Telmatoscopus Bravo, Souza, Santos & Ferreira, 2011, s. l.
Creators: name: Bravo, Freddy
name: Souza, Isys
name: Santos, Claudiney Biral Dos
name: Ferreira, Adelson Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Telmatoscopus

description: Key to males of Neotropical Telmatoscopus s. l.
1. Cercus with 4–5 tenacula.............................................................................. 2
- Cercus with more than 5 tenacula......................................................................... 5
2. Sc enlarged apically and CuA enlarged near center........................................................... 3
- Sc and CuA not enlarged, uniformly wide................... Telmatoscopus caribicus Wagner (Saint Vincent, Caribbean)
3. Gonocoxal apodemes extended posteriorly to midline with cluster of 4 non-deciduous spines on metabasal angle and addi- tional 2 further distad.......................................................... T. clavatus Quate (Costa Rica)
- Gonocoxal apodemes without posterior extension or, if extended posteriorly, never with spines....................... 4
4. R2 enlarged at base; eye bridge separated by 1 facet diameter. Telmatoscopus brevicolis Bravo & Souza (Brazil, Amazonian)
- R2 not enlarged; eye bridge separated by 2 facet diameters................ Telmatoscopus mergacolis Quate (Costa Rica)
5. Hypandrium hemicircular with dorsal micropilosity; cercus with 18 tenacula......................................................................... Telmatoscopus micropilosus Bravo & Santos, sp. nov. (Brazil, Espírito Santo State)
- Hypandrium never hemicircular, strip-like, H-shaped or apically wide and never with dorsal micropilosity; cercus with 7–15 tenacula............................................................................................. 6
6. Cercus with 7–9 tenacula; membranous area above aedeagus, plate-like, dorsally and apically with a patch of spicules (or with small hairs according Wagner 1999)..................................................................... 7
- Cercus with 14–15 tenacula; membranous area above aedeagus never with spicules or small hairs..................... 8
7. Eye bridge separated by 3.5 facet diameters; aedeagal apodeme smaller than gonogoxite, plate-like; aedeagus simple.............................................................. Telmatoscopus thompsoni Wagner (Dominican Republic)
- Eye bridge separated by 1.7 facet diameter; aedeagal apodeme bigger than gonocoxite; racket shape; aedeagus with small spine-like protuberances..................... Telmatoscopus paranaensis Bravo & Souza, sp. nov. (Brazil, Paraná State)
8. Cercus with 14 tenacula................. Telmatoscopus capixaba Bravo & Santos, sp. nov. (Brazil, Espírito Santo State)
- Cercus with 15 tenacula........................................................ T. congruus Quate (Costa Rica)
description: Published as part of Bravo, Freddy, Souza, Isys, Santos, Claudiney Biral Dos & Ferreira, Adelson Luiz, 2011, Three new species of Telmatoscopus Eaton, 1904 (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Brazil, pp. 34-40 in Zootaxa 2802 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201556