Pazius
Creators: name: Ascuntar-Osnas, Oscar
name: Domínguez, Diana Torres
name: Ulloa, Patricia Chacón De
name: Machado, Renato Jose Pires
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mecoptera
Bittacidae
Pazius

description: Identification key for males of Pazius spp.
(Adapted from Byers, 1977)
1 Aedeagus with a bifurcated ventral projection basally (Fig. 5: A, E and G) “ furcatus group ”.......................... 2
- Aedeagus without a bifurcated ventral projection basally (Figs. 6 A, B and 7A, C)................................. 5
2 Aedeagus with a ventral process over the bifurcated projection (Figs. 5 A, C)..................................... 3
- Aedeagus without a ventral process over the bifurcated projection (Figs. 5 E, G).................................... 4
3 Epandrial appendix in dorsal view with large spines posteriorly (Fig. 5 D, arrow) (Brazil)................. P. ornaticaudus
- Epandrial appendix in dorsal view without large spines posteriorly, ventral process as in Fig. 5 B (Brazil, Colombia).................................................................................................. .. P. cinctipes
4 Ventral process of the epandrial appendix bifurcated and placed around the longitudinal middle of the lobe in dorsal view; branches with different lengths (Fig. 5 F) (Panama)..................................................... P. flinti
- Ventral process of the epandrial appendix bifurcated and placed on the posterior margin of the lobe in dorsal view; branches with similar lengths (Fig. 5 H) (Venezuela)........................................................ P. furcatus
5 Epandrial appendix in lateral view not convex (Fig. 6 A, B) “ gracilis group ”...................................... 6
- Epandrial appendix in lateral view convex (Fig. 4 A, 7A, C) “ obtusus group ”...................................... 7
6 Epandrial appendix in lateral view with acute apex and directed upwards (Fig. 6 A) (Peru)..................... P. gracilis
- Epandrial appendix in lateral view without apex directed upwards (Fig. 6 B), in dorsal view with wide and black spines on the mesal surface (Fig. 6 C) (Ecuador).............................................................. P. pectinatus
7 Epandrial appendix with short spines on the dorsal margin (Figs. 4 A, 7C)......................................... 8
- Epandrial appendix without short spines on the dorsal margin, with ventral process as in Fig. 7 B (Panama, Costa Rica)................................................................................................. ... P. obtusus
8 Epandrial lobe ventral margin with a medial projection, basistylus hexagon-shaped (Fig. 4 A); ventral process as in Fig. 4 C; short branch with spine truncated (Fig. 4 C) (Colombia)...................................... P. gorgonensis n. sp.
- Epandrial lobe ventral margin without a medial projection, basistylus squared-shaped (Fig. 7 C); ventral process as in Fig. 7 D; short branch with spine long and acute (Panama).................................................... P. spinosus
description: Published as part of Ascuntar-Osnas, Oscar, Domínguez, Diana Torres, Ulloa, Patricia Chacón De & Machado, Renato Jose Pires, 2016, First record of the order Mecoptera (Insecta) for the Gorgona Island (Colombia), with the description of a new species, pp. 271-279 in Zootaxa 4097 (2) on pages 277-278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/257146