Anacroneuria aymara : Stark 2001
Creators: name: Stark, Bill P.
name: Zúñiga, Maria del Carmen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Anacroneuria
Anacroneuria aymara

description: Key to Male Members of the <i>Anacroneuria aymara</i> Complex 1 Dorsal keel lines touch near midlength (Fig. 5) ………..……….……….………………………….… 2 1’ Dorsal keel lines completely separated throughout length (Fig. 5, Maldonado et al. 2002) ……………………………………...…………….…. 4 2 Lateral margins of aedeagus convergent from shoulders to tip (Fig. 3) …………………… <i>barinas</i> 2’ Lateral margins of aedeagus relatively straight from shoulders to tip (Fig. 17, Zúñiga &amp; Stark 2002) …………………………………………..……. 3 3 Dorsal keel lines much more widely divergent anteriorly than posteriorly; hooks subchelate; lateral margins of aedeagus slightly constricted near apex (Figs. 17-19 in Zúñiga &amp; Stark 2002) …………………………………………….….…. <i>toni</i> 3’ Dorsal keel lines diverge to a similar degree anteriorly and posteriorly; hooks slender; lateral margins of aedeagus not constricted subapically (Figs. 22 -24, Zúñga &amp; Stark 2002) …………... <i>ricki</i> 4 Lateral margins of aedeagal apex more or less parallel at least near tip (Fig. 3, Stark et al. 2012) ………………………………………………...……. 5 4’ Lateral margins of aedeagal apex convergent from shoulders to tip (Fig. 12, Stark &amp; Sivec 1998) …………………………………………………….…. 8 5 Aedeagal apex notched; keel lines curved abruptly laterad near apex (Figs. 3-5, Stark et al. 2012) ……………………………….……..…. <i>apuela</i> 5’ Aedeagal apex truncate or rounded; keel lines not curved abruptly laterad near apex (Fig. 100, Stark et al. 1999) ………………………………………... 6 6 Lateral margins of aedeagal apex parallel to slightly convergent; lateral margins relatively straight (Figs. 98-100, Stark et al. 1999) …………………..………….……………….. <i>portilla</i> 6’ Lateral margins of aedeagal apex wider subapically than at the tip; lateral margins undulant from beyond hooks (Fig. 31, Zúñiga &amp; Stark 2002) …………………………………….…. 7 7 Aedeagal tip wider than subapex; keel short, consisting of two lines (Fig. 29-31, Zúñiga &amp; Stark 2002) ………………………….………... <i>farallonensis</i> 7’ Aedeagal tip narrower than subapex; keel lines relatively long, but consisting of two obscure beaded lines (Figs. 24-26, Zúñiga et al. 2007) ……………………………….…..………..… <i>tatama</i> 8 Dorsal keel lines widely spaced and abruptly bent outward near midlength; lateral margins of aedeagal apex slightly convergent from shoulders to tip (Fig. 14, Stark &amp; Sivec 1998) …..……….….. 9 8’ Dorsal keel lines almost straight, or curved slightly outward; lateral margins of aedeagal apex distinctly convergent from shoulders to tip (Fig. 14, Zúñiga et al. 2006) ………………………….. 10 9 Aedeagal apex projecting beyond hooks in ventral aspect approximately triangular in outline, strongly convergent to tip (Fig. 14, Stark 1999) ………………………..……………..……….. <i>chaima</i> 9’ Aedeagal apex projecting beyond hooks in ventral aspect more gradually convergent with lateral margins almost parallel for part of length, and with broadly rounded apex (Figs. 12-14, Stark &amp; Sivec 1998) …………………………………. <i>aymara</i> 10 Apex of aedeagus notched; keel lines narrowly separated (Fig. 14, Zúñiga et al. 2006) ………………………….………..……..…… <i>chachis</i> 10’ Apex of aedeagus truncate or rounded; keel lines more widely separated (Figs. 35-37, Stark 2001) ……………………………………………………. 11 11 Hooks subchelate; pronotal dark pigment bands together about as wide as pale median band (Figs. 1, 3, Maldonado et al. 2002) …………..….. <i>segnini</i> 11’ Hooks slender; pronotal dark pigment bands together much narrower than pale median band (Figs. 33, 35, Stark 2001) ……..………….. <i>cotacachi</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Stark, Bill P. &amp; Zúñiga, Maria del Carmen, 2014, New Species And Records Of Colombian, Ecuadorian And Venezuelan Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae), With A Review Of The Anacroneuria Aymara Stark &amp; Sivec Complex, pp. 66-79 in Illiesia 10 (8)</i> on pages 70-71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4752749
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