Blepharicera

Key to males of Blepharicera from China (Lacking of B. uenoi Kitakami) 1. Ventral lobe of outer gonostylus broadened apically, membranous and glabrous (Kitakami, 1937: figs 7, 8).... B. taiwanica - Ventral lobe of outer gonostylus not broadened apically, narrow apically and sclerotized (Figs 3, 4, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24)................................................................................................... 2 2. Upper division of eyes large, at least 1 / 2 the size of lower division (Figs 12, 21)................................... 3 - Upper division of eyes small, at most 1 / 10 the size of lower division (Figs 1, 6, 16)................................. 4 3. Rs slightly curved medially, a little longer than r-m; eEpandrium rectangular, posterior margin not round; hypandrium triangu- lar in dorsal view, forming a elliptic sclerite in lateral view (Figs 22, 23, 24, 25)......................... B. macropyga - Rs straight, as long as r-m; epandrium semicircular, posterior margin rounded; hypandrium trapezoidal in dorsal view, not forming a elliptic sclerite in lateral view (Figs 13, 14, 15).................................... B. hainanensis sp. nov. 4. Outer gonostylus swollen and slightly notched apically in lateral view (Figs 3, 4, 18, 19)............................. 5 - Outer gonostylus bilobate and strongly notched apically in lateral view (Figs 8, 9)....................... B. dimorphops 5. Each lobe of cercus tapered apically (Fig 3)......................................................... B. asiatica - Each lobe of cercus round apically (Figs 18, 19)............................................................ 6 6. Last flagellomere subequal in length to penultimate flagellomere; posterior margin of epandrium concave medially, V-shaped; cercal lobes conical, round apically (Figs 16, 18, 19)......................................... B. hebeiensis sp. nov. - Last flagellomere 1.5 times as long as penultimate flagellomere; posterior margin of epandrium truncate; cercal lobes semicir- cular (Kiakami 1950: fig 47)................................................................... B. yamasalii
Published as part of Kang, Zehui & Yang, Ding, 2014, Species of Blepharicera Macquart from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Blephariceridae), pp. 421-434 in Zootaxa 3866 (3) on page 422, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/226444
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