Fulgenta
Creators: name: Macgowan, Iain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lonchaeidae
Fulgenta

description: Key to species of Fulgenta (males)
1. Basiphallus cuboidal in shape (Figs. 17 & 18)...............................................................2
- Basiphallus not cuboidal in shape (Figs. 9, 13, 22)...........................................................4
2. In posterior view, apex of each cercus divided into two distinct lobes, lateral much longer than medial (Fig. 14), basiphallus with a relatively simple, apically serrated medial process: distiphallus straight, arising basally, (Figs. 17 & 18).. F. complexa
- In posterior view apex of each cercus not divided into distinct lobes, basiphallus with spiculate projections: distiphallus sinu- ous, arising medially (Figs. 43 & 51)..................................................................... 3
3. Cerci with apices almost straight apart from a small medial process (Fig. 39). Basiphallus spiculate on anterior surface, without anteriorly directed processes (Fig. 43)............................................................. F. plumosa
- Cerci with apex curved towards a large, broad medial process (Fig. 48). Basiphallus not spiculate on anterior surface, with two anteriorly directed lateral and basal processes (Figs. 51 & 52).......................................... F. saegeri
4. Phallus a simple U-shape or J-shape without any sinuosity or internal processes (Figs. 38 & 56)...................... 5
- Phallus sinuous or angled or with medial or lateral processes................................................... 6
5. Phallus with a short, narrow apical section (Fig. 56), cerci broad, at apex each with a small medial process (Fig. 53)................................................................................................. F. sangmelima
- Phallus a simple J-shape (Fig. 38)............................................................. F. longiphallus
6. Phallus vase-shaped with a pair of small basal processes (Fig. 13), cerci broad, square ended, each with a bluntly pointed outer lobe at base. (Fig. 10).......................................................................... F. bilobata
- Phallus not vase-shaped, cerci not as above.................................................................7
7. Distiphallus with a pair of medial processes, these either rounded lobes or spine-like (Figs. 9 & 22)................... 8
- Distiphallus without such medial processes (Figs. 26 & 30).................................................. 11
8. Medial processes of distiphallus in the form of rounded lobes (Figs. 22 & 34)......................................9
- Medial processes of distiphallus spine-like (Figs. 9 & 47)..................................................... 10
9. Medial processes as long as wide (Fig. 22), basiphallus rather narrow and sinuous............................ F. excisa
- Medial processes as wider than long, basiphallus broader and straighter (Fig. 34)......................... F. longicerca
10. Distiphallus with two almost 90° bends (Fig. 47), cerci relatively broad, at apex slightly angled towards centre, extending only slightly beyond epandrium (Fig. 44). Apex of wing clear.............................................. F. pretoria
- Distiphallus sinuous and less angular with longer internal spines (Fig. 9), cerci narrow with medial apical processes, extending well beyond epandrium (Fig. 6). Apex of wing darkened. (Fig. 1)....................................... F. apicalis
11. Apical section of phallus with an almost 90° angle (Fig. 30).............................................. F. geneti
- Apical section of phallus without a 90° angle 80°, 20°........................................................12
12. Phallus C-shaped, with small lateral projections basally and apically (Fig. 26). Cerci broad, broadening steadily from base, api- cally with a small rounded process medially (Fig. 23)................................................ F. freidbergi
- Phallus J–shaped, basiphallus with a few small setulae, distiphallus long and sinuous with a small outer process (Fig. 60). Cerci broadening from base for 60% of their length then narrowing to a bluntly pointed apex (Fig. 57)........ F. setiphallus
description: Published as part of Macgowan, Iain, 2017, A new genus and species within the tribe Earomyiini (Diptera, Lonchaeidae), pp. 201-224 in Zootaxa 4216 (3) on page 206, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.231764