| 1 | Humeral angles acutely spined (Figs 5, 13) | 2 |
| – | Humeral angles not acute, rounded (Fig. 9) | M.nugax Stål, 1872 |
| 2 | Only the basal portion of the first visible labial segment blackish (Fig. 3) | M.nigriceps Burmeister, 1835 |
| – | First visible labial segment entirely blackish (Fig. 14) | M.tipuliformis Burmeister, 1838 |