Muiralevu africanus (Muir, 1926) Zelazny, 1981

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 56

Key to the species of the Muiralevu africanus species group (males)

1. Apical part of male aedeagus with several long and thin processes, some at least 2-3 times longer than the width of the aedeagus stem............................................................................................ 2

- Apical part of male aedeagus without or with short processes, none of them much longer than the width of the aedeagus stem .................................................................................................... 4

2. Ventral side of stem of male aedeagus with many fine teeth ( Figs. 179m, n)................... M. africanus (Muir) , p. 56

- Ventral side of stem of male aedeagus without or with few fine teeth............................................. 3

3. Apical portion of male aedeagus ending in two long slender spines, five additional spines (some very short) arising around junction of stem and apical portion, none of these spines serrated ( Fig. 183)............. M. septemspinosus sp. nov., p. 58

- Apical portion of male aedeagus ending in one terminal spine, four additional spines (one of them short and one of them serrated) arising around junction of stem and apical portion ( Fig. 180)................... M. curvispinosus van Stalle , p. 57

4. Stem and apical portion of male aedeagus with numerous fine teeth and with four short, pointed spines ( Fig. 182).......................................................................................... M. medleri sp. nov., p. 58

- Male aedeagus without teeth or spines ( Fig. 181)....................................... M. inermis van Stalle , p. 57