Ommatius lucidatus Scarbrough 1997
Creators: name: Scarbrough, Aubrey G.
name: Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Ommatius
Ommatius lucidatus

description: Key to the known species of the Ommatius lucidatus species group from Hispaniola   
 1. Anepisternum with stout bristles; prosternum yellow; cell m 3 long, cu-m basally (Figs. 45, 46, 51); ocellar tubercle narrow, 1/4 or 1/3 longer than wide; fore femur (♂) wider than hind femur vertically; body> 12 mm..................................................................... 2   
 - Anepimeron without stout bristles thin, if present seta-like; prosternum usually black; cell m 3 short, petiolate basally (Figs. 48–50); ocellar tubercle about as wide as long; fore femur narrow (♂), about as wide as hind femur vertically; body <12 mm.......... 4   
 2. Palpus brown, proboscis entirely dark, narrow base yellowish-brown ventrally; hind basotarsomere black; fore femur (♂) with wide, scar-like, vertical groove posteriorly; hind tibia black, clavate (♂), apex twice as wide as base; hind basotarsomere (♂) with 3, black, blunt-tipped bristles apically; tergites 2–6 with abundant, erect, yellow bristles laterally (♂); sternite 6 with dense mass of long thin bristles (Fig. 53), sternites otherwise with simple vestiture; sternite 8 strongly produced; wing (♂) and terminalia as in Figs. 46, 59–66 ............................................................................ geminus sp. nov.   
- Palpus at least partly yellow; narrow base of proboscis yellow ventrally; fore femur (♂) without wide scar-like, vertical groove posteriorly; hind tibia slender, only slightly wider apically than basally; hind basotarsomere and abdomen without combination of characters above........................................................................................................... 3  
 3. Palpus yellowish apically; hind tibia partially brown, basal 1/3 and apical 1/4 yellow; cell r 4 at apex of cell d, m 1 unusually short, cells d and m 3 unusually long, opaque (♂) (Fig. 51); fore tibia with several short, spur-like bristles laterally, long bristles absent; hind basotarsomere with capitate bristle apically; sternites 4–7 with abundant, long thin bristles, sometimes forming dense masses, and flat, apically angled, bristles (Fig. 58); terminalia as in Figs. 83–90 ..................................................... praelongus sp. nov.   
 - Palpus entirely yellow; hind tibiae mostly dark, base yellowish posteriorly; costal cell entirely and apical 1/3 of wing brownish, base of cell r 4 beyond apex of cell d, cells m 1, d, and m 3 not unusually short or long (Fig. 45); fore tibia with long bristles laterally, sometimes twisted (♂); hind basal tarsomere without capitate bristle apically; sternite 6 with dense mass of short capitate bristles medially and long, thin, brown bristles in apical corner, apex flat, wider than base, notched (Fig. 52) ............ elusivus Scarbrough   
 4. Palpus brown setose; metacoxa entirely and hind basotarsomere partly yellow basally; tergites densely yellowish tomentose; fore femur (♂) swollen with wide, shallow, vertical groove posteriorly, dorsal row of bristles pale, flat basally; middle femur with wide, shallow, vertical groove anteriorly; sternite 6 (♂) with thin, brown, pencil-like and short, yellow, mushroom-like bristles (Fig. 54); terminalia (♂) yellow or brownish-yellow; fore femur (♀) yellow posteriorly, narrow apex sometimes blackish, fore coxa black anteriorly, yellow posteriorly… .................................... inflatus Scarbrough   
- Palpus pale setose; metacoxa partly and hind basotarsomere dark; tergites mostly sparsely tomentose, mostly subshiny or shiny, if tomentum dense then limited to basal 3 tergites; fore and middle femora (♂) without shallow vertical grooves; sternite 6 (♂) without combination of characters above; terminalia (♂) black; fore femur (♀) in part black posteriorly, fore coxa variable............................................................................. 5  
 5. Anepisternum entirely tomentose; wings hyaline; fore coxae usually yellow [lucidatus sometimes blackish]; middle femur (♂) with 4–5 unusually long, thick, posteroventral bristles; fore tibia sometimes with fringe of thin setae laterally; hind basotarsomere blackish; apical corners of sternite 5 (♂) with sparse, black, hooked bristles.............. 6   
 - Anepisternum partly atomentose with black oval spot; wings blackish apically; middle femur of male with only thin posteroventral bristles; fore tibia with fringe of thin setae laterally; fore coxa black; hind basotarsomere yellowish-red; sternite 6 (♂) with abundant bristles laterally, those apically contrastingly long and stout (Fig. 57); terminalia as in Figs. 75–82 .............................................................................. maculosus sp. nov.   
 6. Fore and middle femora mostly yellow, apical 1/3 diagionally black; fore coxa usually black, sometimes partly yellow anteriorly, prosternum black; middle femur (♂) with long, stout bristles ventrally; sternite 7 (♂) with narrow, apically angled, cluster of compressed bristles arising from raised medioapical tubercle, sternites 4–5 with long bristles laterally, usually pale yellow (Fig. 56) ............................. lucidatus Scarbrough   
- Fore and middle femora anteriorly and apical 1/3 posteriorly black; fore coxa and prosternum yellow; middle femora with or without stout bristles ventrally................. 7  
 7. Tarsi black, at most basotarsomere of fore and middle tarsi yellow; middle femur (♂) with long, stout bristles and numerous, black, spur-like bristles ventrally; fore tibia (♂) with sparse long setae; hind tibia as wide as hind femur in lateral view; apical margin of sternites 6–7 (♂) strongly produced and with abundant bristles (Fig. 55); epandrium emarginate ventroapically; terminalia as in Figs. 67–74) ..................... laticrus sp. nov.   
 - Fore tarsus with basal two tarsomeres and middle tarsus with all tarsomeres yellow, narrow apices black; middle femur (♂) with only thin, short bristles ventrally, spurlike bristles absent; fore tibiae (♂) with fringe of mumerous long, wavy black and yellow setae; hind tibia narrow, less than 2/3 as wide as hind femur; apical margin of sternites 6–7 (♂) normal, not strongly produced or with abundant bristles; epandrium angular apically, without an emargination................................. flavescens Scarbrough
description: Published as part of Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 1381 on pages 70-72