Amazunculus Rafael 1986
Creators: name: Marques, Dayse W. A.
name: Skevington, Jeffrey H.
name: Rafael, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Pipunculidae
Amazunculus

description: Key to the Amazunculus species
1 All legs yellow (Fig. 93); syntergosternite 8 without membranous area (Fig. 99).............. A. duckei Galinkin & Rafael
- All legs mostly dark brown to black (c.f. Figs 1, 46); syntergosternite 8 with membranous area (c.f. Figs 7, 37)........... 2
2 Apex of phallic guide trifid (Fig. 43)........................................................ A. bethoi sp. nov.
- Apex of phallic guide simple (c.f. Figs 13, 27)............................................................... 3
3 Apex of phallus without lateral apical projections (Fig. 149).................................. A. panamensis sp. nov.
- Apex of phallus with lateral apical projections (c.f. Figs 15, 28)................................................ 4
4 Apex of phallus elongated, ending well beyond the two desclerotized apical projections and with small spiniform projections on the medial surface (Figs 28, 29)............................................................. A. besti Rafael
- Apex of phallus shortened, with sclerotized apical projections (c.f. Figs 15, 59, 75)................................. 5
5 Surstyli not elongated ventrally when seen in lateral view (c.f. Figs 132, 175)...................................... 6
- Surstyli elongated ventrally when seen in lateral view (c.f. Figs 10, 55, 161)....................................... 7
6 Surstyli almost as long as epandrium (Fig. 131); with apex somewhat rounded in lateral view (Figs 132, 133)................................................................................................ A. manauara sp. nov.
- Surstyli much shorter than epandrium (Fig. 174); with apex distinctly acute in lateral view (Figs 175, 176)................................................................................................... A. psilalarius sp. nov.
7 Cerci distinctly arched (Fig. 70); phallic guide with a distinct expansion at apex (Fig. 74); phallus with two large somewhat rounded projections apically when seen in lateral view (Figs 75, 76)................... A. cordigaster Galinkin & Rafael
- Cerci only slightly arched (Figs 9, 85); phallic guide simple without apical expansion; phallus with two narrow and pointed projections apically (c.f. Figs 15, 166)..................................................................... 8
8 Phallic guide with base distinctly expanded dorsally when seen in lateral view with apex elongated (Fig. 165)................................................................................................ A. platypodus (Hardy)
- Phallic guide without distinct dorsal expansion and with short apex when seen in lateral view (c.f. Fig. 15)............... 9
9 Syntergosternite 8 with very small membranous area (Fig. 114); surstyli distinctly wider ventrally when seen in lateral view (Figs 117, 118)......................................................................... A. francyae sp. nov.
- Syntergosternite 8 with relatively large membranous area (Figs 7, 84); surstyli subequal dorsally and ventrally or wider dorsally than ventrally when seen in lateral view (c.f. Figs 10, 86)................................................. 10
10 Surstyli when seen in lateral view wider dorsally than ventrally, distinctly projected ventrally towards epandrium (Figs 86, 87); phallic guide elongated, somewhat conical in dorsal and ventral views (Figs 88, 89)...... A. deargentatus Galinkin & Rafael
- Surstyli when seen in lateral view subequal in width dorsally and ventrally, not projected towards epandrium (Figs 10, 55); phallic guide relatively short (Figs 15, 59)................................................................. 11
11 Phallic guide subparallel-sided when seen in ventral view (Fig. 13); nearly straight in lateral view, without subapical concavity (Fig. 15)............................................................................. A. acreanus sp. nov.
- Phallic guide sinuous in ventral view (Fig. 58), with a pronounced subapical concavity in lateral view (Fig. 59)......................................................................................... A. claripennis Rafael & Rosa
description: Published as part of Marques, Dayse W. A., Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Rafael, José A., 2019, Revision of the genus Amazunculus Rafael (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with description of six new species, pp. 439-472 in Zootaxa 4577 (3) on pages 441-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2632241