Key to males of the Neotropical species of the genus Brunettia

1. Eyes separated by 1 facet diameter; Sc sclerotized ...................................................... 2

­ Eye contiguous; Sc unsclerotized.................................................................................. 3

2. Wing with acute tip; parameres with truncate apex and apical evagination; distiphallus triangular and thick; aedeagal apodeme wider than gonocoxite .......... B. acutala Quate

­ Wing with rounded apex; parameres triangular, apex sharp, distiphallus digitiform, narrow; aedeagal apodeme narrow ............................................. B. dominicana Wagner

3. Line of bristles of Sc with hook­like curved apices; base of R1 sinuous; R1 continuous without break ................................................................................... B. insularis Wagner

­ Line of bristles of Sc with straight apices; base of R1 straight .................................... 4

4. Filaments of distiphallus covered by post­hypandrial plate ........................................... ............................................................................................ B. caipira Bravo & Amorim

­ Filaments of distiphallus passing posterior margin of post­hypandrial plate ............... 5

5. Base of R4 broken, separated from Rs; CuA sclerotized .................. B. apiculata Quate

­ Base of R4 articulated to Rs; CuA unsclerotized ........................... B. itabunensis Bravo