Key to males of Australasian species of the Imicola complex

1. Apical pale marking in cell m1 reaching or crossing vein M2 subapically then narrowing apically and not touching vein M2 at wing margin (Fig. 9), ventral membrane of 9th sternite spiculate (Fig. 40)................................. nudipalpis

- Apical pale marking in cell m1 not narrowed apically and touching vein M2 at wing margin (Fig. 5, 7), ventral membrane of 9th sternite bare (Fig. 34, 37)............................................................................ 2

2. Wing with proximal dark marking on costa at most 1.5 times as long as stigmatic dark spot (Fig. 7)............ brevitarsis

- Wing with proximal dark marking on costa at least twice as long as stigmatic dark spot (Fig. 5)................. asiatica