Martintella Artigas

Vieira, Rodrigo, Rafael, José Albertino & Fisher, Eric M., 2014, Two new species of Martintella Artigas, 1996 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) from Costa Rica, Zootaxa 3878 (5), pp. 451-461 : 454

Key to males of Martintella Artigas

1 Aedeagus thick in lateral view. Apex of aedeagal tubes angled ventrally. Aedeagus similar to those Efferia species ( Figs. 6 , 23 , 35 )................................................................................................ 2

- Aedeagus narrowed to slender stalk in apical 2/ 3 in lateral view. Apex of aedeagal tubes straight ( Fig. 16 )...... M. elliptica

2 Epandrium with dorsal, preapical, acute projection ( Figs. 5 , 18 )................................................ 3

- Epandrium without dorsal, preapical, acute projection ( Fig. 30 )................................ M. fernandoi sp. nov.

3 Apical margin of sternite VIII more or less straight in ventral view ( Fig. 7 ); apex of gonostylus truncated ( Fig. 4 ); apex of gonocoxite digitiform, narrow ( Fig. 4 )............................................................... M. lestes

- Apical margin of sternite VIII angular in ventral view ( Fig. 24 ); apex of gonostylus rounded ( Fig. 25 ); apex of gonocoxite tri- angular and wide ( Fig. 25 )................................................................ M. aurata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. (modified from Artigas & Papavero, 1995). Martintella lestes (Williston). 1. Habitus male, lateral view; 2. Wing; 3. Male terminalia, lateral view; 4. Gonocoxite and gonostylus; 5. Male terminalia, dorsal view; 6. Aedeagus; 7. Male terminalia, ventral view. Abbreviations: aed: aedeagus; cerc: cercus; ej apod: ejaculatory apodeme; epand: epandrium; goncx: gonocoxite; gonst: gonostylus; SVIII: sternite VIII.

FIGURES 17 – 25. Martintella aurata sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 17. Habitus in lateral view; 18. Terminalia, dorsal view; 19. Wing; 20. Terminalia, lateral view; 21. Hypandrium; 22. Terminalia, ventral view; 23. Aedeagus; 24. Sternite VIII; 25. Gonocoxite and gonostylus. Abbreviations: aed: aedeagus; cer: cercus; ej apod: ejaculatory apodeme; epand: epandrium; goncx: gonocoxite; goncx apod: gonocoxal apodeme; gonst: gonostylus; hypd: hypandrium; SVIII: sternite VIII.

FIGURES 29 – 37. Martintella fernandoi sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 29. Habitus male, lateral view; 30. Male terminalia, dorsal view; 31. Wing; 32. Male terminalia, lateral view; 33. Male terminalia, ventral view; 34. Gonocoxite and gonostylus; 35. Aedeagus; 36. Sternite VIII; 37. Hypandrium. Abbreviations: aed: aedeagus; cerc: cercus; ej apod: ejaculatory apodeme; epand: epandrium; goncx: gonocoxite; goncx apod: gonocoxal apodeme; gonst: gonostylus; hypd: hypandrium; SVIII: sternite VIII.

FIGURES 8 – 16. Martintella elliptica Scarbrough. 8. Paratype ♂, habitus male, dorsal view; 9. Paratype ♂, abdomen, ventral view; 10. Paratype ♂, terminalia lateral view Figures 11 – 16 (modified from Scarbrough, 2010). 11. Wing; 12. Male terminalia, lateral view; 13. Male terminalia, dorsal view; 14. Male terminalia, ventral view; 15. Gonocoxite and gonostylus; 16. Aedeagus. Abbreviations: aed: aedeagus; cerc: cercus; ej apod: ejaculatory apodeme; epand: epandrium; goncx: gonocoxite; gonst: gonostylus.