Diplonevra
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Key to Males of Central American Diplonevra
1 Hind tibia with 3–5 anterodorsal setae; with 1 long, extremely thick, most posteroventral seta on right side of epandrium (Figs. 20, 22) ....................................................... 2
Hind tibia without anterodorsal setae; epandrium without such thickened seta (Figs. 21, 23–25) ..................................................................................................................... 3
2 Ventrobasal region of posterior face of hind femur with many short, thick setae (Fig. 1); forelegs and halter dark brown; palpus brown....................... D. ereba new species
Ventrobasal region of posterior face of hind femur with several thin setae (Fig. 3); forelegs yellow; halter yellow; palpus orange......................... D. goliatha new species
3 Posterior face of hind trochanter with several short, thick setae (Figs. 4, 12); base of posterior face of hind femur with relatively long setae (Figs. ##); posterior margin of right side of epandrium with long, subequal posteroventral setae (Figs. 23, 25)....... 4
Posterior face of hind trochanter lacking short, thick setae (Figs. 2, 5, 7, 9, 10) except for 1–3 longer setae ventrally; base of posterior face of hind femur with relatively short setae (e.g. Figs. 5, 7); posterior margin of right side of epandrium with shorter setae ...................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Ventrobasal region of posterior face of hind femur with process containing 3 long, thick setae and several shorter setae (Fig. 4); costal sector 2 much longer than 3 (mean costal sector ratio 5.7:2.3:1.0) (Fig. 17) ............................. D. hypermeka new species
Ventrobasal region of posterior face of hind femur with process containing two thick setae and one much thinner seta at apex (Fig. 12); costal sector 2 subequal in length to sector 3 (mean costal sector ratio 3.3:1.1:1.0) (Fig. 19).... D. truncatiseta new species
5 Cercus yellow, rarely yellowishbrown; ventral region of posterior face of hind trochanter with 2 (rarely 3) long, thick setae (Fig. 9) and dense, extremely fine setae
present in lateral region (Fig. 5, ls) .. .......................................... D. setigera (Malloch) At least basal twothirds of cercus dark brown; ventral region of posterior face of hind trochanter with 1 long, thick seta (Fig. 2) and lacking setae in lateral region ................ ................................................................................................... D. gnoma new species
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- Arthropoda
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- Diptera
- Family
- Phoridae
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- Diplonevra
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