Pediopsoides

Key to males of species of the genus Pediopsoides View in CoL from China

1. Body form resembles Oncopsis View in CoL , elongate................................................................... 2

- Body form resembles Pedionis , short and stout.............................................................. 5

2. Face marked with black spots; pygofer with one process at caudoventral margin.............. P. ( S.) kurentsovi (Anufriev)

- Face unmarked with spots or with small punctations; pygofer with several processes or teeth at caudoventral margin....... 3

3. Pygofer with several small teeth at caudoventral margin.................................. P. ( S.) dilatus Dai & Zhang

- Pygofer with several distinct processes at caudoventral margin.................................................. 4

4. Pygofer with three or four processes subequal in length ranked regularly at caudoventral margin; aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes at apex.............................................................. P. ( S.) aomians (Kuoh)

- Pygofer with one long and three short processes ranked irregularly at caudoventral margin; aedeagal shaft without ventral pro- cesses at apex............................................................ P. ( S.) heterodigitatus Dai & Zhang

5. Dorsal connective fused to tenth tergite.................................................................... 6

- Dorsal connective freely articulated against tenth tergite...................................................... 10

6. Male pygofer process with 2 or 3 stout spines............................................................... 7

- Male pygofer process with trifurcated apex................................................................. 8

7. Gonopore subapical, shaft surrounded by distinctly serrate margin............................ P. ( C.) membrana Zhang

- Gonopore apical, shaft with two pairs of lamellate processes.............................. P. ( C.) undata Li, Dai & Li

8. Aedeagal shaft slender, with one pair of processes..................................... P. ( C.) trifurcata Li, Dai & Li

- Aedeagal shaft robust, with two pairs of processes........................................................... 9

9. Aedeagal shaft with fingerlike apical processes and pair of asymmetrical serrate preapical longitudinal flanges........................................................................................ P. ( C.) montaninversa sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft with sinuated processes at midlength and around gonopore................. P. ( C.) rhombica Li, Dai & Li

10. Aedeagal shaft without processes or spines................................................................ 11

- Aedeagal shaft with paired symmetrical processes........................................................... 15

11. Pygofer broad, ventral margin with relatively obvious processes................................................ 12

- Pygofer broad, ventral margin without obvious process....................................................... 14

12. Style with subapical toothlike process............................................ P. ( P.) tishetshkini Li, Dai & Li

- Style without subapical toothlike process.................................................................. 13

13. Pygofer ventral margin with long dichotomous or trichotomous process, apex of aedeagal shaft lobe-shaped.......................................................................................... P. ( P.) nigrolabium Li, Dai & Li

- Pygofer ventral margin with unbranched slender process, apex of aedeagal shaft evenly tapered... P. ( P.) anchorides sp. nov.

14. Aedeagus in lateral view with apex truncate, in ventral view broad basally, widened subapically............................................................................................... P. ( P.) damingshanensis Li, Dai & Li

- Aedeagus in lateral view with tapering apex, in ventral view broader basally, shaft tapering..... P. ( P.) bispinata Li, Dai & Li

15. Aedeagal shaft with paired symmetrical processes apically................................ P. ( P.) jingdongensis Zhang

- Aedeagal shaft with paired symmetrical processes subapically............................. P. ( P.) femorata (Hamilton) Pediopsoides ( Celopsis) montaninversa sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 A–D, 2A–H)