Key to separate 4 species in the Homoneura (Homoneura) quinquevittata group
[Modified from Shi and Yang 2014]
1. Face with two brown round spots near ventral margin; mesonotum with acrostichal setae in 8–10 rows; surstylus curved claviform with setulae; hypandrium longer than wide in ventral view........................ H. (H.) quinquevittata (Meijere)
- Face without above-mentioned brown spots; mesonotum with acrostichal setae in 6 rows; surstylus not as above; hypandrium wider than long or as wide as long........................................................................2
2. Face with a small brown medial spot near ventral margin and a black thin stripe along inner margin of parafacial, extending
from base of antenna to basal 2/3 of parafacial; mesonotum with 5 brown stripes.............. H. (H.) interrupta Sasakawa - Face without brown spot; mesonotum and surstylus not as above................................................ 3
3. Mesonotum with 4 brown stripes (Fig. 39); abdomen without brown spot (Fig. 40).......... H. (H.) albomarginata Czerny
- Mesonotum with 8 brown stripes; abdominal tergites 3–6 each with a black medial stripe-like spot...................................................................................................... H. (H.) strigata (Meijere)