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Reviewing the descriptions and images available in Toro & Ruz (1972), as well as the comments available in Gonzalez; Smith-Pardo & Engel (2017), it is possible to conclude that Spinoliella Herbsti is the only one present in Chile that, in the case of hermbas, has a dark brown abdomen with yellowish-white spots in T1-T5,
which in some individuals can form a band at T3 and/or T4. Other Spinoliellas have a red abdomen or do not have spots so large that they form bands at T3-T4.

According to the key given by Vivallo (2003), Alloscirtetica vagabunda is the only one that, in males, has a yellow clypeus, black labrum and mandibles as well as metasomal tergi with a translucent testaceous distal end. The only similar Alloscirtetica, according to the key, is A. valparadisaea, which does not have a translucent distal end, has hairs on the apical end of the middle and posterior tibiae that are black (in the image they are white) and could present a band whitish hairy in T1-T3.