Brasineura Silva-Neto & Garcia Aldrete 2015

Key to males of Brasineura Silva-Neto & García Aldrete, 2015, modified from Lima et al. (2020) 1. Phallosoma side struts not fused proximally (Fig. 3J; Lima et al. 2020: figs 7–21) ......................... 2 – Phallosoma side struts fused proximally (Fig. 1L; Silva-Neto et al. 2018: figs 28–32) ................... 5 2. Hypandrium with a projection in the middle (Lima et al. 2020: fig. 20) ............................................ ................................. B. morrense Lima, Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Bravo, 2020 (Bahia / Brazil) – Hypandrium without a projection in the middle (Figs 3–6; Lima et al. 2020: fig 6) ....................... 3 3. Phallosome with three pairs of endophallic sclerite, with antero-lateral sclerite pair fused to the antero-mesal, external parameres distinctly forked distally (Fig. 6J) ................................................. ............................................................................................ B.vicentei sp. nov (Minas Gerais / Brazil) – Phallosome with two pairs of endophallic sclerites, external parameres distally not forked (Fig. 3J) ............................................................................................................................................. 4 4. External parameres distally not forked, phallobase with numerous small spines gently sclerotized concentrated in the medial region of the membranous matrix (Fig. 3J) ............................................. ................................................................................... B. renaissance sp. nov (Minas Gerais / Brazil) – External parameres slightly forked distally; phallobase without spines (Lima et al. 2020: fig. 7) .... ....................................... B. caroli Lima, Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Bravo, 2020 (Bahia / Brazil) 5. Hypandrium with a projection in the middle; paraprocts elongate, distally outwards curved (Silva-Neto et al. 2016a: figs 5–6) ................................................................................................................. ..................................... B. serranortensis Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2016 (Pará / Brazil) – Hypandrium without a projection in the middle; paraprocts not elongate, distally not outwards curved (Fig. 1I; Lima et al. 2020: figs 6–8) .................................................................................................. 6 6. Phallobase without spine-like structures (Silva-Neto & Garcia Aldrete 2015: fig. 7) ...................... 7 – Phallobase with spine-like structures (Fig. 1L; Silva-Neto et al. 2018: fig. 21) .............................. 9 7. External parameres forked distally; side struts V-shaped basally (Silva-Neto & García Aldrete 2015: fig. 14) ........................................ B. troglophilica Silva-Neto & García Aldrete, 2015 (Pará / Brazil) – External parameres not forked distally; side struts U-shaped basally (Silva-Neto & García Aldrete 2015: fig. 7) ....................................................................................................................................... 8 8. Antero-mesal pair of endophallic sclerites sinuous, with a row of tiny spines in the middle, acuminate distally; external parameres distally with a small area more sclerotized, almost triangular (Silva-Neto & García Aldrete 2015: fig. 7) ................................................................................................... .................................................... B. diamantina Silva-Neto & García Aldrete, 2015 (Bahia / Brazil) – Antero-mesal pair of endophallic sclerites bow-shaped, without spines and distally not acuminate; external parameres distally with an acuminate projection, outwards curved (Silva-Neto et al. 2018: fig. 6) ....................................... B. jiboia Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2018 (Bahia / Brazil) 9. External parameres forked distally; phallosome with three pairs of endophallic sclerites; phallobase with prominent tripartite structures, similar to spines (in Silva-Neto et al. 2018: fig. 21) ................. B. spinosa Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2018 (Espírito Santo / Minas Gerais / Brazil) – External parameres not forked distally; phallosome with two pairs of endophallic sclerites, phallobase with numerous small spines heavily sclerotized forming a concave band in a membranous matrix (Fig. 1L) ............................................................................... B. hpba sp. nov. (Minas Gerais / Brazil)