Key to Chinese species of Japanagallia (male)

1. Male pygofer with a row of serrate processes on caudomesal margin ........................................... J. dentata Cai & He

- Male pygofer not as above............................................................................................................................................ 2

2. Male pygofer with inner processes ............................................................................................................................... 3

- Male pygofer without inner processes ......................................................................................................................... 5

3. Aedeagal shaft compressed with pair of short processes ......................................................... J. tappana (Matsumura)

- Aedeagal shaft cylindrical with two pairs of long processes........................................................................................ 4

4. Aedeagal shaft stout, apex rounded with pair of stout processes ..................................................... J. spinosa sp. nov.

- Aedeagal shaft thin, apex hooked without such processes ......................................................... J. hamata Zhang & Li

5. Dorsoposterior corner of male pygofer with ventrally directed spine; aedeagus U-shaped in lateral view, shaft with pair of arcuate lamellate processes near base ................................................................................ J. lamellata sp. nov.

- Male pygofer and aedeagus not as above ..................................................................................................................... 6

6. Male pygofer with sharp projection on dorsomesal margin, caudal lobe triangular; aedeagal shaft with pair of basal processes on dorsal margin ....................................................................................................... J. pteridis (Matsumura)

- Male pygofer without such projection on dorsomesal margin, caudal lobe digitiform; aedeagal shaft with three sub- apical processes on dorsal and ventral margins ................................................................................. J. longa Cai & He