Brunettia

Bravo, Freddy, 2006, The taxonomy of Neotropical Brunettiina (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Mormiini), with descriptions of ten new species from Brazil and comments on the generic classification of the subtribe, Zootaxa 1134, pp. 1-28 : 8-9

Key to males of the Neotropical species of the genus Brunettia

1. Eyes separated by 1 facet diameter; Sc sclerotized ...................................................... 2

­ Eye contiguous; Sc unsclerotized.................................................................................. 3

2. Wing with acute tip; parameres with truncate apex and apical evagination; distiphallus triangular and thick; aedeagal apodeme wider than gonocoxite .......... B. acutala Quate

­ Wing with rounded apex; parameres triangular, apex sharp, distiphallus digitiform, narrow; aedeagal apodeme narrow ............................................. B. dominicana Wagner

3. Line of bristles of Sc with hook­like curved apices; base of R1 sinuous; R1 continuous without break ................................................................................... B. insularis Wagner

­ Line of bristles of Sc with straight apices; base of R1 straight .................................... 4

4. Filaments of distiphallus covered by post­hypandrial plate ........................................... ............................................................................................ B. caipira Bravo & Amorim

­ Filaments of distiphallus passing posterior margin of post­hypandrial plate ............... 5

5. Base of R4 broken, separated from Rs; CuA sclerotized .................. B. apiculata Quate

­ Base of R4 articulated to Rs; CuA unsclerotized ........................... B. itabunensis Bravo