Key to the species of Furcilarnaca (not including F. pulex as male subgenital plate badly damaged)
1 Posterior margin of male ninth abdominal tergite without any processes..................................... F. fallax
- Posterior margin of male ninth abdominal tergite with processes................................................ 2
2 Male ninth abdominal tergite with 2 pairs of processes, centre of posterior margin with 1 long, flat spine, lateral margin of apical area with 1 stout conical processes separately........................................................ F. armata
- Male ninth abdominal tergite posteriorly with 1 pair of processes in the middle.................................... 3
3 Processes of male ninth abdominal tergite digitate, widely spaced..................................... F. beybienkoi
- Processes of male ninth abdominal tergite spine-shaped, narrowly spaced......................................... 4
4 Spines of male ninth abdominal tergite with 4 denticles separately; subgenital plate longer than wide, its posterior margin shallowly splited, the lateral lobes spine-shaped, between the lateral lobes narrow and without membranous......... F. forceps
- Spines of male ninth abdominal tergite without denticles; subgenital plate broadly concave........................... 5
5 Lateral lobes of male subgenital plate obviously curved outward.......................................... F. affinis
- Lateral lobes of male subgenital plate obviously curved inward................................................. 6
6 Lateral lobes of male subgenital plate obviously curly, its apex obtuse................................... F. fractiflexa
- Lateral lobes of male subgenital plate obviously sclerotized, its apx acute......................................... 7
7 Processes of tenth abdominal tergite pointing inward; lateral lobes of subgenital plate as long as styli........ F. wufengensis
- Processes of tenth abdominal tergite pointing ventrad......................................................... 8
8 The base of lateral lobes of subgenital plate wider than its apex, membranous area reaching 1/3 of lateral lobes length; styli as long as lateral lobes........................................................................... F. chirurga
- The base of lateral lobes of subgenital plate as wide as its apical part, membranous area reaching mid of lateral lobes; styli shorter than lateral lobes.......................................................................... F. huangi