Key to species of Chirothripoides

(based on original descriptions*)

1. Mid and hind tarsi 1-segmented........................................................................................................................................................ 2

-. Mid and hind tarsi 2-segmented........................................................................................................................................................ 4

2. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 5 pairs of teeth; median pair of teeth “much more than half length of lateral pair” (Okajima 1981)........................................................................................................................................................ dendropogonus *

-. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 3–4 pairs of teeth; median pair of teeth subequal to, or longer than, lateral pair. .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 3 pairs of teeth ....................................................................................... hexadon *

-. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 4 pairs of teeth ....................................................................... brahmaputrai sp.n.

4. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 5 pairs of teeth ......................................................................................... typicus *

-. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII with 4 pairs of teeth................................................................................................... 5

5. Median pair of teeth more than 1.4 times as long as lateral teeth ............................................................................................ faurei *

-. Median pair of teeth shorter than lateral teeth............................................................................................................... malayensis *