Ctenochauliodes
Creators: name: Liu, Xingyue
name: Hayashi, Fumio
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Ctenochauliodes

description: Key to males of Ctenochauliodes
1. Wings grayish brown throughout (Yang & Liu 2010: plate IX: 61)............................ C. griseus Yang & Yang
- Wings hyaline or subhyaline, with dark markings............................................................ 2
2. Hindwings with distinct blackish brown markings from base to apex (Yang & Liu 2010: plate X: 67)................... 3
- Hindwings immaculate or with only a few brownish markings on apex........................................... 4
3. Male tenth tergum with apex twisted inward (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 5 B); male tenth gonocoxite with apex hook-like and curved dorsad (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 5 A)............................................ C. abnormis Yang & Yang
- Male tenth tergum with apex not twisted inward (Liu & Yang 2006: Fig. 16 B); male tenth gonocoxite with apex not curved dorsad (Liu & Yang 2006:b Fig. 16 A)..................................................... C. yangi Liu & Yang
4. Left lobe of male tenth gonocoxite in lateral view with apex obtuse or acutely pointed, but not curved dorsad............. 5
- Left lobe of male tenth gonocoxite in lateral view with apex acutely pointed and curved dorsad........................8
5. Forewing with numerous small brownish spots on proximal half of costal area (Yang & Liu 2010: plate X: 64); left lobe of male tenth gonocoxite in lateral view strongly elevated dorsad (Yang & Liu 2010: Fig. 121a).... C. punctulatus Yang & Yang
- Forewing without small brownish spots on proximal half of costal area; left lobe of male tenth gonocoxite in lateral view fee- bly elevated dorsad....................................................................................6
6. Forewing proximally with a broad subtriangular brown marking (Liu & Yang 2010: plate X: 65); lobes of male tenth gonocoxite with apex rounded and not curved ventrad (Liu & Yang 2006b: 14A).................... C. sagittiformis Liu & Yang
- Forewing proximally without broad subtriangular brown marking; lobes of male tenth gonocoxite with apex acutely pointed or curved ventrad........................................................................................ 7
7. Forewing sparsely with several small blackish brown spots (Yang & Liu 2010: plate IX: 57); male tenth gonocoxite with left lobe acutely pointed on apex (Liu & Yang 2006b: fig. 6A); a pair of digitiform lateral lobes presented beneath anus (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 6 A)............................................................. C. digitiformis Liu & Yang
- Forewing with dense brownish markings; male tenth gonocoxite with left lobe rounded on apex; lateral lobes beneath anus tuberculate........................................................................................... 8
8. Markings on forewing dispersedly dotted, without band-like pattern (Fig. 1); male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe strongly produced into a subtriangular apex from middle portion (Fig. 9)........................... C. khasianus (van der Weele)
- Markings on forewing more or less fused as several narrow and band-like stripes on distal half (Figs. 2–4); male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe gradually narrowed and produced into a subtriangular apex from proximal portion (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 8 C).................................................................... C. nigrovenosus (van der Weele)
9. Forewing densely patterned, with numerous small brownish spots (Fig. 5)........................................ 10
- Forewing sparsely patterned, with band-like stripes on distal half (Yang & Liu 2010: plate IX: 58).................... 11
10. Male tenth gonocoxite with left lobe nearly as long as right lobe, and both lobes curved dorsad with hook-like tips in lateral view (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 15 A, C).................................................... C. similis Liu & Yang
- Male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe much longer than left lobe, and straightly directed posteriad with spinous tip in lateral view (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 12 A, C)..................................................... C. stigmosus sp. nov.
11. Male tenth gonocoxite with left lobe as long as right lobe (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 9 C)......... C. fujianensis Yang & Yang
- Male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe much longer than left lobe............................................... 12
12. Male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe at least two times as long as left lobe (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 11 C)............................................................................................. C. meridionalis Yang & Yang
- Male tenth gonocoxite with right lobe less than two times as long as left lobe (Liu & Yang 2006b: Fig. 7 C)................................................................................................ C. elongatus Liu & Yang
description: Published as part of Liu, Xingyue, Hayashi, Fumio & Yang, Ding, 2011, Taxonomic notes and updated phylogeny of the fishfly genus Ctenochauliodes van der Weele (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), pp. 23-35 in Zootaxa 2981 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207370