Atrichopleura

Câmara, J. T., Limeira-De-Oliveira, F. & Rafael, J. A., 2013, A new species of Atrichopleura Bezzi (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from Ceará, Brazil, Zootaxa 3716 (4), pp. 577-582 : 582

Key to males of the Brazilian species of Atrichopleura

(modified from Smith 1962)

1 Femora black......................................................................... A. mundurucu Smith

- Femora mainly yellowish.............................................................................. 2

2 Wings brown; mid tarsomere 1 with a distinct, though small, posteroventral black spine ( Fig. 2 )....................... 3

- Wings almost clear or partly clear and patterned with darker markings; mid tarsomere 1 without a distinct spine.......... 4

3 Epandrium with long and acuminate posterodorsal projection ( Fig. 9 ); legs in male with distinct long bristles ( Figs 1–3 )....................................................................................... A. acuminata sp. nov.

- Epandrium without posterodorsal projection; legs in male with short bristles very dense on tibiae and tarsi … A. guarini Smith

4 Epandrium with no dorsal cleft; wings almost clear with veins very faintly infuscated................ A. mameluco Smith

- Epandrium with dorsal cleft; wings clear, except clouded at costal margin, apex, upper and anterior margins of discal cell and apex of anal cell.......................................................................... A. mahues Smith

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Atrichopleura acuminata sp. nov. holotype ♂. 1, habitus, lateral view; 2, head, lateral view; 3, mid leg, posterior view; 4, wing; 5, apex of abdomen, lateral view; 6, terminalia, dorsal view; 7, terminalia, lateral view; 8, terminalia, (epandrium removed), ejaculatory apodeme, subepandrial sclerite, cercal plate, cercus, postgonite, phallus and hypandrium, lateral view; 9, epandrium, lateral view; 10, terminalia (dorsal sclerites removed) ejaculatory apodeme, phallus and hypandrium, lateral view; 11, hypandrium, phallus and postgonite, ventral view.