Revision of the Neotropical genus Marbenia Malloch (Diptera: Periscelididae)
Author
Ale-Rocha, Rosaly
Author
Freitas, Geovânia
Author
Mathis, Wayne N.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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365
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.3
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1175-5326
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Key to the species of
Marbenia
Malloch
1. Frons brown or pale brown with lateral margins yellow; face brown with small yellow spots (
Fig. 17
); wing predominantly brown, with basal 1/3 yellowish and 2 hyaline spots in the brownish portion (
Fig. 19
).........
Marbenia peculiaris
Malloch
- Frons entirely yellow; face pale brown or yellow (
Figs 2
,
9
); wing yellowish tinged with apical, posterior margin and a transverse band gray (
Figs 4
,
11
)............................................................................. 2
2. Scutum covered with sparse pale gray pruinescence (
Fig. 3
); face pale brown, lacking spots, with 1 transversal furrow (
Fig. 2
); gena and postgena brown; abdomen brown............................................
Marbenia cinerea
,
sp. nov.
- Scutum covered by dense golden pruinescence (
Fig. 10
); face yellow with lateral margins darkened on upper half, with 2 deep transversal furrows (
Fig. 9
); gena and postgena yellow; abdomen pale brown.................
Marbenia pallida
,
sp. nov.