Notiphila

Krivosheina, M. G. & Ozerov, A. L., 2015, A new species of the shore-fly genus Notiphila Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Indonesia, Zootaxa 3974 (4), pp. 595-598 : 596-597

Key to the Australasian/Oceanian species of Notiphila (males)

1. Face without strong facial setae, with fine hairs only. Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania)...................................

............................................................................................................................ N. (Agrolimna) bicornuta Bock, 1988 - Face with strong facial setae......................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Face with 3 facial setae ................................................................................................................................................. 3

- Face with 2 facial setae ................................................................................................................................................ 4

3. Gena low, eye to gena height ratio about 5:1. Face silvery-grey. Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Molokai, Oahu), Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan................................................................................ N. (Notiphila) insularis Grimshaw, 1901

- Gena higher, eye to gena height ratio about 3:1. Face golden-tan. Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)........................... N. (Notiphila) fuscimana Malloch, 1925

4. Gena low, eye to gena height ratio about 7:1. Thorax grey with brown stripes. Male abdomen with four distinct dark spots on tergites 3–4. Indonesia (W Papua, Merauke) .................................................... N. (Notiphila) oksanae sp.n.

- Gena high, eye to gena height ratio about 3:1. Thorax grey. Male abdomen without distinct dark spots on tergites 3– 4. Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); India, Indonesia (Java), Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand........... .................................................................................................................. N. (Notiphila) impunctata de Mejere, 1908