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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Key to adult
Schizonyxhelea
of Mexico
(Males of
S
.
guyana
Clastrier
and females of
S
.
zoologica
n. sp.
are unknown)
1 Males
...............................................................................................2
- Females.............................................................................................5
2 Gonostylus with several crenulations on mesal surface..........................................
S
.
zoologica
n. sp.
- Gonostylus simple, without crenulations on mesal surface.....................................................3
3 Gonostylus with basal thumb-like appendage; wing membrane without macrotrichia beyond costa to wing tip.................................................................................................
S
.
thomsenae
(Wirth)
- Gonostylus without basal thumb-like appendage; wing membrane with macrotrichia beyond costa to wing tip............ 4
4 Aedeagus with distal heavily sclerotized horn-shaped sclerite....................................
S
.
bulla
(Thomsen)
- Aedeagus without distal heavily sclerotized horn-shaped sclerite..........................
S. forattinii
Wirth & Grogan
5 Wing membrane without narrow fringe of macrotrichia beyond the costa to wing tip................
S
.
thomsenae
(Wirth)
- Wing membrane with narrow fringe of macrotrichia beyond the costa to wing tip.................................. 6
6 Wing with 2 radial cells; costa long, costal ratio 0.65; two small ovoid spermathecae.................
S
.
bulla
(Thomsen)
- Wing with 1 narrow radial cell; costa short, costal ratio 0.45–0.50; one large retort-shaped spermatheca.................7
7 Claws straight without bifid tips or hair-like basal tooth; 3rd palpal segment with only 1 capitate sensillum; costa very short, costal ratio 0.45.................................................................
S. forattinii
Wirth & Grogan
- Claws with bent bifid tips and hair-like basal tooth; 3rd palpal segment with 3 captitate sensilla; costa short, costal ratio 0.50.......................................................................................
S
.
guyana
Clastrier