Key to known species of the Pteranabropsis from China

1 All femora with apex white; lobes of metasternum longer; hind margin of male subgenital plate without incision................................................................................... Pteranabropsis carli (Griffini,1911)

- All femora with apex not white; lobes of metasternum shorter; hind margin of male subgenital plate with a incision (except P. tibetensis)........................................................................................... 2

2 Mid femur armed with spines on the ventral margins; lateral margins of male subgenital plate not parallel in apical half..... 3

- Mid femur unarmed on both ventral margins; lateral margins of male subgenital plate parallel in apical half.............. 6

3 Mid femur with spines on both ventral margins.............................................................. 4

- Mid femur with spines on externo-ventral margin only........................................................ 5

4 Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a V-shaped incision................. Pteranabropsis carnarius Gorochov, 1998

- Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a U-shaped incision....... Pteranabropsis tenchongensis Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.

5 Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a U-shaped incision............. Pteranabropsis karnyi Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.

- Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a V-shaped incision............ Pteranabropsis infuscatus Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.

6 Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a V-shaped incision; ovipositor shorter than 15mm ....................................................................................... Pteranabropsis parallelus Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.

- Hind margin of male subgenital plate without incision; ovipositor longer than 15mm ............................................................................................... Pteranabropsis tibetensis Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.