New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Author
Huerta, Herón
Author
Grogan, William L.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4294
4
401
418
journal article
32636
10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.1
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1175-5326
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Key to Adult
Stilobezzia
of Mexico
1 Females
.............................................................................................2
- Males..............................................................................................14
2 Wing with 1 radial cell; fore femur with 2–4 stout black ventral spines...........
S
. (
Eukraiohelea
)
elegantula
(Johannsen)
- Wing with 2 radial cells; fore femur without ventral spines.....................................................3
3 Wing membrane with numerous macrotrichia primarily in cells r3 and m1 (
Fig.17
) …
S
. (
Acanthohelea
).................4
-
Wing membrane bare or with a few macrotrichia only on anterior margin in cell r3
S
. (
Stilobezzia
)......................5
4 Scutellum yellow on mid portion; wing hyaline..............................................
S
. (
A
.)
fuscula
Wirth
- Scutellum dark brown; wing infuscated (
Fig. 17
)............................................
S
. (
A
.)
spinellii
,
n. sp.
5 Wing with 2 or 3 dark spots on anterior margin.............................................................. 6
- Wing hyaline or infuscated, without dark spots on anterior margin..............................................10
6 Fore tibia with numerous small dark spots; scutum with short anterior tubercle..................................... 7
- Fore tibia without numerous small dark spots; scutum with or without anterior tubercle........................... … 8
7 Wing with 2 dark spots, on r-m crossvein and very small one at base of 2nd radial cell.................
S
. (
S
.)
kiefferi
Lane
- Wing with 3 dark spots, on r-m crossvein, and 2 others at base and apex of 2nd radial cell...........
S
. (
S
.)
punctulata
Lane
8 Mesonotum yellow, without anterior tubercle; wing hyaline, with distinct brown spots on r-m crossvein and at level of 2nd radial cell; legs yellow, narrow apices of hind femur and tibia brown..........................
S
. (
S
.)
coquilletti
Kieffer
- Mesonotum brown, with anterior tubercle; wing brownish, anterior margin with 2 or 3 dark spots; legs with extensive brown bands............................................................................................... 9
9 Fifth tarsomeres with ventral batonnets; wing with 3 dark spots, including 1 on apex of 2nd radial cell....
S
. (
S
.)
rabelloi
Lane
- Fifth tarsomeres without ventral batonnets; wing with 2 dark wing spots, none on apex of 2nd radial cell..
S
. (
S
.)
beckae
Wirth
10 Fifth tarsomeres with ventral batonnets................................................................... 11
-
Fifth tarsomeres without ventral batonnets.................................................................13
11 Mid femur blackish on proximal 2/3; abdomen shining black.........................
S
. (
S
.)
femoralis
Lane & Forattini
- Mid femur pale; abdomen pale green or yellowish...........................................................12
12 Femora, tibiae whitish, hind femur with faint dark apical band..................................
S
. (
S
.)
glauca
Macfie
- Femora, tibiae yellowish, hind femur with solid dark apical band...............................
S
. (
S
.)
maculata
Lane
13 Mesonotum dark brown, with large pruinose gray spots; tibiae with sub-basal pale bands..............
S
. (
S
.)
hirta
Borkent
-
Mesonotum uniform light grayish brown without spots; tibiae without bands...............
S
. (
S
.)
pallidiventris
(Malloch)
14 Wing with 1 radial cell; fifth tarsomeres with ventral batonnets; fore femur with 3–4 ventral spines..........................................................................................
S
. (
Eukraiohelea
)
elegantula
(Johannsen)
- Wing with 2 radial cells; fifth tarsomeres with or without ventral batonnets; fore femur without ventral spines...........15
15 Wing with 2 or 3 dark spots on anterior margin............................................................. 16
- Wing without dark spots...............................................................................20
16 Fore tibia with numerous small dark spots; scutum with short anterior tubercle.................................... 17
- Fore tibia without numerous dark spots; scutum with or without anterior tubercle..................................18
17 Aedeagus with an oblique pair of doubly sinuate sclerites with sickle-shaped apices; parameres with slender tapered apices that are abruptly bent ventrocephalad..........................................................
S
. (
S
.)
kiefferi
Lane
- Aedeagus with a pair of dark brown lateral sclerites with pointed tips; parameres separate with 2 elongate sclerites with sharply pointed apices that are posteriorly directed................................................
S
. (
S
.)
punctulata
Lane
18 Hind tibia with stout, black setae on dorsal surface; parameres with a pair of basolateral L-shaped sclerites.....................................................................................................
S
. (
S
.)
rabelloi
Lane
- Hind tibia without stout, black setae on dorsal surface; parameres without a pair of basolateral L-shaped sclerites........19
19 Legs yellow, narrow apices of hind femur and tibia brown; aedeagal sclerites with rounded apices...
S
. (
S
.)
coquilletti
Kieffer
- Legs dark brown, hind femur with narrow subapical lighter band; aedeagal sclerites with slender apices that are recurved 120̊, tips pointed..........................................................................
S
. (
S
.)
beckae
Wirth
20 Wing membrane with numerous macrotrichia primarily in cells r3 and m1 (
Fig. 16
)
S.
(
Acanthohelea
)..................21
- Wing membrane bare or with a few macrotrichia on only anterior margin of cell r3…
S
. (
Stilobezzia
)....................22
21 Gonocoxite with an elongate black spine on mesal margin; parameres with apices gradually narrowed to fine apical filaments that are recurved......................................................................
S.
(
A
.)
fuscula
Wirth
- Gonocoxite without an elongate black spine on mesal margin; parameres with distal portions broad, straight, apicolateral mar- gins spoon-like (
Figs. 21, 23
)...........................................................
S.
(
A
.)
spinellii
,
n. sp.
22 Abdomen with distinctive dark stripes on tergites 4–5 or single dark band on 5.................................... 23
-
Abdomen without distinctive dark markings on tergites.......................................................24
23 Aedeagus with an oblique pair of long, straight, slender, sclerotized bars..........................
S
. (
S
.)
glauca
Macfie
-
Aedeagus with oblique pair of sclerotized bars, apices gradually narrowed to a fine apical filament.....
S
. (
S
.)
maculata
Lane
24 Abdomen shining black; hind femur black........................................
S
. (
S
.)
femoralis
Lane & Forattini
-
Abdomen yellow or pale; hind femur yellow or pale brown...................................................25
25 Gonostylus tapering distally to slender pointed tip....................................
S
. (
S
.)
pallidiventris
(Malloch)
-
Gonostylus not tapered, with broad rounded apex.............................................
S
. (
S
.)
hirta
Borkent