Key to known Arboridia species of China
(modified from Song & Li, 2013)
1 Preatrium of aedeagus small or absent (Arborifera) (Fig. 26)............................................ A. surstyli
- Preatrium of aedeagus large, well developed ( Arboridia)...................................................... 2
2 Aedeagus without process............................................................................... 3
- Aedeagus with processes................................................................................ 4
3 Aedeagal shaft with pair of serrate lateral flanges (Fig. 28)........................................... A. zhenyuana
- Aedeagal shaft with lateral flanges entire (Fig. 16)................................................. A. agrillacea
4 Aedeagus with one process.............................................................................. 5
- Aedeagus with more than one processes.................................................................... 7
5 Aedeagus with short process arising from median part of shaft.................................................. 6
- Aedeagus with long process arising from preatrium (Fig. 18)........................................... A. apicalis
6 Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme extremely expanded (Fig. 25).......................................... A. sinensis
- Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme narrow (Fig. 27)..................................................... A. tridenta
7 Aedeagus with one or two pairs of processes................................................................ 8
- Aedeagus with three or more processes................................................................... 14
8 Aedeagus with two pairs of processes, one arising from apex and one from base of shaft (Figs 13, 14).. · A. ochracea sp. nov.
- Aedeagus with one pair of processes arising from apex or base of aedeagal shaft.................................. ·9
9 Aedeagus with processes arising from base of shaft.......................................................... 10
- Aedeagus with processes arising from apex of shaft......................................................... 11
10 Aedeagus with two pairs of basal processes (Fig. 17).............................................. A. anteoculara
- Aedeagus with one pair of basal processes (Fig. 22).................................................... A. lunula
11 Apical processes of aedeagus curved basad................................................................ 12
- Apical processes of aedeagus curved distad................................................................ 13
12 Apex of aedeagus truncate in ventral view (Fig. 24)................................................ A. reniformis
- Apex of aedeagus acuminate in ventral view (Fig. 6)............................................. A. cincta sp. nov.
13 Aedeagal shaft with numerous short spines (Fig. 21).................................................. A. echinata
- Aedeagal shaft without spines (Fig. 20)........................................................ A. cuihuashana
14 Aedeagal shaft with distinct extension medially (Fig. 19)........................................... A. baiyunensis
- Aedeagal shaft without extension (Fig. 23)..................................................... A. paraprocessa