| 1 | Setulae present on wing vein R4+5 not extending beyond crossvein r-m | 2 |
| – | Setulae present on wing vein R4+5 extending beyond crossvein r-m | 8 |
| 2 | Fronto-orbital plate and parafacial entirely and uniformly gold | paulinesaribasae sp. n. |
| – | Fronto-orbital plate at most with some gold present and parafacial not gold | 3 |
| 3 | Fronto-orbital plate bearing some gold | leahdennisae sp. n. |
| – | Fronto-orbital plate pale grey or silver (can include pale brassy) distinctly not gold | 4 |
| 4 | Infrasquamal setae absent | occidentalis Coquillett, 1895 |
| – | Infrasquamal setae present | 5 |
| 5 | Frontal vitta indistinct around ocellar triangle, not reaching occiput | 6 |
| – | Frontal vitta wide and prominent extending around ocellar triangle to occiput | 7 |
| 6 | Parafacial setulae descending along parafacial in a row near facial ridge; surstylus sharp at tip | lindarobinsonae sp. n. |
| – | Parafacial setulae present as a small circular grouping along upper 1/3 of parafacial, not in a row near facial ridge; surstylus rounded at tip | svetlanakozikae sp. n. |
| 7 | Postpedicel just over 3 times as long as pedicel; claws and pulvilli shorter than last tarsomere | brevicornis Brooks, 1945 |
| – | Postpedicel 2 times as long as pedicel; claws and pulvilli longer than last tarsomere | orientalis Townsend, 1915 |
| 8 | Fronto-orbital plate gold on at least upper two thirds | robinsherwoodae sp. n. |
| – | Fronto-orbital plate entirely silver | 9 |
| 9 | Wing vein R1 bare throughout | facialis Reinhard, 1956 |
| – | Wing vein R1 setulose throughout | cordata Reinhard, 1960 |