Lipsothrix

Hancock, E. Geoffrey, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David, Lyszkowsi, Richard M., Macgowan, Iain, Ricarte, Antonio, Rotheray, Graham E. & Watt, Kenneth, 2015, Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae, Zootaxa 3911 (2), pp. 231-244 : 236

Key to adults of Lipsothrix species of the western Palaearctic

1. Wing with dark stigma; thorax at least partly darkened on scutum............................................... 4

- Wing without darkened stigma; yellowish species........................................................... 2

2. Femora yellow; wing veins with short, inconspicuous macrotrichia; 2A bare; blackish palps, tarsi and base of 8th sternite of male..................................................................................... remota Walker

- Femora with black apices; veins with long macrotrichia; 2A with some macrotrichia at apex.......................... 3

3. Abdomen with dorsal stripe; male with distal part of 7th and whole of 8th sternites blackish; vein 2A with numerous macrotri- chia towards apex......................................................................... errans Walker.

- Abdomen without dorsal stripe, male with only 8th abdominal sternite darkened; vein 2A with only 3–6 macrotrichia............................................................................................ ecucullata Edwards

4. Wing apex and cross veins clouded............................................................. nobilis Loew

- Wing apex clear...................................................................................... 5

5. Thorax dorsally and abdominal tergites blackish; pleurae and sternites yellow........................ nervosa Edwards

- Thorax and abdomen brownish-black including pleurae and sternites................................ galiciensis n. sp.