Pleurocerinella BRUNETTI, 1923
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https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.59.1.211-231 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458718 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D53B0E-FF92-FFFD-A6D8-FF0AFB864E37 |
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Felipe |
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Pleurocerinella BRUNETTI, 1923 |
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Key to the species of the genus Pleurocerinella BRUNETTI, 1923 View in CoL
1 Wing cell r1 with at least the basal half lacking microtrichia; all femora uniformly black or dark brown; distribution: Palaearctic and Oriental regions. ......................................... 2
- Wing cell r1 completely or mostly covered with microtrichia; fore and middle femora orange brown or clearly paler than the hind femur; distribution: Afrotropical region. .............. 5
2 Anterior anepisternum shining, with a dense dusted stripe posteriorly ( Fig. 18 View Fig ); ♂ -genitalia: epandrium margins fused completely distal to the cerci; lacks a robust single tooth at the tip of the aedeagus ( Fig. 28 View Fig ). .............................. srilankai STUKE &SAMRAS View in CoL spec. nov.
- Anepisternum completely dusted, or if shining, then without a dense dusted stripe; ♂ - genitalia: epandrium margins separated distal to the cerci (character state remains unknown in tibialis View in CoL ); may have an obvious robust single tooth at the tip of the aedeagus (at present, only known in dioctriaeformis View in CoL ). ................................................................................... 3
3 Anepisternum, postpronotum, edges of the mesoscutum and upper part of the frons shining; wing apex not clearly brownish-tinged; last segment of the male abdomen (tergite 6) elongated ( Fig. 22 View Fig ); structure of the aedeagus remains unknown. ................ violaceae KRÖBER, 1930
- Anepisternum, postpronotum, edges of the mesoscutum and upper part of the frons obviously dusted; wing apex clearly brownish tinged; last segment of the male abdomen (tergite 6) of dioctriaeformis View in CoL not elongated ( Fig. 23 View Fig ), ♂ of tibialis remains unknown. .............. 4
4 Mesoscutum only dusted laterally, shining medially; ♂ -genitalia: single robust tooth at the tip of the aedeagus as in Fig. 26 View Fig . ................................. dioctriaeformis BRUNETTI, 1923 View in CoL
- Mesoscutum completely dusted; ♂ -genitalia remains unknown. .... tibialis CHEN, 1939 View in CoL
5 Wing completely covered with microtrichia; femora and tibiae orange; hind femur lacking black spines ventrally; mesoscutum shining laterally; ♂ -genitalia: epandrium margins fused completely distal to the cerci; tooth at the tip of the aedeagus as in Figur 25 View Fig . .................. ............................................................................................ albohalterata SMITH, 1960 View in CoL
- Wing cells bm and br lacking microtrichia basally; at least hind femur dark-brown to lightbrown; hind femur with or without black spines ventrally; mesoscutum dusted laterally; ♂ -genitalia: epandrium margins separated or fused distal to the cerci. ......................... 6
6 Mesoscutum dusted laterally and medially, submedially shining; tooth at the tip of the aedeagus as in Fig. 30 View Fig . ......................................................... copelandi STUKE View in CoL spec. nov.
- Mesoscutum only dusted laterally, medially shining. ................................................... 7
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