Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Boleodorinae).
Key to Neothada
species (from Heyns and vanden Berg, 1996)
I. Longitudinal striae 10, tail tip
rather acute. .. N. geraerti
Longitudinal striae at
least 14, tail tip bluntly rounded . . . . . .2
2. Longitudinal striae 20, L:> 0.6 mm;
tranverse striae >: 215. . . N. major
Longitudinal striae 14 or 16;
L < 0.6 mm: transverse striae < 210 . . ..3
3. Stylet with distinct basal
knobs..................................... N hades
Stylet
without distinct basal knobs ................................... .4
4. Longitudinal striae 14; transverse
straiae > 195 .. .......N. andrassyi
Longitudinal
striae 16; transverse straiae < 195 ................. 5
5. Lip region conoid. . . . . .......
................................N. cancellata
Lip
region more truncate......................................N. tatra
Drawings from Heyns and vanden Berg (1996).
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