Medinodexia Townsend, 1927

Tachi, Takuji & Huang, Yu-Zen, 2019, A new species of Medinodexia Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Japan, with a discussion on phylogenetic implications of the female postabdomen in Blondeliini, Zootaxa 4638 (4), pp. 584-594 : 592

Key to species of Medinodexia Townsend

1. Dorsum of abdomen largely brown........................................................ M. morgani (Hardy)

- Dorsum of abdomen pale yellow on syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3 – 4 except for longitudinal band black with thin whitish pruinosity on anterior part................................................................................. 2

2. Fore tibia with 1 posterior seta; first flagellomere approximately 3 times as long as pedicel; gena approximately 0.15 of head height.............................................................................. M. japonica sp. nov.

- Fore tibia with 2 posterior setae; first flagellomere approximately 4.5 times as long as pedicel; gena approximately 0.2 of eye height.......................................................................... M. fulviventris Townsend