Paralimna, LOEW, 1862

Krivosheina, M. G. & OZerov, A. L., 2020, A new species of the shore-fly genus Paralimna Loew, 1862 (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Australia, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (2), pp. 222-226 : 224

KEY TO SUBGENERA OF PARALIMNA LOEW

1. Gena high, height about 1/3 of eye or more; postpedicel at most 1.5 times width ................. Paralimna Loew, 1862

— Gena short, heith about ¼ of eye height; postpedicel elongate, length more than twice width ....................... 2

2. Scutum and anepisternum mostly unicolorous and greyish brown to black; wing unicolorous .................................. ............................................. Phaiosterna Cresson, 1916

— Scutum and anepisternum striped, yellowish to brownish grey between brown stripes; wing hyaline with variable pattern, with strong infuscation on veins or cells fully brown spotted .................................................................. ..................... Coganolimna Ale-Rocho et Mathis, 2015