Key to species of Buyda

(after Hoffman (1992), modified)

1. Wings apex hyaline (Fig. 4a); male abdominal tergite 5 with anterolateral patches of 30–55 pores (Fig. 5c); ectoproct rounded distal to ventromedial lobe (Fig. 5e); hypomeres shorter than pseudopenis (Fig. 5g); female sternite 8 as long medially as laterally (Fig. 6c); spermatheca with distal section slightly wider than medial section (Fig. 6e)............ B. immaculata n. sp.

- Wings apex infuscated (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 3); male tergite 5 without pores; ectoproct conical distal to ventromedial lobe; hypomeres nearly as long as pseudopenis (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 4e, f); female sternite 8 nearly 1.5 times as long medially as laterally; spermatheca with distal section narrower than medial section (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 4i).................................................................................. B. phthisica (Gerstaecker, 1885)