Key to the species of Phanolinopsis Scheerpeltz
1. Head and pronotum with bright red coloration (Figs. 2, 8); aedeagus with tip of paramere emarginate in dorsal view (Figs. 28, 30)......................................................................................... P. erythros
- Head and pronotum not bright red (Figs, 1, 3–7, 9–12); aedeagus with tip of paramere flat or rounded in dorsal view (Figs. 25, 31, 34, 37, 40)........................................................................................ 2
2 Posterolateral corners of head pointed (Figs. 4, 10, 16)................................................ P. goniakos
- Posterolateral corners of head not pointed (Figs. 1–3, 5–9, 11–15, 17–18)......................................... 3
3 Pronotum disc impunctate (excluding micropunctures)........................................................ 4
- Pronotum disc with four punctures at the center of the pronotum, each one delimiting the corner of a square (some specimens with five punctures or less than four....................................................................... 5
4 Head and pronotum with weak micropunctation (Fig. 9); reduced microsculpture between eyes and postmandibular ridge (Fig. 15); tip of paramere flat (Figs. 31, 33)................................................................ P. fassli
- Head and pronotum with stark micropunctation (Fig. 12); with dense microsculpture between eyes and postmandibular ridge (Fig. 18); tip of paramere rounded (Figs. 40, 42)..................................................... P. norahae
5 Distance between eye and postmandibular ridge in lateral view short (Fig. 13); pronotum and elytra of different color (Fig. 1); tip of median lobe pointed and apex of paramere narrow (Figs. 25–27).................................. P. discedens
- Distance between eye and postmandibular ridge in lateral view long (Fig. 17); pronotum and elytra of similar color (Fig. 5); tip of median lobe wider and rounded and apex of paramere wide (Figs. 37–39)............................ P. metaksenios