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long hairs on terga usually to IV, behind which they are sparse and 

 weak; proximal terga sometimes with modified shagreenlike pubes- 

 cence on sides. One or 2 functional spermathecae, the first large, the 

 second, if present, always very small. Genital sclerotization of female 

 with sternum IX narrowly cleft, with 2 acuminate caudal processes; 

 genital sclerites foot shaped, with longer caudal points. Male genitalia 

 short and broad, with rounded tergum IX bearing slight caudomedian 

 cleft and prominent pubescent submedian lobes; basistyle usually 

 swollen mesally at base, narrow on distal portion, basidorsal process 

 usually in form of a strong hook; dististyle usually markedly curved 

 with moderately stout, pointed tip; aedeagal sclerites usually slender, 

 curved, with caudomedian tips sometimes slightly expanded and 

 grooved; parameres in form of strongly sclerotized sinuate or curved 

 rods with clavate tips, basal lobe a small triangular process directed 

 c.audad. 



Species included: Stilobezzia albicoxa Lane and Forattini, Brazil: 

 antennalis (Coquillett), North America; atronitens Goetghebuer, the 

 Belgian Congo; bizonata Tokunaga, New Guinea; chaconi Macfie, 

 Trinidad; claripes, new species, Korea and Japan; congestiterga, new 

 species, Malaya; crassistyla, new species, Malaya; dryadum Macfie, 

 British Guiana; eximitarsis, new species, Malaya; femoralis Lane 

 and Forattini, Panama; ; flavirostris (Winnertz), Europe; jlavirostroides 

 (Strobl), Austria; intermedia de Meillon, Zululand; isthmostheca, new 

 species, Thailand; lasioterga, new species, Malaya and Sarawak; 

 longihamata Tokunaga, New Guinea; nasicae de Meillon, Middle 

 Congo; nudisthmostheca, new species, Ceylon, Philippines, and Japan; 

 palpalis Tokunaga, New Guinea; parvula Goetghebuer, Belgian 

 Congo; propristyla, new species, North Borneo; spiniterga, new 

 species, Malaya; subviridis Macfie, southeast Asia; tenebrosa Macfie, 

 the Marquesas Islands; tenuicolorata, new species, Malaya and 

 Thailand; tokunagai, new species, Japan and Korea; and tropica 

 Clastrier, Senegal. 



Key to the Oriental Species of the Subviridis Group 



1. Hind femur totally dark except for small pale area at base 2 



Hind femur with apical to subapical pale spot or almost totally pale . 6 



2. Proximal abdominal terga with special shagreenlike pubescence on sides; 



medium size, intensely colored species lasioterga, new species 



Proximal terga with normal weak pubescence; medium to large, intense 

 to light-colored species 3 



3. Halter knob paler on flat end; medium-size, light-colored species. 



tenuicolorata, new species 



Halter knob intensely dark brown throughout; medium to large, intensely 



colored species 4 



4. Mid tibia darker basad; female spermatheca oval and not drawn into a 



basal neck 5 



