Psychopsidae Tillyard 1916
Creators: name: Bakkes, Deon K.
name: Sole, Catherine L.
name: Mansell, Mervyn W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Psychopsidae

description: Key to the extant subfamilies, genera and species of Afrotropical Psychopsidae
LUCID v3 key available at keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/ v3 /Afrotropical_ Psychopsidae /.
1 Head with two cranial pulvinae (sclerites) (Fig. 3A); male sternite IX not narrow and parallel-sided (Fig 31, 42); female 9th gonocoxite lacking longitudinal row of stiff setae (Figs 14, 50); female 9th gonocoxite with stylus presenting blunt, rounded spines (Figs 14, 50); female 9th gonocoxite with suprastylar setae>50% cochleariform (Figs 14, 50); female spermatheca with broad ventral lobes in lateral view (Figs 12, 70):Zygophlebiinae................................................. 2
- Head with three cranial pulvinae (sclerites) (Fig. 3B); sternite IX narrow and parallel-sided in male terminalia (Fig. 120); female 9th gonocoxite presenting longitudinal row of stiff setae (Figs 97, 110); female 9th gonocoxite with stylus presenting long, sharp spines (Figs 97, 110); female 9th gonocoxite with suprastylar setae <50% cochleariform (Fig. 97); female spermatheca with narrow, finger-like ventral lobes in lateral view (Fig. 95): Silveirainae subfam. nov.: Silveira ................... 7
2 Wings white, patterned variously with brown, black and yellowish spots (Fig. 5); pronotal pattern of anteriorly directed white trident shape with middle and two side stripes (Fig. 6); male mediuncus hooked in lateral view (Fig. 8); female copulatory fovea rounded and oval shaped in ventral view (Fig. 13), internal and backward-directed hook shaped in lateral view (Fig. 22); female bursa without corniform diverticula, one pair of glandulae accessoriae present (Fig. 23): Cabralis ................ 3
- Wings hyaline-yellow, patterned with regular or irregular brown transverse bars, either appearing mottled or striped, becoming more indistinct distally (Figs 38, 52); hind wing apex with a small dark brown macula on crossveins that close the vena triplica distally (Figs 38, 52); pronotal pattern indistinct, not as in Cabralis (Figs 39, 53); variably recurved male mediuncus in lateral view (Figs 41, 55, 66); male 9th gonocoxite bearing large, setose, rounded lobes dorsally (Figs 43, 55); female copulatory fovea with central projection (mid-sagittal carina) present (length varies by species) (Figs 46, 61, 72); female bursa with corniform diverticula present and with two pairs of glandulae accessoriae (one pair in Z. pseudosilveira) (Fig. 71): Zygophlebius. 5
3 Forewing spots relatively small and weak, imparting a less prominent appearance to wing markings (Fig. 16); pronotum with anteriorly-directed white trident pattern having distinct widening of middle stripe (Fig. 17); generally light body colour (Fig. 16); male mediuncus curved, thick and with smooth margin in lateral view (Fig. 19):.............. Cabralis pallidus n. sp.
- Forewing spots relatively large and strong, imparting a prominent appearance to wing markings (Figs 5, 27); pronotal pattern of anteriorly-directed white trident shape with distinct widening or black spot on middle stripe (Figs 6, 28); generally dark body colour (Figs 5, 27); male mediuncus thin with smooth margin in lateral view (Fig. 8), or thick with undulating margin in lateral view (Fig. 30):.................................................................................. 4
4 Pronotum with anteriorly-directed white trident pattern having minor thickening on middle stripe (Fig. 6); male mediuncus thin with smooth margin in lateral view (Fig. 8):............................................... Cabralis gloriosus
- Pronotum with anteriorly-directed white trident pattern having black spot on middle stripe (Fig. 28); male mediuncus thick with undulating margin in lateral view (Fig. 30):....................................... Cabralis zambeziensis n. sp.
5 Forewing hyaline with dark brown maculations, irregularly or transversely barred proximally, grading to finely irrorate or indistinct distally (Fig. 52); male mediuncus weakly recurved (Fig. 55); male mediuncus with a pair of subapical setal tufts laterally (Fig. 58); male gonarcus lacking extra-hemigonarcal process; female copulatory fovea large and spheroidal; female sternite VII with sagittal carina incipient (Fig. 61):........................................ Zygophlebius pseudosilveira
- Forewing hyaline-yellowish with patterning light brown and non-irrorate, resembling stripes, sometimes nearly indistinct (Fig. 38); male mediuncus strongly recurved, entire distal portion or only apical portion recurved (Figs 41, 66); male mediuncus lacking pair of sub-apical setal tufts laterally; male gonarcus with extra-hemigonarcal processes (Figs 41, 66); female copulatory fovea non-spheroidal; female sternite VII with sagittal carina prominent (Figs 47, 74)............................ 6
6 Male mediuncus strongly recurved in apical portion only (Fig. 66); female copulatory fovea non-spheroidal, sagittal carina short (Fig 74):......................................................................... Zygophlebius zebra
- Male mediuncus strongly recurved in the entire distal portion (Fig. 41); female fovea non-spheroidal, sagittal carina long (Fig. 47):...............................................................................Z ygophlebius leoninus
7 Male ectoproct with ventral margin straight, lacking an inwardly-directed dilatation (Fig. 80); male mediuncus dorsoventrally flattened and broad in dorsal view (Fig. 81); male mediuncus without dorsolateral lobes at proximal end (Fig. 79); female ster-
nite VII with furrow-like copulatory fovea, without dividing ridge at its anterior end (Fig. 84):............ Silveira jordani - Male ectoproct with an inwardly-directed dilatation on ventral margin (either long and truncate, or broadly angular) (Figs 90, 101); male mediuncus not dorsoventrally flattened, spine-like in dorsal view (Figs 89, 102); male mediuncus with large dorsolateral lobes at proximal end (Figs 89, 102); female sternite VII with pit-like copulatory fovea, shape chordate in ventral view, and with narrow or wide dividing ridge at its anterior margin (Figs 95, 107, 122):................................... 8
8 Forewing patterned with reddish mottling, body reddish brown (Fig. 97); male ectoproct with inwardly-directed dilatation of ventral margin broadly angular in shape (Fig. 101); male mediuncus not dorsoventrally flattened, thick spine-like (Fig. 102); male mediuncus with dorsolateral lobes not narrowing posteriorly (Fig. 102); female copulatory fovea broadly chordate, with incipient and narrow dividing ridge placed anteriorly (imparting a bilobed appearance in ventral view) (Fig. 107):.................................................................................................... Silveira rufus
- Forewing patterned with dark brown, interspersed with grey mottling, body dark brown (Figs 86, 112); male ectoproct with inwardly directed dilatation of ventral margin either long and truncate, or broadly angular (Figs 90, 116); male mediuncus not dorsoventrally flattened, instead spine-like, thin or moderate thickness (Figs 89, 115); male mediuncus with dorsolateral lobes broad proximally, narrowing posteriorly (Figs 91, 117); female copulatory fovea broadly chordate, with a wide dividing ridge placed anteriorly (Figs 95, 122):.......................................................................... 9
9 Male ectoproct with ventral margin presenting inwardly directed dilatation that is abruptly protruding, long and truncate (Fig. 90); male mediuncus spine-like, moderately thick (Fig. 91); female spermatheca with ventral, slender, finger-like process arising close to apex (Fig. 92); female copulatory fovea with shallowly produced dividing ridge on anterior margin (Fig. 95):........................................................................................... Silveira occultus
- Male ectoproct with ventral margin presenting inwardly directed dilatation gently protruding and broadly angular (Fig. 118); male mediuncus spine-like, thin (Figs 117); female spermatheca with slender, finger-like process arising near midway (Fig. 121); female copulatory fovea with deeply produced dividing ridge on anterior margin (Fig. 122):........ Silveira marshalli
description: Published as part of Bakkes, Deon K., Sole, Catherine L. & Mansell, Mervyn W., 2017, Revision of Afrotropical Silky Lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae), pp. 151-212 in Zootaxa 4362 (2) on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1083970