Key to species of Kutara (males)

1 Vertex with medial spot or transverse band ( Fig. 1B); aedeagus with two or three apical processes, with or without basal pro- cesses.............................................................................................. 2

- Vertex without a medial spot or transverse band; aedeagus with two pairs of apical processes and pair of basal processes............................................................................................. K. grisescens

2 Subgenital plate very short, semicircular................................................................... 3

- Subgenital plate long, triangular ( Fig. 2K).................................................................. 4

3 Aedeagus with basal processes extending to mid-length of shaft; pygofer acute caudally.......................... K. lui

- Aedeagus with basal processes extending to two-thirds length of shaft; pygofer truncate caudally............. K. breviplata

4 Aedeagus with basal ventromedial keel with process.............................................. K. brunnescens

- Aedeagus not as above................................................................................. 5

5 Aedeagal shaft with spines; connective not Y-shaped......................................................... 6

- Aedeagal shaft without spines; connective Y-shaped ( Fig. 2L).................................................. 7

6 Connective T-shaped, arms similar in length to stem, widely divergent................................ K. nigrifasciata

- Connective arms longer than stem, not widely separated.............................................. K. spinifera

7 Aedeagus with pair of apical and subapical processes................................................ K. tenuipenis

- Aedeagus not as above................................................................................. 8

8 Aedeagal shaft with a apical process-like extension, without additional processes................................... 9

- Aedeagal shaft with three apical processes................................................................ 13

9 Pygofer side without ventrocaudal dentate process.......................................................... 10

- Pygofer side with ventrocaudal dentate process....................................................... K. costalis

10 Pygofer side broadly rounded apically.................................................................... 11

- Pygofer side tapered caudally to narrowly rounded apex.............................................. K. sinensis

11 Subgenital plate upturned apically; aedeagus without subapical lateral tooth...................................... 12

- Subgenital plate not upturned apically; aedeagus with subapical lateral tooth................................ K. striata

12 Style lateral lobe long, apophysis robust............................................................. K. crypta

- Style lateral lobe short, apophysis narrow........................................................ K. transversa

13 Aedeagal shaft with a short medial process and a longer process on each side..................................... 14

- Aedeagal shaft with a single apical process-like extension beyond gonopore and a shorter process on each side ( Fig. 2 M–O)......................................................................... K. trispinosa Xu & Zhang sp. nov.

14 Basal apodeme of aedeagus with paired arms....................................................... K. producta

- Basal apodeme of aedeagus without arms............................................................ K. trifida