Revision and cladistic analysis of Neotropical genus Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Author
Riccardi, Paula Raile
Author
Amorim, Dalton De Souza
text
Zootaxa
2012
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37
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214702
c82211fa-65f2-4cd3-b2c5-8bffeaa4f7d9
1175-5326
214702
Key to the species of
Psilochlorops
1. Frons brown; scutum brownish, with distinct blackish stripes (
Figs. 13, 14 and 15
), hind tibia dark..................... 2
- Frons yellow; scutum yellowish, with distinct brown stripes (
Figs. 16, 17 and 18
), hind tibia variable................... 4
2. Frontal triangle with margins at most gently curved (
Figs. 1 and 2
); interfrontals not inserted in or outside triangle; legs yellow, except hind tibia dark brown............................................................................. 3
- Frontal triangle with margins clearly sigmoid; one row of interfrontals inserted on frontal triangle (
Fig. 3
); legs yellow, except for dark femora, hind tibia almost entirely dark.....................................
Psilochlorops nigrifemur
sp. n.
3. Scutum background pale yellow (
Fig. 14
), frons brown with apex rounded and slightly projected forwards; frontal triangle brown with margins far from eyes; occiput bare (
Fig. 2
)...............................
Psilochlorops brunneus
sp. n.
- Scutum background and frons dark yellow (
Fig. 13
); frons straight and not projecting; frontal triangle dark brownish with margins almost reaching eyes; occiput with fine setulae (
Fig. 1
).............................
Psilochlorops clavitibia
Duda
4. Head rather longer than broad in dorsal view (
Fig. 5
); post–pronotum with a brown spot and three bristles; long axis of eye almost vertical; scutum twice as long as broad, lateral stripe almost separated into an anterior and a posterior separate maculae............................................................................
Psilochlorops elongatum
sp. n.
- Head broader than long in dorsal view; post–pronotum with one or two bristles; long axis of eye diagonal; scutum less than twice as long as broad, a single, elongated lateral stripe at each side.............................................. 5
5. Frontal triangle reaching anterior margin of frons (
Fig. 4
); gena and postgena of same height, about one third height of eye (
Fig. 10
)...................................................................
Psilochlorops paganelliae
sp. n.
- Frontal triangle not reaching anterior margin of frons (
Fig. 6
); gena about one fifth height of eye, postgena about 1/2 (
Fig. 12
)............................................................................
Psilochlorops flavisoma
sp. n.