A new species of the fishfly genus Neochauliodes van der Weele (Megaloptera Corydalidae) from India Author Liu, Xingyue Author Hayashi, Fumio text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-07 4652 1 183 188 journal article 26069 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.12 fba7fb43-2d9d-427d-89ea-5dcb73011362 1175-5326 3363519 7F06E0B3-983F-4587-B3CB-457EFC58289A Key to species of Neochauliodes from India and adjacent regions in South Asia (Updated from the key in Liu et al. 2010c ) 1. Posterior two branches of RP strongly curved posteriad ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 7).................. N. truncatus Kimmins – All branches of RP without distinct curve or slightly curved posteriad ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 1-6)...................... 2 2. Background of wings dark with several small transparent spots ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 4); female fused gonocoxites 8 with posterior margin acutely produced ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 24).................................. N. obscurus van der Weele – Background of wings transparent with some dark markings; female fused gonocoxites 8 with roundly convex posterior margin................................................................................................. 3 3. Fore- and hindwings medially with a broad dark transverse band ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 6)....... N. subfasciatus (Westwood) – Fore- and hindwings medially with one or more narrow dark transverse bands, or without dark transverse band........... 4 4. Male tergum 9 broadened ventrally, forming sinuate posterior margin in lateral view ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 15, 20); lateral arms of male fused gonocoxites 10 fused with median plate not via a narrow bar ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 14, 19); female gonocoxite 9 much shorter than ectoproct ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 16, 21)..................................................... 5 – Male tergum 9 narrowed and produced posteroventrad ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 8, 25, 30, 35); lateral arms of male fused gonocoxites 10 connected with median plate by a narrow bar ( Liu et al. 2010c : figs 9, 26, 31, 36); female gonocoxite 9 subequal in length to or slightly longer than ectoproct.................................................................. 6 5. Forewing with markings on proximal half of costal space punctuate and clearly isolated from each other ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 3); male ectoproct with distal-median surface rounded in dorsal view ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 18)................................................................................................ N. nepalensis Liu, Hayashi & Yang – Forewing with markings on proximal half of costal space nearly rectangular ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 2); male ectoproct with distal-median surface angulate ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 13).................................. N. indicus (van der Weele) 6. Fore- and hindwings with distinct dark markings ( Figs 1–2 ); male ectoproct anteroventrally with a setose tubercular process ( Fig. 4 ); median plate of male fused gonocoxites 10 slightly bulged on apex ( Fig. 4 ).................... N. flinti sp. nov. – Fore- and hindwings almost immaculate, only with a few indistinct markings; male ectoproct anteroventrally without any process; median plate of male fused gonocoxites 10 slightly narrowed on apex....................................... 7 7. Forewing length 28–34 mm in male and 38–40 mm in female; male fused gonocoxites 10 with median plate slightly broadened medially and laterally with a pair of elevated ridges in ventral view ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 9).......... N. fletcheri Kimmins – Forewing length 27 mm in male and 29–33 mm in female; male fused gonocoxites 10 with median plate gradually narrowed posteriad and laterally without distinct ridges in ventral view ( Liu et al. 2010c : fig. 26)............... N. simplex (Walker)