New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae
Author
Curler, Gregory R.
Author
Jacobson, Amanda J.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3552
43
65
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282855
619f061a-a521-43f2-8874-6160a49d4acd
1175-5326
282855
Key to males of
Sycorax
species known to occur in
New Caledonia
1. Parameres with medial processes (
Figs. 19
,
26
); aedeagus with apices acuminate.................................... (
Figs. 20
,
27
), without lateral dentation.................................................................... 2
- Parameres without medial processes (
Figs. 16
,
32
,
40
); aedeagus with apices....................................... triangular (
Fig. 17
) or with lateral dentation (
Figs. 33
,
41
).................................................... 3
2(1). Parameres with medial process smoothly arcuate, dorsomedial process elongate, extending beyond aedeagus, swollen at midlength (
Fig. 26
)...........................................................................
S. spina
sp. nov.
- Parameres with medial processes sinuous, dorsomedial process short, not extending beyond aedeagus (
Fig. 19
)..................................................................................................
S. sinuosa
sp. nov.
3(1). Aedeagus with apices curved laterally, with one or more lateral dentes (
Figs. 33
,
41
)................................ 4
- Aedeagus with apices triangular, without lateral dentes (
Fig. 17
); parameres with dorsomedial process bipartite, with dorsal part digitiform, ventral part bifurcate at apex (
Fig. 16
)............................................
S. furca
sp. nov.
4(3). Apices of aedeagus each with three lateral dentes (
Fig. 33
); parameres with dorsomedial process capitate, with bulbous apex (
Fig. 32
).............................................................................
S. tridentata
sp. nov.
- Apices of aedeagus each with two lateral dentes (
Fig. 41
); parameres with dorsomedial process digitiform, without bulbous apex (
Fig. 40
)...........................................................................
S. webbi
sp. nov.