Platyplastinx, : QUATE, 1963

Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago & Kvifte, Gunnar M., 2022, Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov., a new species of moth fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (2), pp. 383-389 : 388

Key to adult males of Platyplastinx in Ecuador

1 Hypopods with only 1 elongated tenaculum ( Fig. 5 ); eyes contiguous ( Fig. 1 ), genitalia as in Figs 5–6 , 15 . ....................... Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov.

– Hypopods with more than 1 elongated tenaculum; eyes separated. .................................................................. 2

2 Eyes separated by 1.5 facet diameters, interocular suture as inverted Y; accessory tenacula 20, genitalia as in QUATE & BROWN (2004: figs 171–172). ................. .................... P. crossomiscos Quate & Brown, 2004

– Eyes separated by less than 1 facet diameter; interocular suture curved, not Y-shaped; accessory tenacula 10, genitalia as in QUATE & BROWN (2004: figs 164– 166). .................... P. culmosus Quate & Brown, 2004

Figures

Figs 1–6. Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov., male holotype. 1 – head; 2 – antennal scape, pedicel and first two flagellomeres; 3 – wing; 4 – epandrium and hypandrium; 5–6 – male genitalia. Abbreviations: asc – ascoids, ata – accessory tenacula, ep – epandrium, es – scape, fl – flagellomere, gns – gonostyli, gnx – gonocoxites, hpd – hypopods, hpr – hypandrium, pd – pedicel, ta – tenaculum. Scale in millimeters.

Figs 12–16. Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov., photographies. 12 – head, male holotype; 13 – head, female paratype; 14 – wing, male paratype; 15 – genitalia, male holotype; 16 – genitalia, female paratype. Scale in μm.