Key to adult females of Australian Cricotopus

(excluding C. howensis, C. wangi, inadequately known as adult female; colour patterns may be as in Male (Fig. 1))

1 Tergite IV wholly pale.................................................................................. 2

- Tergite IV wholly or partly dark.......................................................................... 5

2 All legs pale, with no dark sections.......................................................... C. tasmania sp. n.

- Some darkening of some leg segments..................................................................... 3

3 Tibiae and tarsomeres of mid- and hind legs pale.................................... C. albitarsis Hergstrom sp. n.

- All tibiae dark, with or without pale bands; all tarsomeres dark................................................. 4

4 Spermathecal capsules ovoid (Fig. 4 I)...................................................... C. varicornis sp. n.

- Spermathecal capsules spheroid (Fig. 4 F)..................................................... C. hillmani sp. n.

5 All tergites uniformly dark.............................................................................. 6

- Tergite I pale; pale bands on tergites II and IV............................................................... 8

6 All tibiae with pale bands..................................................... C. parbicinctus Hergstrom sp. n.

- All tibiae uniformly dark................................................................................ 7

7 Spermathecal capsules spheroid (Fig. 4 A)..................................................... C. acornis sp. n.

- Spermathecal capsules elongate (Fig. 4 E).................................................... C. conicornis sp. n.

8 Tarsomeres of mid- and hind legs pale; all tibiae pale with distal 1/10 dark........................ C. brevicornis sp. n.

- Tarsomeres dark; fore and mid-tibiae pale on proximal1/3; hind tibia dark...................... C. annuliventris (Skuse)