| 1. | Tergite 9 of male has microscopic black streaks at the apex.
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| 2. | At the lateral ends of each tergite existed rearwardly longer and longer spines.
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| 3. | Tergite four is largely black, with isolated dull yellow crescentic markings on each side.
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| 4. | Tergite three of the abdomen is 1.3 times as long as tergite two.
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| 5. | Tergite three of the abdomen is 1.3 times as long as tergite two.
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| 6. | The abdomen has pale, narrow, rounded bands on the basal side of each tergite.
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| 7. | Again in resemblance to other Lonchaeoidea, the Cryptochetidae do not have more than one tergite.
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| 8. | The head and body are pale green and the tegulae and first abodminal tergite are dark green.
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| 9. | In the female the seventh tergite and sternite are fused, and the eighth segment is elongated.
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| 10. | On females, the mites are found in a deep, bristly furrow on the second tergite.
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