Ptiloneuridae
Creators: name: Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva
name: García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Ptiloneuridae

description: Key to the genera of Ptiloneuridae
(Modified from García Aldrete 2006)
1. Hindwing M one-branched............................................................................. 2
-. Hindwing M two to five-branched........................................................................ 8
2. Forewing 2A joining wing margin; no crossveins between 2A and wing margin................................... 3
-. Forewing 2A joining 1A; one crossvein between 2A and wing margin; two crossveins between 1A and wing margin......................................................................................... Timnewia García Aldrete
3. Forewing areola postica high, with apex rounded............................................................. 4
-. Forewing areola postica low, very long............................................... Perucania New & Thornton
4. Labral sclerites incomplete, not reaching anterior margin of labrum.............................................. 5
-. Labral sclerites complete, reaching anterior margin of labrum.............................. Willreevesia García Aldrete
5. Forewing M three-branched, occasionally M3 forked.................................. ……………………………...6
-. Forewing M more than three-branched..................................................................... 7
6. Hypandrium formed by a central sclerite, which may bear central or lateral apophyses, with one or two smaller sclerites on each side............................................................................. Triplocania Roesler
-. Hypandrium formed by a single sclerite, with postero-lateral, slender projections................ Belicania García Aldrete
7. Forewing M four-branched............................................................. Euplocania Enderlein
-. Forewing M six-branched........................................................... Omilneura García Aldrete
8. Forewing areola postica free, high, with apex rounded........................................................ 9
-. Forewing areola postica high, rigidly triangular, joined to M by a crossvein…….................... Ptiloneuropsis Roesler
9. Forewing 2A simple, pterostigma long, smooth............................................................. 10
-. Forewing 2A with one crossvein to wing margin, pterostigma long, distinctly spurred.......... Loneuroides García Aldrete
10. Forewing M five to seven-branched; hindwing M two to five-branched.......................................... 11
-. Forewing M eight-branched; hindwing M five-branched; hypandrium a broad sclerite projected posteriorly to form a wide, almost rectangular lobe, with a dense field of setae on each postero-lateral corner; a dense field of setae on each side of central projection............................................................................ Ptiloneura Enderlein
11. Forewing M five to seven-branched; hindwing M two to five-branched; hypandrium a central sclerite with one or two smaller ones on each side; central sclerite with one central or with two lateral posterior projections; phallosome V- or Y-shaped................................................. Loneura Navás (= Brisacia Azar, Nel & Waller n. syn.; see discussion)
-. Forewing M five to six-branched; hindwing M two to four-branched; hypandrium of one sclerite, without projections. Phallo- some closed anteriorly, rounded, U-shaped, with lateral extensions of the phallobase, posterior pair of endophallic sclerites basally fused to form a V-shaped structure, each arm of the V distally forked or rounded, enclosing a membrane with numerous pores................................................................................. Brasineura n. gen.
description: Published as part of Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2015, A new genus in the family Ptiloneuridae (Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Psocomorpha: Epipsocetae) from Brazil, pp. 168-174 in Zootaxa 3914 (2) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/239856