Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A., Tan, Ming Kai & Robillard, Tony, 2019, Taxonomic review of the genus Paranisitra Chopard (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae: Nisitrini) with description of a new species from Mindanao, Zootaxa 4568 (1), pp. 81-96 : 82

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