taxonID	type	description	language	source
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 A – F)	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, male: BRAZIL, Bahia, [Elísio Medrado], Serra da Jibóia, Sede GAMBA [Environmentalist Group of Bahia] [12 ° 51 ' S; 39 28 ' W], (ligth trap), 10. v. 2017, Silva-Neto, Mendes & Moura cols. (MZFS), specimen dissected, mounted on micro-slide.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet, from Latin maculosus, spotted, refers to the marks on hypandrium.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head without cornicula; eyes separated by 2.0 facet diameters; scape without internal protuberance; interocular suture inverted V-shaped; hypandrium with microtrichia arranged in circular groups; aedeagus symmetrical, bifid, digitiform with a medial external lobe; two pairs of parameres, external pair fused medially forming a U-shaped plate; internal pair well sclerotized, lanceolate.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	description	Description. Male holotype. Head without corniculum. Vertex dorsally expanded. Eyes separated by 2.0 facet diameters; eye bridge with four facet rows; interocular suture inverted V-shaped; frons with hair patch not divided at center, extending dorsally and reaching the interocular suture (Fig. 1 A). Scape subspherical, approximately the same length as pedicel, without internal protuberances. Antenna incomplete; first three flagellomeres fusiform, each one with pair of filiform ascoids (Fig. 1 B). Relative palpomere proportion: 1.0: 1.1: 1.2: 2.0 (Fig. 1 C). Wing (Fig. 1 D). 2.5 times longer than wide; wing membrane brownish, with costal cell darker; lighter spots between veins R 5 / M 1 to CuA; Sc not reaching C; sc-r absent; radial fork distal to medial fork; R 4 ending at wing tip; CuA not reaching wing margin. Male terminalia: hypandrium plate-like, subtriangular with microtrichia arranged in circular groups (Figs. 1 E, 1 F); length of gonocoxite 0.3 times the length of gonostylus; gonostyli narrow, basally inflated, bare, except in the base with patch of alveoli; aedeagus symmetrical, bifid, distally digitiform; two pairs of parameres, external pair fused forming a U-shaped plate; internal pair ending at the same place of aedeagus, well sclerotized, lanciform, ending in pointed apex; ejaculatory apodeme dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 1 E); epandrium 2.5 times wider than long, with two foramina and two distal patches of alveoli (Fig. 1 G); cercus digitiform, 1.2 the length of epandrium; left cercus with 12 tenacula (Fig. 1 F) and right cercus with 11 tenacula; hypoproct and epiproct subtriangular with apical micropilosity (Fig. 1 G). Female: Unknown	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCAFF9BFF7116843D392507.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Males of five species of Lepidiella have a head without cornicula: the Brazilian species L. flabellata Bravo & Santos, 2011, L. maculata sp. nov., L. olgae Bravo & Araújo, 2013 and L. spinosa Bravo, 2005, and one Costa Rican species, L. hansoni (Quate, 1996). The males of these five species can be recognized using the male identification key proposed below.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 A – J)	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, male: BRAZIL, Bahia, [Elísio Medrado], Serra da Jibóia, Sede GAMBA [Environmentalist Group of Bahia] [12 ° 51 ' S; 39 28 ' W], (ligth trap), 10. v. 2017, Silva-Neto, Mendes e Moura cols. (MZFS), specimen dissected, mounted on micro-slide. 8 paratypes females: same location, data and collectors as holotype (MZFS), specimens dissected, mounted on micro-slide.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is dedicated to Dr. Rüdiger Wagner for his important contribution to the study of the taxonomy of Psychodidae.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Head with pair of three branched cornicula and a glandular structure at base of it; eyes separated by 1.5 facet diameters; scape with internal protuberance; interocular suture inverted Y shaped reaching the middle of the vertex; hypandrium subtriangular with microtrichia spread along the sclerite; aedeagus symmetrical, bifid, digitiform; two pairs of parameres, external pair fused apically, inverted V-shaped; internal pair knife-like, ending in curved pointed apex. Female. Cornicula absent; scape without internal protuberance; terminalia with hypopygium trapezoidal; hypogynial valve setose with rounded external margin; cerci two times the length of subgenital plate.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	description	Description. Male holotype. Head with large cornicula, three terminal branches and one oval gland in the base. Vertex dorsally expanded, 1.5 larger than wide. Eyes separated by 1.5 facet diameters; eye bridge with four facet rows; interocular suture inverted Y-shaped ending at the middle of the vertex (Figs. 2 A, 2 B). Antenna (Figs. 2 A, 2 D, 2 E) with scape longer than the pedicel, inflated on the inner side. Flagellum with 14 flagellomeres; first flagellomere fusiform, 1.2 longer than second flagellomere; flagellomeres 2 – 13 fusiform with short internodes; flagellomere 14 with apiculus; pairs of filiform ascoids observed in flagellomeres 2 – 11 (Figs. 2 A, 2 D). Relative palpomere proportions: 1.0: 1.2: 1.6: 2.1 (Fig. 2 A). Wing 3.3 times longer than wide; wing membrane brownish, with costal cell darker; Sc not reaching C; sc-r absent; radial fork distal to medial fork; R 4 ending at wing tip; CuA not reaching wing margin (Fig. 2 F). Male terminalia: hypandrium subtriangular, apical margin rounded with microtrichia spread along the sclerite; length of gonocoxite 0.6 times the length of gonostylus; gonostyli bare except in the base with patch of alveoli; 1 / 3 basal of gonostyli inflated; aedeagus symmetrical, bifid, digitiform; two pairs of parameres, external pair shorter than the internal, fused apically forming an U-inverted shaped plate; internal parameres, narrow, well sclerotized, curved apically, ending in pointed apex; ejaculatory apodeme dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 2 G); epandrium two times wider than long, with two foramina and two apical patches of alveoli; cercus digitiform 2.2 times the length of epandrium; left cercus with 10 tenacula; right cercus with 11 tenacula; hypoproct and epiproct subtriangular with apical micropilosity (Figs. 2 H, 2 I). Female. Morphologically similar to male, except for the following characteristics: cornicula absent; scape with shorter internal protuberance than male (Fig. 1 C); terminalia with hypogynium trapezoidal; hypogynial valves setose with rounded external margin; cerci two times the length of hypogynium (Fig. 1 J).	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFC8FF9AFF7113FF3D9E2758.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Males of eleven species of Lepidiella have cornicula and six of them a scape with an internal basal lobe: L. albipeda, L. cervi, L. monteverdica, L. pickeringi, L. robusta and L. wagneri sp. nov. This group of species is identified in the male identification key below.	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
038687B3FFCEFF9DFF7112C63C8D23A2.taxon	description	female unknown Lepidiella larryi Ibañez-Bernal, 2010. Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena) (writing error by Ibáñez-Bernal) Lepidiella maculosa sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil (Bahia) Lepidiella matagalpensis (Collantes & Martínez-Ortega, 1998). Distribution: Nicaragua (Matagalpa Department) Lepidiella monteverdica (Quate, 1996). Distribution: Costa Rica (Puentarenas) Lepidiella niveitarsis (Enderlein, 1937). Distribution: Peru (Cuzco); redescribed by Quate (1963) Lepidiella olgae Bravo & Araújo, 2013. Distribution: Brazil (Paraíba) Lepidiella pickeringi (Quate, 1999). Distribution: Panama (Barro Colorado Is.) Lepidiella robusta Bravo & Santos, 2011. Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo); female unknown Lepidiella spinosa Bravo, 2005. Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo) Lepidiella wagneri sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil (Bahia) Lepidiella zumbadoi (Quate, 1996). Distribution: Costa Rica (Cartago)	en	Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy (2019): Two new species of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical Region with taxonomic comments about the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4551 (4): 487-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.9
