Teuchophorus spatulifer, Meuffels and Grootaert, 1986

Meuffels, Henk & Grootaert, Patrick, 2004, The genus Teuchophorus in South-East Asia and New Guinea, description of new species, species-groups and their phylogeny (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae), Journal of Natural History 38 (2), pp. 143-258 : 245-246

13 Hind tibia ventrally at base with a very long, spoon-shaped bristle; mid femur ventrally at middle with three or four strong black bristles; segments 2–4 of fore tarsus shortened; third antennal segment about 1.5 times as long as deep, pointed; eyes nearly touching each other on face; no spinules at ventral base of fore tarsus........ 12. T. spatulifer Meuffels and Grootaert, 1986 ( Papua New Guinea)

– Hind tibia without spoon-shaped bristle............ 14

14 Mid tibia ventrally with two long, pale hairs or hair-like bristles...... 15 (Third antennal segment 1.5–2 times as long as deep; eyes nearly touching each other on face; very small species, wing length 0.9–1.0 mm)

– Mid tibia ventrally without long pale hairs or hair-like bristles...... 16

15 Wing without stigma; mid tibia with two very long pale bristly hairs (figure 35), each arising from a slightly swollen dark spot; mid femur with a strong av just beyond middle, and three short ventral bristles on basal half; hind tibia ventrally with two rows of long brownish setae; third antennal segment nearly twice as long as deep (figure 32); minute spinules at base of fore tarsus...........