Suffomyia

McAlpine, D. K., 2007, The Surge Flies (Diptera: Canacidae: Zaleinae) of Australasia and Notes on Tethinid-Canacid Morphology and Relationships, Records of the Australian Museum 59 (1), pp. 27-64 : 61

Key to species of Suffomyia

1 Postgenal region without series of setulae near eye; scutellum with two pairs of bristles only; male: epandrium setulose, but without pair of outstanding bristles; surstylus bilobed ....................................................................... ismayi

—— Postgenal region with a series of setulae near eye margin; scutellum with two pairs of long bristles and two pairs of short bristles; male: epandrium with one pair of long bristles; surstylus not bilobed .................................................... 2

2 Costa with moderate-sized setulae between humeral and subcostal breaks; antennal segment 3 subcircular, not longer than deep; biseriate acrostichal setulae continued nearly to scutellar suture; male: surstylus somewhat elongate and narrowed towards base; female: tergite 7 large and undivided ................................................................................ sabroskyi

—— Costa with one or two very long setulae between humeral and subcostal breaks; antennal segment 3 c. 1.5 times as long as deep; biseriate acrostichal setulae restricted to anterior half of mesoscutum or almost so; male: surstylus subtriangular, widest across base; female: tergite 7 divided into pair of widely separated sclerites ........................................................................................................................... scutellaris