Monohelea Kieffer 1917
Creators: name: Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza
name: Cardoso, Erick Aragão
name: Trindade, Rosimeire Lopes Da
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Monohelea

description: Key to males of the Amazonian Monohelea species
1- Legs yellow, with pattern of brown patches (Figs. 3F, 4F, 5F, 7F), paramere single (Figs. 9C, 9G, 10C) or with median process (9E)................................................................................................ 2
- Legs brown, with pattern of yellowish patches (Figs. 2E, 6E, 8D), paramere with distal process (Figs. 9A, 10A, 10E, 11A, 11C, 11G)................................................................................................ 6
2- Hind femur with brown base (Figs. 4F, 7F)................................................................. 3
- Hind femur with pale or slightly infuscated base (Figs. 3F, 5F)................................................. 4
3- Paramere with mesal process (Fig. 9E)......................................................... M. ema sp. nov.
- Paramere single (Fig. 10C)............................................................ M. patauateua sp. nov.
4- Paramere single, without mesal process, with single base (Fig. 9G)............................... M. forceps sp. nov.
- Paramere with mesal process, with trilobed base (Figs. 9C, 11E)................................................ 5
5- Paramere with stout horn-shaped mesal process, base fused (Fig. 9C)............................. M. cornuta sp. nov.
- Paramere with slender mesal process, base not fused (Fig. 11E)........................... M. maculipennis (Coquillett)
6- Aedeagus with basal arms slender, not expanded antero-posteriorly (Figs. 9B, 10F, 11H), paramere with two distal processes (Figs. 9A, 10E, 11G)................................................................................... 7
- Aedeagus with basal arms large, greatly expanded antero-posteriorly (Fig. 10B, 11B, 11D), paramere with one (Figs. 11A, 11C) or two distal processes (Fig. 10A).................................................................... 9
7- Paramere with one beak-shaped distal process and other bilobed (Fig. 11G)........ M. roraimensis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli
- Paramere distal processes not as above..................................................................... 8
8- Paramere with one hook-shaped distal process and other aculeate; paramere with ventral sclerotized structure (Fig. 10E)........................................................................................ M. visinensis sp. nov.
- Paramere with one beak-shaped distal process and other hook-shaped; paramere without ventral sclerotized structure (Fig. 9A)..................................................................................... M. barbara sp. nov.
9- Paramere with two distal hook-shaped processes (Fig. 10A).................................... M. gorayebi sp. nov.
- Paramere with one distal beak-shaped process (Figs. 11A, 11C)................................................ 10
10- Smaller species (wing length 0.87 mm); yellowish bands of femora and tibiae broad..... M. affinis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli
- Greater species (wing length 1.13 mm); yellowish bands of femora and tibiae narrow........... M. guaimiesi Lane & Wirth
description: Published as part of Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza, Cardoso, Erick Aragão & Trindade, Rosimeire Lopes Da, 2017, New species and new records of Monohelea Kieffer from eastern Amazon, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Zootaxa 4358 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1067516