Three new species of Tephrochlamys Loew (Diptera: Heleomyzidae: Heteromyzinae) from Oriental China, with a key to the Oriental species Author Zeng, Wei 0000-0001-8749-053X Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Author Ma, Fangzhou Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment; National Key Laboratory of Biosafety; State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Wuyi Mountains, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042 Author Yang, Ding Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-14 5493 5 577 589 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.5.6 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.5.6 1175-5326 13330617 6707FE34-B41E-428D-B823-ACEAC19085BD Tephrochlamys Loew, 1862 Tephrochlamys Loew, 1862: 128 . Type species: Helomyza rufiventris Meigen, 1830 . Key to the Oriental species of Tephrochlamys 1. Length of anterior pair of fronto-orbital setae is at most 0.25 times length of posterior pair, distinctly short and slender, emerging from small circle, almost indistinguishable from the surrounding smaller setae ( Figs. 17, 18 )...... T. javanensis Frey, 1934 - Length of anterior pair of fronto-orbital setae is at least 0.5 times length of posterior pair............................ 2 2. Abdomen entirely black, dusted with greenish-gray, the sternites with black anterior margins ( Figs. 40, 41 ).............................................................................................. T. fasciata Czerny, 1924 - Abdomen ash-grey, yellow or yellowish brown, the sternites without black anterior margins, uniformly colored or with posterior darkening........................................................................................... 3 3. Wings distinctly clouded along costal vein ( Okadome, 1997 )............................ T. japonica Okadome, 1967 - Wings not distinctly clouded along costal vein.............................................................. 4 4. Mesonotum with 6 somewhat irregular rows of acrostichal setae after suture ( Fig. 21 ).............................. 5 - Mesonotum with 4 somewhat irregular rows of acrostichal setae after suture ( Figs. 2 , 29 )............................ 6 5. Crossvein CuA, CuA+CuP and bm-m with variegated yellow and brown patterns on the veins ( Fig. 24 )................................................................................................... T. variegata sp. nov. - Crossveins without variegated pattern.............................................. T. rufiventris ( Meigen, 1830 ) 6. Dorsal side of first flagellomere flat (visible in lateral view; Fig. 31 ); crossveins r-m and dm-m with infuscate markings on the membrane ( Fig. 32 )...................................................................... T. pengi sp. nov. - Dorsal side of first flagellomere not flat (visible in lateral view; Fig. 3 ); crossveins r-m and dm-m without obvious dark markings on the membrane......................................................... T. wuyishanensis sp. nov.