Psacotes

Jean- Paul Haenni & Dalton de Souza Amorim, 2016, Two new Afrotropical genera of Scatopsidae (Diptera), Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 89, pp. 127-142 : 141

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PSACOTES NOV. GEN. (MALES ONLY)

1. Process of aedeagal plate conical, bifurcate apically ( Fig. 11 ); palpus sausageshaped, about half as long as eye height (D.R. Congo) ..... P. processa (Cook)

— Process of aedeagal plate not bifurcate apically; palpus about as long as eye height or larger .............................................................................................. 2

2. Process of aedeagal plate tail-like, regularly narrowing towards apex, strongly diverging from genital capsule ( Fig. 26 ); palpus sausage-shaped, about as long as eye height (Botswana) ................................................. P. caudata sp. nov.

— Process of aedeagal plate narrowest towards middle, widening in the apical half, directed posteriorly ( Fig. 23 ); palpus enormous, triangular, as long as eye height, almost as large as an eye ( Fig. 17 ) (Tanzania) .................................... ................................................................................. P. gigantipalpus sp. nov.

Figures

Figs 11 – 14: Psacotes processa (Cook): — 11. ♂ genital capsule, ventral view; — 12: ♂ genital capsule, dorsal view; — 13: ♀ terminalia, dorsal view; — 14: ♀ terminalia, ventral view. Abbreviations: ae – aedeagus; ae pl – aedeagal plate; ep – epandrium; pa – paramere; st – sternite; t – tergite.

Figs 24 – 26. Psacotes caudata sp. nov. ♂: — 24. Tergite 7; — 25. Sternite 7; — 26. Genital capsule, lateral view.

Figs 17 – 23: Psacotes gigantipalpus sp. nov. ♂: — 17. Head, lateral view, with detail of outer surface of palpus; — 18. Antepronotum and spiracular sclerite; — 19. Sternite 7; — 20. Tergite 7; — 21. Genital capsule, ventral view; — 22. Genital capsule, dorsal view; — 23. Genital capsule, lateral view. Abbreviations: ae – aedeagus; ae pl – aedeagal plate; ep – epandrium; pa – paramere.