Condylostylus in Himalayan

Tang, Chufei, Zhu, Yajun & Yang, Ding, 2019, Sciapodinae from the Himalayan region with description of nine new species from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), Zootaxa 4577 (1), pp. 1-28 : 20

Key to species (males) of Condylostylus in Himalayan region

1 All coxae yellow...................................................................................... 2

- At least mid and hind coxae brown or black................................................................. 3

2 Mid leg without pale crocheted bristles [ China, India, Nepal]................ Condylostylus nebulosus (Matsumura, 1916)

- Mid tarsus with rows of pale crocheted ad [ China, India]......................... Condylostylus luteicoxa Parent, 1929

3 Cercus short, arm-like, not extended much beyond apex of surstylus and with incurved apical bristles ( Becker 1922, fig. 211; Parent 1934, fig. 13) [ China, India, Nepal]............... Condylostylus conspectus Becker, 1922 and C. caii Parent, 1934

- Cercus filiform and extended beyond apex of surstylus........................................................ 4

4 Femora and tibiae black; cercus elongate, tapered ( Becker 1922, fig. 207) [ India]..... Condylostylus profundus Becker, 1922

- Fore femur and tibia brown, mid and hind femora dark brown, mid and hind tibiae dark yellow; cercus elongate, bent at basal third, with long ventral bristles on apical 2/3 ( Yang et al. 2011, fig. 135) [ China].................................................................................................. Condylostylus leigongshanus Wei & Yang, 2007