Key to species of Paranisitra Chopard, 1925
1 Face with white or yellow transverse band.................................................................. 2
- Face without white or yellow transverse band............................................................... 4
2 Body spotted; male genitalia with lateral endophallic sclerites and almost not hooked at apex... P. maculata Gorochov, 2009
- Body not spotted...................................................................................... 3
3 Body coloration usually yellow brown with black and yellow patterns; male genitalia with rounded and wide pseudepiphallic lophi............................................................................ P. longipes Chopard, 1925
- Body coloration lighter than other species; male genitalia with smaller and triangular pseudepiphallic lophi.............................................................................................. P. leytensis Robillard, 2015
4 Face entirely black; male genitalia with membranous lophi and ectophallic fold have strong leaf-like lateral sclerites......................................................................... P. septentria Baroga, Yap & Robillard, 2016
- Face entirely yellow................................................................................... 5
5 Presence of dark longitudinal band on hind femora; male genitalia pseudepiphallic lophi longer than wide, endophallic sclerite with lateral arms curved anteriorly.......................................................... P. flavofacia n. sp.
- Absence of dark longitudinal band on hind femora; male genitalia with short and rounded pseudepiphallic lophi, wider than long; endophallic sclerite with lateral arms curved posteriorly and distinctly hooked at apex....... P. diluta Gorochov, 2009