Conanalus, Xia & Liu, 1992

Shi, Fu-Ming, Mao, Shao-Li & Ou, Xiao-Hong, 2008, A revision of the genus Conanalus Tinkham, 1943 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Zootaxa 1949 (1), pp. 30-36 : 31

Key to known species of Conanalus

1 Prosternum bispinose, all femora unarmed..................................................................................................2

- Prosternum unarmed, meso- and postfemora with ventral spines; ovipositor shorter than length of body, tegmina of female reaching middle part of first tergite (male unknown)..... C. brevivalva Shi, Wang & Fu

2 Tegmina of female as nearly long as pronotum (male unknown), reaching apex of the middle of third abdominal tergite ................................................................................................... C. plicipennis Xia & Liu

- Tegmina of female shorter than pronotum, reaching posterior margin of first abdominal tergite...............3

3 Apex of tenth abdominal tergite of male conical, or axe-shaped................................................................4

- Apex of tenth abdominal tergite of male bifurcated....................................................................................5

4 Tenth abdominal tergite of male long conical produced caudally; tegmina of female short, oval pads, slightly separated in dorsal view ........................................................................................ C. pieli Tinkham

- Tenth abdominal tergite of male modified, axe-shaped; tegmina of female as long as a half of pronotum.. ............................................................................................................................. C. axinus Shi, Wang & Fu

5 Apex of tenth abdominal tergite of male with a pair of short lamellae; cerci long, slightly curved inward, with two inner spines on basal and middle part (female unknown). ....................... C. brevicaudus sp. nov.

- Apex of tenth abdominal tergite of male with a pair of comparatively long lamellae; cerci with a inner spine inward on the middle and a inner spine downward near apex. ........................... C. robustus sp. nov.