Platyplastinx
Creators: name: Lopes, Priscila Silva
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Platyplastinx

description: Key to males of Platyplastinx
The type species, P. solox, is described only from females.
1 Cerci each with more than one elongated tenaculum, 2 to 8 times longer than the rod-like accessory tenacula............. 2
- Cerci each with only one elongated tenaculum, 2 to 8 times longer than the rod-like accessory tenacula (Figs. 6D; 8D)..... 4
2 Eye bridges contiguous; elongated tenacula numbering three, accessory tenacula numbering five..... P. sycophantos (Quate)
- Eye bridges separated; elongated tenacula numbering 12 to 15, accessory tenacula numbering 10 or 20.................. 3
3 Eye bridges separated by 1.5 facet diameters, interocular suture having inverted Y-shape; accessory tenacula numbering 20............................................................................. P. crossomiscos Quate & Brown
- Eye bridges separated by less than one facet diameter, interocular suture slightly curved; accessory tenacula numbering 10................................................................................. P. culmosus Quate & Brown
4 Cercus pyriform, wider at base, narrowing to the apex, which is tapered (Figs. 2C).................................. 5
- Cercus not pyriform, having other shapes, apex never tapered (Figs. 6D; 8C–D).................................... 8
5 Eye bridge with three facet rows; accessory tenacula numbering five........................... P. obscurus comb. nov.
- Eye bridge with four facet rows (Figs. 1A; 3A); accessory tenacula numbering 6 to 7, 9 or 16–18...................... 6
6 Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 16–18 (Fig. 4C)................................... P. duckhousei sp. nov.
- Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 6 to 9............................................................ 7
7 Eyes separated by less than one facet diameter; accessory tenacula numbering 6 to 7 (Fig. 2C)....... P. amazonensis sp. nov.
- Eyes separated by one facet diameter; cercus with 9 accessory tenacula.................... P. apodastos Quate & Brown
8 Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 14 to 15............................................ P. hirsutus sp. nov.
- Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 2 to 8............................................................ 9
9 Eye bridges contiguous; accessory tenacula numbering 4; M2 incomplete at base................. P. tango Quate & Brown
- Eye bridges separated by 0.5 facet diameters; accessory tenacula numbering 2 to 8; M2 complete, or incomplete at base.... 10
10 M2 complete; accessory tenacula numbering 2 (Fig. 6D)......................................... P. exiguus sp. nov.
- M2 incomplete; accessory tenacula numbering 3 to 8......................................................... 11
11 Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 3................................................. P. moragai (Quate)
- Cercus with accessory tenacula numbering 6 to 8............................................. P. plumaris (Quate)
description: Published as part of Lopes, Priscila Silva & Bravo, Freddy, 2015, Review of Platyplastinx Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with descriptions of four new species, pp. 583-593 in Zootaxa 4048 (4) on pages 585-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/244227