Revision of the Neotropical genus Goniaspis Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Author
Mlynarek, Julia J.
Author
Wheeler, Terry A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2033
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186327
0efc3f5f-dc4e-42c9-8823-960a6987d49c
1175-5326
186327
Key to described species of
Goniaspis
1. Fore coxa and all femora black; tibiae and tarsi yellow; abdomen black laterally, yellow medially
.........
G. truncata
- Legs yellow, or hind tibia with a central dark band; abdomen entirely black or yellow.............................................. 2
2. Scutum black................................................................................................................................................................. 3
- Scutum yellow .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
3. Scutellum and thoracic pleurites yellow...................................................................................................
G. s c u t e l l a r i s
- Scutellum and thoracic pleurites black ......................................................................................................................... 4
4. Frons, face and postpronotum yellow
.................................................................................................................
G. lucia
- Frons, face and postpronotum black ............................................................................................................................. 5
5. Sides of epandrium parallel in posterior view; excavated area between cerci semicircular (
Fig. 15
).............
G. opaca
- Sides of epandrium diverging ventrally in posterior view; excavated area between cerci wider than high (
Fig. 13
)....
....................................................................................................................................................................
G. obscurata
6. Frons and gena at least partly black, frontal triangle and occiput black, contrasting with yellow scutum .................. 7
- Frons, gena and most of frontal triangle yellow, occiput usually at least partly yellow (black in
G. r u b r a
)............... 8
7. Frons and gena entirely black. Abdomen yellow
...........................................................................................
G. equalis
- Frons and gena partly yellow. Abdomen black
..........................................................................................
G. versicolor
8. Occiput entirely yellow, ocellar tubercle yellow
.............................................................................................
G. lurida
- Occiput entirely or partly black, ocellar tubercle black or with a dark spot ................................................................ 9
9. Occiput yellow with 2 black lines extending posteroventrally from frontal triangle.
Hind
tibial spur apical ..............
.................................................................................................................................................................
G. subaequalis
- Occiput entirely black.
Hind
tibial spur slightly subapical
..............................................................................
G. rubra