Taxonomic review of Cerozodus Bigot, 1857 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) with the description of two new species Camargo, Alexssandro Vieira, Rodrigo Rafael, José Albertino Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-16 5209 2 151 186 3L8L Bigot, 1857 Bigot 1857 [411,538,151,178] Insecta Asilidae Cerozodus Animalia Diptera 34 185 Arthropoda genus     1. Postpedicel discoidal or rounded ( Figs 2A–B, 6A–B, 8A–B); stylus about three times the postpedicel length; lobe of stylus comprising approximately 1/3 to ¼ the length of the second article of stylus, short and pronounced ventrally............. 2  1’. Postpedicel conical ( Figs 14A–B, 18A–B); stylus about two times the postpedicel length; lobe of stylus approximately half the length of the second article of stylus, long and less pronounced ventrally......................................... 3   2. Hypandrium with tongue-like projection at mid-posterior margin bifid ( Fig. 3D); gonocoxite lacking a very short conic projection laterally, sub-apically ( Fig. 4B–C); gonocoxite in lateral view without indentation ventrally, sub-apically ( Fig. 4D– E) and strongly inwardly curved apically ( Fig. 4B–C).............................................................................................  Cerozodus brachylobus Vieira, Rafael & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2013( Maranhão).  2’. Hypandrium with tongue-like projection at mid-posterior margin rounded, not bifid ( Fig. 9D); gonocoxite with a very short conic projection laterally, sub-apically ( Fig. 10B–C); gonocoxite in lateral view with a U-shaped indentation ventrally, subapically ( Fig. 10D–E) and slightly inwardly curved apically ( Fig. 10B–C)............................................................  Cerozodus nodicornis( Wiedemann, 1828)( Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiásand São Paulo).   3. External margin of epandrial arms abruptly inwardly curved distally, forming a slight concavity sub-apically ( Figs 15B–C, 15G– H); hypandrium with tongue-like projection at posterior margin bifid ( Fig. 15D); gonocoxite with a very short conic projection on external margin sub-apically ( Fig. 16B–C); subepandrial sclerite flat, without a pair of small vesicle-like protuberances ventrally ( Fig. 16H–I)........................................  Cerozodus ayalai  sp. nov.( Maranhãoand Tocantins).  3’. External margin of epandrial arms smoothly inwardly curved distally ( Figs 19B–C, 19G–H); hypandrium with tongue-like projection at posterior margin rounded, not bifid ( Fig. 19D); gonocoxite with a rounded indentation sub-apically connecting internal and external margins ( Fig. 20B–C); subepandrial sclerite with a pair of small vesicle-like protuberances ventrally ( Fig. 20H–I)......................................  Cerozodus platylobus  sp. nov.( Mato Grossoand Mato Grosso do Sul).