Key to the nine species confirmed in Paecilaema

1. Outline of the U blot made of solid punctulations entirely fused along the outline; FT semicircular (Figs 5 B–C).......... 2

1’. Outline of the U blot made of isolated rounded blots; FT triangular (Figs 4, 5A, D–F, 6D–F).......................... 3

2. Scutal area III entirely unarmed; backbone formed by isolated round blots, sometimes much reduced; FM wide open, shaped like a Greek vase; diaphanous body very faint (Fig. 5C)............................................... P. muticum