Alloxytropus

Winterton, Shaun L. & Kerr, Peter H., 2006, A new species of Alloxytropus Bezzi (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) from Israel, Zootaxa 1155, pp. 41-50 : 49

Key to Alloxytropus species

1. Abdomen colouration pale brownish­orange or white.................................................. 2

­ Abdomen colouration darker......................................................................................... 3

2. Abdomen mostly vivid white (especially in male); thorax and head dark, overlain with grey pruinescence ( Israel) ...................................................................... A. elias sp. nov.

­ Abdomen colouration darker, mostly pale brownish­orange ( Egypt, Israel) .................. ........................................................................................................... A. anomalus Bezzi

3. Haltere knob white ( Mongolia) ..................................................... A. kerzhneri Zaitzev

­ Haltere knob yellow ..................................................................................................... 4

4. Body almost completely shiny black; wing clear transparent ( Egypt)............................ ........................................................................................................ A. bezzii Paramonov

­ Body dull coloured, overlain with grey pruinescence; wing milky transparent ( Kazakhstan) .......................................................................................... A. lehri Zaitzev