Keroplatus Bosc 1792
Creators: name: Mederos, Jorge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Keroplatidae
Keroplatus

description: Key to Neotropical Keroplatus (modified from Matile, 1989):
1 Two ocelli........................................................................................... 2
- Three ocelli, the median sometimes very strongly reduced..................................................... 6
2 Sc ending at the base of Rs+M, antenna bicoloured, basal six flagellomeres yellow, remainder brown. Terminalia, Fig. 3b (Argentina).................................................................................. K. golbachi
- Sc extending to the apex of Rs+M, antenna unicoloured, at most some flagellomeres with brown on the disc............. 3
3 Ocelli twice their largest diameter from the eye margin, occiput only brownish on disk; Apical palpomere length subequal to penultimate; antennal flagellum with ventral setae; costal wing spots weak. Terminalia, Fig. 3f (Paraguay)........ K. fiebrigi
- Ocelli their own diameter distant from the eye margin; two posterior occipital spots; last palpomere much longer than penultimate; antennal flagellum without ventral setae; well-marked costal spots.......................................... 4
4 Medial costal spot encompassing the apex of Sc. Terminalia, Fig. 3i (Trinidad)......................... K. trinidadensis
- Medial costal spot not reaching Sc........................................................................ 5
5 Coxae entirely yellow; Abdominal tergites II-VI, in addition to the lateral spots, with a yellow medial sagittal line. Terminalia, Fig. 3a (Panama)............................................................................... K. caribai
- Mid and hind coxae largely stained with brown apically; Abdominal tergites II-VI with two yellow triangular spots more or less distinctly connected at the apex. Terminalia, Fig. 3h (Brazil).................................... K. ornativentris
6 Wings without spot pattern, just a slight pale yellowish tint; General body colour, yellow. Terminalia, Fig. 3g (Cuba)................................................................................................. K. maxi n. sp.
- Wings with spot pattern, general body colour yellow or not but not in the above combination......................... 7
7 First costal spot covering the apical quarter of Sc, which ends shortly after the level of the apex of Rs+M; antennal flagellum with ventral setae. Male unknown (Mexico)....................................................... K. mexicanus
- First costal spot at most encompassing the apex of Sc, which ends at the apex of Rs+M; antennal flagellum without ventral setae................................................................................................ 8
8 First costal spot encompassing Sc apex; Occiput uniformly reddish yellow; Male: abdominal tergite I entirely yellow, VII entirely brown. Terminalia, Fig. 3d (Brazil)....................................................... K. townsendi
- First costal spot not touching Sc apex; Occiput marked with brown or brownish gray; Male: abdominal tergites I and VII brown............................................................................................... 9
9 Knob of halter brown-black; Occiput largely brown; Hind coxae brown on almost the entire external surface. Terminalia, Fig. 3c (Argentina).............................................................................. K. papaveroi
- Knob of halter dark yellow; Occiput with two posterior grayish-brown spots; Hind coxae with a strong brown spot on the apical third. Terminalia, Fig. 3e (Mexico)............................................................. K. striatus
description: Published as part of Mederos, Jorge, 2018, New species of Heteropterna Skuse and Keroplatus Bosc (Diptera: Keroplatidae) become the second records of this family for Cuba, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 4461 (1) on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1459848