1	Body color predominantly brown to black	2
–	Body color predominantly green, variegated	Chinavia musiva (Berg, 1878)
2	Apex of the head, and areas of antennae and legs red, thorax without maculae	Chinavia erythrocnemis (Berg, 1878)
–	Head, antennae and legs entirely with the same predominant color of the body; thoracic maculae in pronotum and /or mesonotum	3
3	Thoracic maculae yellow to orange	4
–	Thoracic maculae reddish	6
4	Thoracic maculae yellow	5
–	Thoracic maculae orange	7
5	First pair of lateral plates surrounded by white maculae, the remaining lateral plates with a white macula between them	Chinavia nigridorsata (Breddin, 1901)
–	First pair of lateral plates with a white macula near it; 5+5 white maculae between lateral and median plates	Chinavia impicticornis (Stål, 1872)
6	Body color predominantly brown, white maculae anteriad of median dorsal plates	Chinavia ubica (Rolston, 1983)
–	Body color predominantly black, one white macula anteriad of first median plate; 3+3 white maculae on abdomen	Chinavia pengue (Rolston, 1983)
7	Orange thoracic maculae on pronotal and mesonotal margins	Chinavia longicorialis (Breddin, 1901)
–	Orange thoracic maculae on pronotum margins only	8
8	Abdominal maculae white	9
–	Abdominal maculae in other colors	10
9	Abdomen with 5+5 small maculae	Chinavia armigera (Stål, 1859)
–	Abdomen with 1+1 large and 4+4 small maculae	Chinavia aseada (Rolston, 1983)
10	Abdomen with 1+1 yellow maculae between first median and lateral plates	Chinavia obstinata (Stål, 1860)
–	Abdomen with 1+1 orange maculae between first median and lateral plates	11
11	Abdomen with one white macula anteriad of first median plate; 1+1 orange maculae and 4+4 white maculae between median and lateral plates	Chinavia brasicola (Rolston, 1983)
–	Abdomen with 1+1 orange maculae and 1+1 white maculae posterior to the third median plate	Chinavia runaspis (Dallas, 1851)