Eugowra species

Daniel J Bickel, 2006, Eugowra, A New Fly Genus from Australia (Empididae: Empidinae), Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 119-124 : 122

Key to males of Eugowra species

Eugowra is a member of the tribe Hilarini with the following characters: mesonotum without distinct cuticular patterns or bands; male basitarsus I swollen; Sc incomplete, and not upturned to costa; hypandrium reduced to narrow band, leaving aedeagus almost free.

1 Face ( Fig. 1a) with pair of fine setae between antennal base and clypeal margin (both sexes); tibia I ( Fig. 1b) with single strong black dorsal seta at 7 ⁄ 8 (NSW, Vic.) ......................................................................... E. uniseta n.sp.

—— Face bare of setae; tibia I with at least 3 strong dorsal setae ........................................................ 2

2 TI ( Fig. 1d) with 3 black dorsal setae at 2 ⁄ 5, 3 ⁄ 5, and 7 ⁄ 8, which distally increase in size; basitarsus I swollen with some scattered short dorsoapical setae (Tas., Vic.)....................................................................................... E. colei n.sp.

—— TI ( Fig. 1g) with row of dorsal setae with some outstanding longer setae on distal half, especially at 7 ⁄ 8; It 1 swollen with shaggy appearance from dorsal and lateral hairs (Vic.) ......................................................... E. fusca n.sp.