Tyrannoseira Bellini & Zeppelini 2011

Key to Tyrannoseira species

1 Ant II–IV with dark violet pigment on distal two-thirds (Fig. 1 B–D); Ant III with 1 subapical, modified, round, sens type f (Fig. 14A); Abd IV with Fe2 mac absent (Fig. 16A)......................................................... 2

- Ant II–IV with different colour pattern, head not completely pigmented (Fig. 1A); Ant III only with blunt normal sens (Fig. 8B); Abd IV with Fe2 mac present (Fig. 11A)............................................................. 3

2(1) Head dorsal chaetotaxy with An 3i mic (Fig. 14B); clypeal l2 chaeta apically acuminate; outer papillae reduced (Figs 14 C–D); Th II devoid of a4 + and a 4i mac (Fig. 15A); manubrial formula 1, 0, 0, 2/ 2 and 12 chaetae (Fig. 18B)... T. bicolorcornuta

- Head dorsal chaetotaxy lacking An 3i chaeta (Fig. 24B); clypeal l2 chaeta normal; outer papillae evident (Figs 24 C–D); Th II with a4 + and a 4i mac (Fig. 25A); manubrial formula 1, 2, 2, 2/ 4 and 10 chaetae (Fig. 28B)................... T. gladiata

3(1) Trunk pale or partially pigmented (Figs 1 E–F); Abd III with p3 mic (Fig. 30E); Abd IV with 6 or less posterior sens (Figs 21A, 31A); tibiotarsus I of males with 5 or less proximal spines (Figs 22E, 32E); collophore posteriorly with 2 or fewer reduced spine-like chaeta (Figs 23A, 33A)........................................................................ 4

- Trunk heavily pigmented (Fig. 1A); Abd III with p3 chaeta fringed (Fig. 10E); Abd IV with 7 posterior sens (Fig. 11A); tibiotarsus I of males with 6–8 proximal spines (Fig. 12E); collophore posteriorly with 3 reduced spine-like chaeta (Fig. 13A)............................................................................................... T. raptora

4(3) Head dorsal chaetotaxy with A4 mic absent, An 3i present (Fig. 19B); clypeal l1 chaeta apically acuminate (Fig. 19C); Th II without m 1i and p1ip mac; Th III with a6 mac (Figs 20 A–B); Abd IV without B2 mac, A3a eventually present (Fig. 21A); collophore posteriorly with 1 reduced spine-like chaeta and without ciliate chaetae; manubrium with 0/2 subapical chaetae (Figs 23 A–B); manubrial plate with 3 psp (Fig. 23C)..................................................... T. diabolica

- Head dorsal chaetotaxy with A4 mic present, An 3i absent (Fig. 29B); clypeal l1 chaeta normal (Fig. 29C); Th II with m 1i and p1ip mac; Th III without a6 mac (Figs 30 A–B); Abd IV with B2 mac, B1 eventually present (Fig. 31A); collophore posteriorly with 2 reduced spine-like chaetae and with 1 ciliate chaeta; manubrium with 2/4 subapical chaetae (Figs 33 A–B); manubrial plate with 2 psp (Fig. 33C).......................................................................... T. sex