Agrophaspidium

Wheeler, Terry A. & Mlynarek, Julia J., 2008, Systematics of Agrophaspidium, a new genus of Neotropical Chloropidae (Diptera), Zootaxa 1926, pp. 41-52 : 43

Key to species of Agrophaspidium

(Females are unknown for most species and will not key beyond couplet 2. Agrophaspidium hastatum is known only from females and is not included in this key)

1. Scutellum pale yellow, strongly contrasting with dark scutum .............................................. A. flavimana

- Scutellum dark brown or black....................................................................................................................2

2. Scutum densely pollinose. Frontal triangle densely pollinose except for two shining stripes lateral to pos- terior ocelli, additional shining spot anterior to anterior ocellus in female .......................... A. pollinosum

- Scutum shining or subshining, with short dense setulae. Frontal triangle variable, mostly shining or partly pollinose (only males will key beyond this point).......................................................................................3

3. Frontal triangle pollinose except for shining lateral strips lateral to posterior ocelli and shining triangle anterior to anterior ocellus ....................................................................................................... A. monticola

- Frontal triangle mostly shining, anterior apex pollinose.............................................................................4

4. Legs yellow except for wide brown band on femora. Male epandrium enlarged ( Fig. 22 ), cerci elongate and complex ( Figs. 24–25 ) ....................................................................................................... A. psilotum

- Legs yellow except for wide brown band on femora and tibiae. Male epandrium small ( Fig. 11 ), cerci small, simple ( Fig. 13 )............................................................................................................... A. minutum

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 25. Agrophaspidium psilotum. 22. male abdomen, lateral. 23. male genitalia, lateral. 24. male genitalia, posterolateral. 25. male genitalia, posterior. Abbreviations: cer — cercus; epd—epandrium; i sur—inner surstylar lobe; o sur—outer surstylar lobe. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 11 – 13. Agrophaspidium minutum. 11. male abdomen, lateral. 12. male genitalia, lateral. 13. male genitalia, posterior. Abbreviations: cer — cercus; ph— phallus; sur—surstylus. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.