Leptopsilopa

Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, Cielniak, Magdalena & Pochrząst, Katarzyna, 2016, A revision of the Old World species of Leptopsilopa Cresson (Insecta: Diptera: Ephydridae), Zootaxa 4093 (3), pp. 343-362 : 346

Key for the species of the Old World Leptopsilopa

1. All tibiae, and fore tarsi black ( Fig. 3 B); face completely or laterally microtomentose ( Figs. 5 A–5B, 9A–9B)............. 2

- Mid and hind-tibiae yellow, most part of fore basitarsomere and tarsomere 2–4 white ( Fig. 3 C); face completely shiny ( Figs. 7 A–7B)............................................................................. L. mutabilis Cresson

2. Antennae with basiflagellomere mostly yellow (only dorsal margin darker) ( Figs. 5 A–5B); palpus yellow; generally larger species, body length 1.77–2.49............................................................... L. africana Cresson

- Antennae with black basiflagellomere ( Figs. 9 A–9B); palpus dark; smaller species, body length 1.58–1.81.................................................................................................. L. pollinosa (Kertész)

Figures

FIGURE 3. Heads with thorax and foretarsi. A. Head of Leptopsilopa africana Cresson (antero-oblique view). B. Foretarsus of Leptopsilopa africana Cresson (anterior view). C. Foretarsus of L. mutabilis Cresson (anterior view). D. Head with thorax of Leptopsilopa africana Cresson (dorsal view).

FIGURE 5. Head of Leptopsilopa africana Cresson (anterior view): A. Female. B Male.

FIGURE 7. Head of Leptopsilopa mutabilis Cresson. A. Anterior view. B. Oblique view.

FIGURE 9. Head of Leptopsilopa pollinosa (Kertész). A. Anterior view. B. Oblique view.