Rachicerus Walker

Pujol-Luz, José Roberto & Godoi, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga De, 2025, Three new species of the genus Rachicerus Walker (Diptera, Xylophagidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 5613 (2), pp. 294-306 : 304

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C87BD861-341D-40D8-9293-2FFE3C705088

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15230945

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA650D-FFB6-FFFD-FF71-7609FA7B53BB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rachicerus Walker
status

 

Key to Brazilian species of the genus Rachicerus Walker View in CoL

1 Antenna with less than 19 flagellomeres................................................................... 2

- Antenna with 20 or more flagellomeres................................................................... 5

2 Antenna bipectinate with 19 flagellomeres; scutum orange; abdomen black, with bluish reflections... R. carrerai Pujol-Luz View in CoL

- Antenna single pectinate with 16 or 17 flagellomeres; scutum entirely or partially blackish to brownish; abdomen blackish to yellowish without, with bluish reflections.................................................................. 3

3 Antenna with 18 flagellomeres; 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd abdominal segments yellowish..................... R. oliverioi Carrera View in CoL

- Antenna with 16–17 flagellomeres; abdominal segments blackish to brownish.................................... 4

4 Antenna with 16 flagellomeres.................................................. R. isabelae Pujol-Luz sp. nov.

- Antenna with 17 flagellomeres................................................... R. victori Pujol-Luz sp. nov.

5 Antenna with 20 flagellomeres; abdominal segments black with intersegmentar membrane whitish......................................................................................... R. rafaeli Pujol-Luz & Godoi sp. nov.

- Antenna with 21 to 28 flagellomeres; abdominal segments predominantly blackish or brownish....................... 6

6 Antenna with 22 or 25 flagellomeres..................................................................... 7

- Antenna with 28 flagellomeres.......................................................................... 8

7 Antenna with 22 flagellomeres, 2 nd, sometimes 3 rd; abdominal segments whitish...................... R. lanei Carrera View in CoL

- Antenna with 25 flagellomeres; abdominal segments bright black................................. R. lopesi Carrera View in CoL

8 Longitudinal veins strongly darkened; abdomen entirely black................................. R. marcusi Carrera View in CoL

- Longitudinal veins darkened only in costal region of the wings; 2 nd abdominal segment bright yellow... R. shannoni Carrera View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Xylophagidae

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