Key for identification of Andean species of Hoplopeza Bezzi 1 Occiput bare, shiny black (Fig. 2D, E); fore tibia with several long, slender and wavy yellow setae on ventral surface (Fig. 2A)................................................................................................ 2 - Occiput with pruinosity, dull black (Fig. 3C–E); fore tibia without several long, slender and wavy yellow setae on ventral surface (Fig. 3A)...................................................................................... 3 2 Hind tarsomere 1 without short and strong spine-like setae on dorsal surface (Fig. 2F); left epandrial lamella without row of long spine-like setae on dorsal surface (Fig. 5A, B); left cercus without apical spine (Fig. 5A, B).................................................................................................. Hoplopeza colombiana sp. nov. - Hind tarsomere 1 with row of short and strong spine-like setae on dorsal margin (Fig. 4B); left epandrial lamella with row of long spine-like setae on dorsal surface (Rafael 1995, fig. 7); left cercus with long apical spine (Rafael 1995, fig. 7)........................................................................................ Hoplopeza chloropa Bezzi 3 Antenna light brown; pleura tawny-brown; postpronotal lobe yellow (Fig. 4A); fore femur without long and strong dorsal setae near apex; short and slender apical spur at apex of hind tibia.............................. Hoplopeza annulata Collin - Antenna black; pleura dark brown (Fig. 3A, B); postpronotal lobe black, except posterior margin paler; fore femur with one long and strong dorsal seta near apex; long and strong apical spur at apex of hind tibia (Fig. 3F)... Hoplopeza rafaeli sp. nov.

Published as part of Henao-Sepúlveda, Carolina, Barros, Luana Machado, Ale-Rocha, Rosaly & Wolff, Marta, 2023, Two new species of the genus Hoplopeza Bezzi (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae) from the high Andean forests of Colombia, pp. 87-100 in Zootaxa 5297 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7989319