<!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>Leofa</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <h1>Key to the Indian species of <i>Leofa</i> (males only)</h1> <p>(Modified from the key of Viraktamath and Viraktamath (1992))</p> <p>1 Subgenital plates rounded caudally; aedeagal shaft with a caudal hood, basal process short narrower than width of the shaft.......................................................................... 2</p> <p> Subgenital plates truncate caudally; aedeagal shaft without a caudal hood, basal process long, broader than width of the shaft..................................................................................................................................... <i>Leofa truncata</i> Viraktamath and Viraktamath</p> <p>2 Apophysis of style with bilobed apex; Subgenital plate with a slightly curved sclerotized ridge reaching caudal margin; apex of aedeagal shaft with a rim................................................................................................... <i>L. neela</i> Viraktamath and Viraktamath</p> <p> Apophysis of style with rounded apex; subgenital plate with strongly angled ridge not reaching caudal apex; aedeagal shaft without an apical rim......................................... 3</p> <p>3 Apex of aedeagal shaft without a quadrate process on its caudal. margin; caudal hood of aedeagus as long as the shaft.................... <i>L. robusta</i> Viraktamath and Viraktamath</p> <p> Aedeagal shaft with a ventrally directed quadrate process on caudal margin of shaft at apex; caudal hood of aedeagus not reaching the apex of the shaft.............................. 4</p> <p>4 Aedeagal shaft robust and mushroomshaped; basal process reaching beyond midlength of shaft................................................................................. <i>L. mushroomi</i> sp.n.</p> <p> Aedeagal shaft not mushroomshaped.......................................................................... 5</p> <p>5 Aedeagus with uniform tubular shaft, caudal hood not strongly developed; gonopore asymmetrically placed on left side.............................................. <i>L. mysorensis</i> Distant</p> <p> Aedeagal shaft hoodlike with lateral lamellate expansion; caudal hood strongly developed; gonopore symmetrically placed.............. <i>L. naga</i> Viraktamath and Viraktamath</p> </body> </html>