Key to males of Afroptera species

1. Forewings without emargination before apex, apex rounded (Figs 81, 134, 148, 149)................................ 2 - Forewings with slight or shallow emargination before apex, apex acute or sub-acute..............................….5 2. Small species (body length ≤ 8 mm, Figs 125, 130).......................................................... 3 - Large species (body length ≥ 9 mm, Fig. 150)............................................................... 4 3. Pronotum and mesonotum with distinct mid and lateral stripes (Fig. 100............................. A . parva (Tjeder) - Pronotum unstriped, mesonotum lacking the mid stripe (Fig. 101).................................. A. exigua (Tjeder) 4. Prescutum with black hairs (Fig. 52), thorax unstriped.......................................... A. koranna sp. nov. - Prescutum with white hairs (Fig. 97), thorax with three stripes................................... A. remifera (Tjeder)

5. Species extremely pruinose, body unstriped (Figs 43, 44, 113)................................................. 6

- Species slightly pruinose or without pruinose body, body stripes distinct or appearing as faint brown shading.............8

6. Species with greyish body appearance (Fig. 113)............................................. A. pruinosa (Tjeder)

- Species with whitish body appearance (Figs 43, 44)...........................................................7

7. Prescutum and mesonotum with white pubescence (Fig. 48), antennae whitish yellow proximally and darker distally, short not reaching pterostigma (Figs 43, 80), forewings with slight emargination before the apex, pterostigma long (Fig. 80)................................................................................................ A. alba sp. nov.

- Prescutum and mesonotum with black pubescence (Fig. 49), antennae yellow, long reaching pterostigma (Figs 44, 82), forewings with shallow emargination before apex, pterostigma short (Fig. 82)............................ A. balli sp. nov.

8. Small species (hindwing length <49 mm, Figs 106, 107, 110)...................................................9

- Large species (hindwing length ≥ 49 mm).................................................................11

9. Antennae long reaching beyond pterostigma (Figs 85, 106), forewings elongate, tapering towards apex with acute tip (Fig. 85)................................................................................... A. maraisi sp. nov.

- Antennae short not reaching pterostigma (Fig. 110), forewings broad with short rounded apex (Figs 117, 120)............10

10. Head with yellowish brown vertex and rounded yellowish spots near eye margins (Fig. 142), prescutum with white pubescence (Fig. 105), antennae whitish yellow, apical segment very long much longer than penultimate segments (Figs 63, 110), hind wings with dark area shorter than white apical area (Fig. 110).................................... A. apicalis (Tjeder)

- Head with reddish vertex without yellowish spots near the eye margins (Fig. 141), prescutum with black pubescence (Fig. 103), antennae pale brown, apical segment large, approximately same length as penultimate segment (Fig. 65), hind wing dark area as long as white apical area (Fig. 107)..................................................... A. aequabilis (Tjeder)

11. Forewings elongate, with distinctly elongate rounded apex (Figs 79, 86)..........................................12

- Forewings elongate or broad, with acute, or sub-acute apex................................................... 13

12. Prescutum with long dense white hair on disc (Fig. 47)........................................... A. acuta sp. nov.

- Prescutum with long sparse black hair on disc (Fig. 46)........................................... A. folia sp. nov.

13. Prescutum with white pubescence (Figs 92, 93, 96, 99)....................................................... 14

- Prescutum with black pubescence (Figs 50, 90, 91, 94, 95, 98, 102)............................................ 21

14. With white pubescence on abdominal tergites and sternites (Fig. 147)........................................... 15

- With white pubescence on abdominal tergites and black hairs on sternites (Fig. 146).................... A. bitis (Tjeder)

15. Species with light grey thorax (Figs 51, 92, 93)............................................................. 16

- Species with yellow or yellowish brown thorax............................................................. 18

16. Vertex strongly concave, without yellow hind margin (Fig.143)................................. A. brinkmani sp. nov.

- Vertex not concave, with yellow hind margin (Fig. 144)...................................................... 17

17. Pronotum dark shaded only centrally, lateral stripes on mesonotum faintly indicated (Fig. 92), hind wings dark area as long as white apical area (Fig. 111).............................................................. .. A. munroi (Tjeder)

- Pronotum and mesonotum with distinct mid and lateral stripes (Fig. 93), dark area of hind wing much shorter than white apical area (Fig. 108)...................................................................... A. longicornis (Tjeder)

18. Forewings broad (Figs 127, 135)............................................................ A. lanata (Tjeder)

- Forewings elongate (Figs 137, 138, 139).................................................................. 19

19. Head uniformly reddish yellow, antennae reddish yellow (Fig. 131)............................................ 20

- Head pale yellowish brown, antennae yellowish (Fig. 123).................................... A. segregata (Tjeder)

20. Forewings with broad, short rounded apex and very slight emargination before apex (Figs 131, 139), the hind wing dark area approximaly as long as white apical area (Fig. 131).......................................... A. peringueyi (Tjeder)

- Forewings with short, narrow rounded apex and slight emargination before the apex (Figs 128, 137), the hind wing dark area shorter than white apical area (Fig. 128)..................................................... .. A. papio (Tjeder)

21. Abdomen with white hairs on dorsum and venter........................................................... 22

- Abdomen with white hairs on dorsum and black hairs on venter................................................24

22. Antennae yellow proximally dark distally, pronotum only with mid stripe (Fig. 109)................ .. A. olivacea (Tjeder)

- Antennae whitish yellow, pronotum with distinct mid and two lateral stripes......................................23

23. Forewings very broad with short rounded tip (Fig. 133)........................................ A. dyscrita (Tjeder)

- Forewings falcate, with sub-acute tip....................................................... A. leptocera (Navás)

24. Antennae long reaching beyond pterostigma (Figs 54, 112)....................................................25

- Antennae short not reaching pterostigma (Fig. 126).......................................................... 27

25. Mid and lateral stripes of pronotum and mesonotum of thorax distinct (Figs 90, 91, 94, 98).......................... 26

- Mid and lateral stripes on pronotum abbreviated to brown spots, mid stripe on prescutum appears as faint brown shading (Fig. 50)................................................................................. A. cylindrata sp. nov.

26. Vertex with pair of yellow spots near eye margins (Fig. 145)................................ ... A. nigrosetosa (Tjeder)

- Vertex without pair of yellow spots near eye margins........................................... A. sabuleti (Tjeder)

27. Forewings broad (Fig. 136)................................................................ A. obtusa (Tjeder)

- Forewings elongate (Fig. 140).............................................................. A. pilosa (Tjeder)