○ Dark markings, if present, confined to basal parts of wings
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Synthemistidae: Key couplet 2 of 26
● Generally two to five crossveins in median space of all wings
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Synthemistidae: Key couplet 9 of 26
● No accessory thick antenodal in forewing, only the two primaries present ● Male tergum 10 with posteriorly directed pale mid-dorsal cone ● Ovipositor reaching beyond segment 9
⇒ genus: Synthemis
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Synthemistidae: Key couplet 10 of 26
● Large pale spot on supplementary transverse carina on each side of abdominal tergum 2, smaller in male than in female