Key to the North American females of Paramyia

1 Body yellow …............................................................................ P. lutea n. sp.

- Body brown or black …............................................................................... 2

2 All tarsi dark brown to black and matching the tibia (Fig. 11D) …................................ P. nigritarsi n. sp.

- Fore tarsi yellow to brown; mid and hind tarsi yellow and clearly differing from the brown to dark brown tibia (Fig. 7E, 13D) … ................................................................................................. 3

3 Flagellum short and oblong, 1.4-1.6 times wider than long; pedicel usually brown or paler than flagellum (Fig. 13E); palpus short and broad with a row of ventral slender setae (Fig. 13F) …................................ P. brevikeraia n. sp.

- Flagellum subquadrate and at most 1.25 times wider than long or longer, if closer to 1.4 times wider than long, gena very narrow: eye 7.7-8.0 times as high as gena; pedicel usually same color than flagellum, dark brown; palpus longer and narrow … 4

4 Labella yellowish to amber in lateral view from base to apex with only extreme base darker at the junction with labium (clear difference between labium and labella color) (Fig. 7G) and fore tibia yellowish to light brown (paler than fore femur) on anterior, posterior and ventral side; dorsal side with extremities yellowish and a variable brown patch in the middle.............................................................................................. P. pseudonitens n. sp.