Griphophanes

Ya, Igor, 2010, Discovery of Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels and Nepalomyia Hollis in the Afrotropical Region with a key to Afrotropical genera of Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), Zootaxa 2668, pp. 1-20 : 11

Key to known species of Griphophanes

1 Legs mainly yellow; acrostichal setae uniseriate; 5 dorsocentrals; body length 1.55 (female) – 1.7 (male) mm, wing length 1.3 mm (Oriental)......................................................................................................................... gravicaudatus

- Legs mainly blackish brown; acrostichals biseriate; 6 dorsocentrals; body and wing longer; body length 2.4, wing length 2.4 – 2.5 (Afrotropical; males only).................................................................................................................... 2

2 Apical part of wing vein CuA1 1.5 times longer than dm-cu; male segment 7 short, about as long as tergum 6 .................................................................................................................................................................. congoensis sp. nov.

- Apical part of wing vein CuA1 slightly shorter than dm-cu; male segment 7 nearly as long as terga 4−6 combined ....................................................................................................................................................... garambaensis sp. nov.