding domain ofArabidopsis thaliana, Zootaxa 1193, pp. 49-53 : 49-53

Key to males of the genus Nilotanypus Kieffer

1. Pseudospurs present ...................................................................................................... 2

­ Pseudospurs absent........................................................................................................ 3

2. Pseudospurs present on fore ta 1 –ta 4; tergites I–V yellow, tergites VI–VIII brown (Oriental) .............................................................................................. N. polycanthus sp. n.

­ Pseudospurs present on fore ta 1 –ta 2 and mid ta 1 –ta 3; abdomen almost uniformly brown (Nearctic) ..................................................................................... N. fimbriatus (Walker)

3. Wing with marks ........................................................................................................... 4

­ Wing without marks ...................................................................................................... 5

4. Wing with single mark in basal half (Australian) .......................... N. parvus (Freeman)

­ Wing with two transverse marks in basal one­fourth (Palaearctic)................................. .................................................................................................... N. minutus (Tokunaga)

5. Anal point quadrate (Oriental) ......................................................... N. quadratus sp. n.

­ Anal point conical ......................................................................................................... 6

6. Macrotrichiae restricted to apex of wing (Afrotropical) ........... N. remotissimus Kieffer

­ Whole wing covered with macrotrichiae ...................................................................... 7

7. Anterior leg ratio = 0.6; legs with dark setae; anterior tarsi without beard (Afrotropical) ............................................................................................... N. comatus (Freeman)

­ Anterior leg ratio> 0.6; legs without dark setae........................................................... 8

8. Mid leg ratio> 1.2; body almost uniformly brown (Palaearctic) ..... N. dubius (Meigen)

­ Mid leg ratio = 1.2; body almost uniformly yellow (Nearctic) ...... N. kansensis Roback