Key to the Paratalanta Meyrick in Mainland China based on female genitalia

1 Antrum with short spines or setae....................................................................... 3

- Antrum without spine or setae.......................................................................... 2

2 Ductus bursae 1.5 times length of corpus bursae, posterior 1/4 slightly dilated (Fig. 22)................ P. furcata sp. nov.

- Ductus bursae 2 times length of corpus bursae, posterior 1/4 not dilated (Fig. 25).......................... P. stachialis

3 Antrum without latero-medial process.................................................................... 4

- Antrum with a pair of latero-medial processes............................................................. 5

4 Antrum with a pair of small, oval, membranous sacs and a large round sac protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae (Fig. 26)................................................................................... P. ussurialis

- Antrum with a pair of curved backward, horn-shaped membranous sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae (Fig. 24)................................................................................... P. pandalis

5 Antrum with setae on posterior margin (Fig. 23)............................................ P. cultralis amurensis

- Antrum with setae on postero-lateral margin............................................................... 6

6 Antrum with a pair of small, oval, membranous sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae (Inoue 1982: Plate 309: 10)................................................................................ P. taiwanensis sasakii

- Antrum without binate sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae (Fig. 21)............. P. annulata sp. nov.