Taeniopterygidae, Klapalek, 1905

Du, Yu-Zhou & Chen, Zhi-Teng, 2019, Review of the rare and little-known Chinese species of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera), with description of two new species of Kyphopteryx, Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 129-134 : 133

Key to males of species of Taeniopterygidae from China.

1. Male abdominal terga 2–3 with toothed processes............................................................ 2

-. Male abdominal terga 2–3 without processes............................................... Mesyatsia karakorum

2. Apex of epiproct forming an upturned hook, subapically with a pair of small teeth (see fig. 3 in Kimmins 1947)................................................................................................ Kyphopteryx dorsalis

-. Apex of epiproct bifurcated or widened.................................................................... 3

3. Hemitergal processes of abdominal tergum 10 breast-shaped; epiproct rounded with a pair of apical lobes............................................................................................... Kyphopteryx yangi sp. nov.

-. Hemitergal processes of abdominal tergum 10 resembling a butterfly; epiproct coniform from dorsal view, without apical lobes........................................................................... Kyphopteryx coniformis sp. nov.