Bryopharsos, Quate, 1996

Identification key to the males of Bryopharsos View in CoL

1. Gonostyli bifurcate .................................................................... B. bifidum Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Gonostyli not bifurcate, digitiform ................................................................................................... 2

2. Surstyli with one tenaculum ( Fig. 13B–C View Fig ) ....................................................................................... 3

– Surstyli with two to seven tenacula ( Figs 2C View Fig , 3A–D View Fig ) ...................................................................... 6

3. Eye bridge with five facet rows (as in Figs 19A View Fig ); gonocoxal lobes with additional enlarged lobes ( Fig. 19B View Fig ); aedeagus blade-like ( Fig. 19B View Fig ); parameres clavate ( Fig. 19B View Fig ) ........................................ ................................................................................................. B. paulistensis Bravo & Araújo, 2019

– Eye bridge with three or four facet rows (as in Fig. 6A View Fig ); other characters variable ......................... 4

4. Eye bridge with three facet rows; gonostyli curved outwards (as in Fig. 13B, D View Fig ); aedeagus digitiform and curved outwards (as in Fig. 13B, D View Fig ) ................................... B. curvum Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Eye bridge with four facet rows ( Fig. 15A View Fig ); gonostyli curved inwards; aedeagus variable ............. 5

5. Aedeagus hook-shaped ( Fig. 24B View Fig ); paramere wide and triangular .................................................... .................................................................................................. B. uncinatum Bravo & Araújo, 2019

– Aedeagus digitiform (as in Figs 15B View Fig , 16A View Fig ); paramere digitiform (as in Figs 15B View Fig , 16A View Fig ) .................. .............................................................................................. B. insperatum Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

6. Surstyli with three to seven apical tenacula ( Fig. 2C View Fig ) ...................................................................... 8

– Surstyli with only two apical tenacula ( Figs 5 View Fig , 8C View Fig , 9B View Fig ) ................................................................... 7

7. Aedeagus digitiform, ( Figs 4C View Fig , 5 View Fig ); paramere digitiform, longer than the aedeagus ( Figs 4C View Fig , 5 View Fig ); some specimens present two tenacula on one surstylus and three on the other (as in Figs 4C View Fig , 5 View Fig ) .............. ......................................................................................... B. asymmetricum Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Aedeagus digitiform with a rounded apex ( Figs 8B View Fig , 9A View Fig ); paramere digitiform, shorter than the aedeagus ( Figs 8B View Fig , 9A View Fig ); specimens always with two tenacula on each of the surstyli ( Figs 8B View Fig , 9A View Fig ) ................................................................................................ B. bitenacula Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

8. Surstyli with four to seven apical tenacula ( Fig. 20B View Fig ) ................................................................... 10

– Surstyli with only three apical tenacula ( Fig. 22C View Fig ) .......................................................................... 9

9. Aedeagus digitiform, curved ( Fig. 22B, D View Fig ), longer than paramere; surstyli with apical tenacula closely together ( Fig. 22C View Fig ) ............................................................. B. tetracanthus Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Aedeagus digitiform, straight ( Fig. 23A View Fig ), shorter than paramere; surstyli with apical tenacula separated, two apically and one basally placed ( Fig. 23B View Fig ) .......................................... B. tritaleum Quate, 1996

10. Eye bridge with four facet rows; aedeagus digitiform, straight, about the same length as paramere ( Fig. 12B View Fig ); surstyli with four tenacula ( Fig. 12C View Fig ); tenacula of equal length ...................................... ..................................................................................................................... B. clavigum Quate, 1996

– Eye bridge with four or five facet rows; aedeagus shape variable; length of aedeagus and paramere variable; surstyli with five to seven tenacula ( Fig. 20B View Fig ); tenacula length variable .........................11

11. Aedeagus digitiform, straight; aedeagus shorter than paramere; eye bridge with five face rows; surstyli with three or four apical tenacula (as in Fig. 17C View Fig ); tenacula of equal length ..................................... .................................................................................................................. B. palpiculum Quate, 1996

– Aedeagus shape variable; length of aedeagus and paramere variable; eye bridge with four facet rows; surstyli with five, six, or seven apical tenacula; tenacula length variable ...................................... 12

12. Aedeagus digitiform ( Fig. 21 View Fig ); paramere strongly curved resembling an inverted ʻJʼ ( Fig. 21 View Fig ); surstyli with seven tenacula ( Fig. 20B View Fig ); tenacula of the same length ............................................................. ............................................................................................. B. septenacula Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Aedeagus digitiform, straight; surstyli with five or six tenacula; tenacula length variable ............ 13

13. Aedeagus digitiform, broader than the base of the paramere ( Fig. 2C View Fig , see also Bravo & Araujo 2019: fig. 29); surstyli with five tenacula ................................................................................................. 15

– Aedeagus digitiform, narrower than the base of the paramere ( Figs 11A View Fig , 14D View Fig ); surstyli with six tenacula ........................................................................................................................................... 14

14. Hypandrium shorter than aedeagal width; epandrium C-shaped ........................................................ ...................................................................................................... B. chuspi Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

– Hypandrium longer than aedeagal width; epandrium rectangular and not C-shaped ......................... ................................................................................................... B. gorgona Jaume-Schinkel sp. nov.

15. All five tenacula of the same length ( Fig. 2C View Fig ); ejaculatory apodeme shorter than aedeagus ............. ............................................................................................... B. amazonensis Bravo & Araújo, 2019

– Tenacula of different lengths, four tenacula of equal length and one tenaculum shorter than others ( Fig. 3C View Fig ); ejaculatory apodeme about the same length as the aedeagus ............................................. ............................................................................................................ B. claviformosum Quate, 1996