Micropygomyia Coquilletimyia
Creators: name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
name: García-Torres, Carlos Roberto
name: Vásquez-Márquez, Mario
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Micropygomyia

description: Key for the identification of the species of Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) with male characters
1 Epandrial lobe as long or longer than gonocoxite............................................................. 2
- Epandrial lobe shorter than gonocoxite.................................................................... 6
2 Aedeagal ducts with the preapical portion shaped like the head of a lance, i.e., lanceolate............................ 3
- Aedeagal ducts not modified, i.e., the preapical portion simple, slender..... Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) nahua sp. nov.
3 Gonocoxite basal tuft with more than five setae; gonostyle with the two basal spines nearly at the same level; paramere strongly humpbacked basally, with the arm inflated in the apical third giving the appearance of a duck head in flight......................................................................... Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) vindicator
- Gonocoxite basal tuft with five or less setae; gonostyle with the two basal spines at different levels; paramere not strongly humpbacked basally, with the arm slender................................................................... 4
4 Aedeagal ducts with the apical filament beyond the inflated portion not longer than the inflated portion; paramere with a slim waist lacking setae................................................... Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) oppidana
- Aedeagal ducts with the apical filament beyond the inflated portion longer than the inflated portion; paramere arm with a regular width............................................................................................ 5
5 Antenna with ascoids of flagellomere II extending beyond end of flagellomere; flagellomere I about 2.2 as long as labrum; paramere with the arm longer than the humpback basal area. Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) apache - Antenna with ascoids of flagellomere II short, not reaching the end of flagellomere; flagellomere I about 1.3 as long as labrum; paramere with the
arm as long as its humpback basal area..................................... Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) vexator 6 Gonocoxite basal tuft of 4 robust setae; aedeagal ducts lanceolate........................................................................................... Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) stewarti (Mangabeira & Galindo, 1944) - Gonocoxite basal tuft with more than 4 setae; aedeagal ducts lanceolate or simple................................... 7
7 Aedeagal ducts lanceolate; gonostyle with the median spine situated in the middle between the basal and the apical pairs................................................. Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) californica (Fairchild & Hertig, 1957)
- Aedeagal ducts simple, tips not expanded; gonostyle with the median spine situated proximally to the basal pair than to the apical pair............................................. Micropygomyia (Coquilletimyia) chiapanensis (Dampf, 1947)
description: Published as part of Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, García-Torres, Carlos Roberto & Vásquez-Márquez, Mario, 2017, Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) nahua sp. nov., a new Phlebotominae sand fly from Mexico (Diptera, Psychodidae), pp. 169-180 in Zootaxa 4347 (1) on pages 177-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1044794