Key to females of Australasian species of the Imicola complex 1. Apical half of cell r2 included in post-stigmatic, apical pale marking in cell m1 reaching or crossing vein M2 subapically then narrowing apically and not touching vein M2 at wing margin (Fig. 8)..................................... nudipalpis - apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 to ½ included in post stigmatic pale spot, apical pale marking in cell m1 not narrowed apically and either touching or approaching vein M2 at wing margin (Fig. 4, 6).......................................... 2 2. Wing with proximal dark marking on costa of similar length to stigmatic dark spot, apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 included in post stigmatic pale spot (Fig. 6).................................................................. brevitarsis - Wing with proximal dark marking on costa distinctly longer than stigmatic dark spot, apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 to ½ included in post stigmatic pale spot (Fig. 4).......................................................... asiatica

Published as part of Bellis, Glenn, Dyce, Alan, Gopurenko, David, Yanase, Tohru, Garros, Claire, Labuschagne, Karien & Mitchell, Andrew, 2014, Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region, pp. 401-427 in Zootaxa 3768 (4) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218566