Genus Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023

Paranataretus El-Sonbati, 2023 (in El-Sonbati et al. 2023): 89. Type species: Paranataretus juwayriyae El-Sonbati, 2023, by original designation.

Key to species

1. Pronotum and forewings with dense light dots and spots. Aedeagal shaft with spatula-shaped—slightly widened (in dorsal view) and curved (in lateral view) apex. Female VII sternite with a small rounded median process (El-Sonbati et al. 2023, figs 1, 5, 6, 18). Saudi Arabia ....................................................... P. juwayriyae El-Sonbati, 2023

-. Pronotum and forewings with small number of light dots and spots. Apex of aedeagal shaft neither widened nor curved. Female sternite VII with a pointed median process (Fig. 8)........................................................... 2

2. Aedeagal shaft long and slender, with simple tubular apex (in dorsal view) (Figs 4, 5). Pygofer lobes rather long (Fig. 2). Subgenital plates wide (Fig. 7). Female sternite VII with hind margin convex (Fig. 8). Male—6.9 mm. the Democratic Republic of Congo .............................................................................. P. albertinus sp. n.

-. Aedeagal shaft shorter and thicker, with apex bearing two small horn-shaped processes (in dorsal view). Pygofer lobes shorter. Subgenital plates elongate. Female sternite VII with hind margin deeply concave (Gnezdilov 2020, Figs 5, 6, 9–11, 13). Male— 5.5 mm. Madagascar .............................................................. P. brevis (Gnezdilov, 2020)