Key to the known Indian species of Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

1. Propleura with pubescence, palpi orange, facial carina absent …………… ……………………………………………………………………….………………… P. townsendi

- Propleura bare, palpi black to dark brown, facial carina well developed…………………………… 2

2. Face covered with grey tomentum, first and second antennal segment reddish, third dark brown, palpi dark brown, basicostal scale orange, wing veins orange …………. …………..………………………………………………..…………………………...……. P. rudis

- Face black covered with black hairs, slightly tomentose in male, epistome margin yellow, antennae black, palpi black, basicostal scale brown to black, wing veins brown in colour ………………………………………………………….................................................... P. hazarae