Udamopyga Hall 1938
Creators: name: Santos, Josenilson Rodrigues Dos
name: Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Udamopyga

description: Key to adult males and females of Udamopyga from Brazil
1. Proclinate orbital setae absent (males)..................................................................... 2
- Proclinate orbital setae present (females)................................................................... 8
2. Juxta wider than long, rounded in lateral and ventral views, with squamous ornamentation (Figs 10–11); vesica with two rounded lobes and inner ventral margin as ladle-shaped projections............ U. squamata Santos & Mello-Patiu sp. nov.
- Juxta longer than wide, rectangular or sub-rectangular in lateral view without squamous ornamentation (Figs 21, 25, 30); vesica with inner ventral margin not as ladle-shaped projections.................................................... 3
3. Three postsutural dorsocentral setae; vesica with conspicuous lateroventral spinose ornamentation and inner ventral margin as two spinose projections (Figs 21–22)......................................................... U. diversa Lopes
- Four postsutural dorsocentral setae; vesica ornamentation and inner ventral margin not as above....................... 4
4. Juxtal lobes with lateral projections (Figs 35–36, 39–40)...................................................... 5
- Juxtal lobes without lateral projections (Figs 25–26, 30–31).................................................... 6
5. Vesica rounded with a central, convex and well-delimited membranous area; juxta with latero-posterior rounded flaps (ventral view) (Figs 3, 35)....................................................................... U. percita (Lopes)
- Vesica rounded, with a poorly-delimited membranous central area; juxtal lobes with latero-anterior membranous projections (Fig. 39).............................................................................. U. provecta (Lopes)
6. Lobe-shaped arms of vesica with striated ornamentation (Figs 4–6, 44–45, 51)................... U. setigena (Enderlein)
- Lobe-shaped arms of vesica with spinose ornamentation or without ornamentation (Figs 25, 30)....................... 7
7. Distal half of cercal prong almost straight in lateral view; juxtal lobes with a concave depression on the distal margin; lobeshaped arms of vesica with spinose ornamentation (Figs 25–26, 47)............................. U. malacophila Lopes
- Distal half of cercal prong slightly curved anteriorly in lateral view; juxtal lobes with a slightly convex dilatation on the distal margin; lobe-shaped arms of vesica without ornamentation (Figs 30–31, 48)........................... U. neivai Lopes
8. T6 with a longitudinal crease along midline dorsally and roof-like appearance (Figs 53–54)........................... 9
- T6 convex along midline dorsally, without a longitudinal crease (Figs 55–56)..................................... 11
9. ST5 as long as wide (Fig. 12).......................................... U. squamata Santos & Mello-Patiu sp. nov.
- ST5 longer than wide................................................................................. 10
10. T6 yellowish-brown, with a well-marked longitudinal crease; epiproct absent (Fig. 53)............. U. malacophila Lopes
- T6 reddish-brown, with a less marked longitudinal crease; epiproct with two pairs of setae (Fig. 54)........ U. neivai Lopes
11. Three postsutural dorsocentral setae.......................................................... U. diversa Lopes
- Four postsutural dorsocentral setae....................................................................... 12
12. T6 with conspicuous golden setulae along posterior margin (Fig. 56).............................. U. provecta (Lopes)
- T6 without golden setulae along posterior margin........................................................... 13
13. T6 opening, i.e., posterior border, forming a concave curve in ventral view; epiproct absent (Fig. 55)..... U. percita (Lopes)
- T6 opening, i.e., posterior border, forming a somewhat sub-quadrangular or inverted U-shaped curve in ventral view; epiproct with two pairs of setae (Fig. 57)........................................................ U. setigena (Enderlein)
description: Published as part of Santos, Josenilson Rodrigues Dos & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes De, 2018, Review of the Brazilian species of Udamopyga Hall, 1938 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with the description of a new species and a key to males and females, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 4508 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2606826