Tropidomyia, Williston, 1888

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2019, New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Conopidae). Part 2: Conopinae excluding Physocephalini, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 277-349 : 346

Key 11: Afrotropical species of Tropidomyia .

1 Arista with two distinct segments ( Fig. 141, inset); face orange, with golden to silver dusting; tergite 2 mainly orange-brown; radial cell r 2+3 completely brown ( Fig. 139); ♀ theca longer, as long as or exceeding the depth of tergite 5 in side view ( Fig. 140); larger species (wing length <9 mm).... T. ornata Kröber, 1915

– Arista with only one distinct segment ( Fig. 138); face yellow with black centre, silver dusted; tergite 2 black with a narrow brown hind margin; radial cell r 2+3 hyaline medially ( Fig. 136); ♀ theca shorter, less than depth of tergite 5 in side view ( Fig. 137); smaller species (wing length <6 mm) ..................................... .................................................................................... T. africana Camras, 2001