Cheiromyia

Brooks, Scott E., Cumming, Jeffrey M. & Pollet, Marc A. A., 2010, Revision of the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), Zootaxa 2333, pp. 41-58 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.193135

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6202523

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/48372857-FFAB-FFBA-DAD5-D2907C8AD96B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Cheiromyia
status

 

Key to species of Cheiromyia View in CoL (males)

1 Postpedicel with one elongate projection on outer surface ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A); antennal color entirely dark brown; face dark brown and narrow; femora infuscated ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B) ( Brazil: Amazonas) ..................................... bicornis View in CoL Brooks sp. nov.

- Postpedicel with several digitiform projections on outer surface ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 B–D); scape, pedicel and base of postpedicel pale, at most infuscated dorsally; face silvery white or opaque yellow, width various (Figs. 2A–C); femora pale..... 2

2 Postpedicel triangular and elongate, about 4x as long as wide ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 C,D), evenly tapering to apex, with 10–11 digitiform projections on outer surface; face opaque yellow, broad (Fig. 2A); wing with brownish tint (Fig. 2E) ( Bolivia, Brazil) .......................................................................................................................... pennaticornis (Parent)

- Postpedicel subovoid basally with narrowed elongate apex, about 2x as long as wide, with 3–5 digitiform projections on outer surface ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B); face silver, relatively narrow (Figs. 2B,C); wing hyaline (Fig. 2D)......................... 3

3 TI not swollen, tarsus I lacking pronounced outward bend, It2 slightly longer than It3, It3–4 lacking row of erect setae on inner margin; cercus triangular, large (Fig. 6A); face narrow (Fig. 2C) ( Ecuador, Brazil, Surinam, French Guiana) .................................................................................................................................................. palmaticornis (Parent)

- TI slightly swollen, tarsus I with pronounced outward bend and It2 shorter than It3 ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A), It3–4 with row of erect setae on inner margin, setae more closely set on It4; cercus ovoid or subquadrate ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 B, 5A); face wider (Fig. 2B) ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4 Left apv epandrial lobe lacking acute apicodorsal projection; ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 B); face relatively narrow (Fig. 2B) ( Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil) .......................................................................................... brevitarsis View in CoL Brooks sp. nov.

- Left apv epandrial lobe with acute apicodorsal projection ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A); face wider ( Costa Rica) ..................................... .................................................................................................................................................. laselva View in CoL Brooks sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Dolichopodidae

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