<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Bentrovata Richards 1973</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <h1>KEY TO THE KNOWN SPECIES OF <i>BENTROVATA</i> RICHARDS, 1973</h1> <p>1. Frons without longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite unarranged (Figs 21–22). Pseudocerci large (Fig. 23). Female spermathecae long ovoid (Fig. 28), its neck without warts. Thorax contrastingly yellow. <b>B. flavithorax</b> sp. n.</p> <p>– Frons with 5 longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite in 1 row (Figs 31–32). Pseudocerci small (Fig. 47) or indistinct (Fig. 33). Female spermathecae pear-shaped (Figs 39–40, 53) 2</p> <p>2. Body smaller, 1.55 mm. Male pseudocerci indistinct (Fig. 33). The black peg of surstylus comparatively short (Figs 34–35). Ventro-medial process of synsternite with 16 (8+8) pegs (Figs 31–32). Female unknown <b>B. minor</b> sp. n.</p> <p>– Body larger (1.60 mm or more). Male pseudocerci small (Fig. 47). The blunt peg of surstylus extremely long (Figs 49–50). Ventro-medial process of synsternite with long, blunt, black pegs in 1 row, with 20 (10+10) pegs (Figs 44–45) 3</p> <p>3. Thorax dark brown. Legs predominantly dark brown. Neck of spermathecae with numerous warts (Figs 39–40). Male unknown <b>B. nigrithorax</b> L. Papp et Szappanos, sp. n.</p> <p>– Thorax contrastingly yellow. Legs predominantly yellow. Neck of spermathecae without warts or they are indistinct (Fig. 53) <i>B. regalis</i> Richards <b>*</b></p> </body> </html>