Lauxaniidae

Soares, Matheus M. M., Gaimari, Stephen D., Corrêa-Neto, José De J., Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco & Rafael, José A., 2024, Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Lauxaniidae (Diptera), Zootaxa 5537 (1), pp. 1-23 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91F512AE-5BAC-458D-992D-DF4EAF055183
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14261634
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0DE22-FFAC-3238-8FDC-FA11FA12A4EE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Lauxaniidae
status

Treatment

Key to Lauxaniidae View in CoL View at ENA from the oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha

1 Anterior fronto-orbital seta reclinate ( Figs. 5C, D View FIGURE 5 , 7C, D View FIGURE 7 ); ocellar triangle not strongly contrasting with remainder of frons ( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ); postsutural intra-alar seta present ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); 2 katepisternal setae ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 , 7A View FIGURE 7 ); epandrium with dorsal rectangular brown spot ( Figs. 5G View FIGURE 5 , 6A View FIGURE 6 , 7G View FIGURE 7 , 8A View FIGURE 8 )....................................................................... 2

- Anterior fronto-orbital seta inclinate ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 3C View FIGURE 3 ); ocellar triangle surrounded by dark brown patch contrasting with otherwise orange frons ( Figs. 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3C View FIGURE 3 ); postsutural intra-alar seta absent ( Figs. 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3E View FIGURE 3 ); 1 katepisternal seta ( Figs. 1A View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ); epandrium homogeneously yellow to pale yellow ( Figs. 1G View FIGURE 1 , 2A–C View FIGURE 2 , 3G View FIGURE 3 , 4A, B View FIGURE 4 )............................................. 3

2 Face yellow with an oval dark brown spot at middle of lower margin ( Fig. 7C View FIGURE 7 ); thorax with dorsocentral and supra-alar brown stripes ( Fig. 7E View FIGURE 7 ); anterior margin of wing dark brown ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 ).............. Poecilominettia octovittata ( Williston, 1896) View in CoL

- Face homogeneously brownish ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ); thorax homogenously brownish ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); wing wholly hyaline ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 )................................................................... Poecilominettia erebus Soares & Gaimari , sp. nov.

3 First-flagellomere elongated, about 8X longer than high ( Fig. 3A, B, D View FIGURE 3 ); face yellow with median rounded dark brown spot ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); surstylus elongated, about 4X longer than wide, somewhat finger-shaped ( Fig. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 )........................................................................................... Pachyopella flavida ( Wiedemann, 1824) View in CoL

- First flagellomere short, about 2.5X longer than high ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); face homogeneously yellow ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ); surstylus somewhat oval, 1.5X longer than wide at widest point, with pointed apex ( Fig. 2A–C View FIGURE 2 )... Camptoprosopella equatorialis Shewell, 1939 View in CoL