1	Tegmina and wings absent	Panesthia larvata
–	Tegmina and wings present, or tegmina present and wings absent	2
2	Tegmina reduced (Fig. 17) and wings absent	Panesthia strelkovi
–	Tegmina and wings well developed or reduced	3
3	Tegmina with more than one colour in the form of spots	Panesthia transversa
–	Tegmina unicoloured without spots	4
4	Laterocaudal angles of T6 acute and posteriorly directed	Panesthia birmanica
–	Laterocaudal angles of T6 not acute	5
5	Anterior margin of pronotum broadly excavated and with a projection mesally in male, slightly concave and without projection in female	6
–	Anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave and without middle projection in both sexes	8
6	Body length < 30 mm, anteroventral margin of front femur with 0–1 spine	Panesthia sinuata
–	Body length > 30 mm, anteroventral margin of front femur with two spines or more (Panesthia angustipennis complex)	7
7	Hind margin of supra-anal fig entire dorsally or weakly undulate; median phallomere L2d elongate, tapering to a round apex (Roth 1979: Figs 19J, 20C–G)	Panesthia angustipennis spadica
–	Hind margin of supra-anal fig undulate dorsally; median phallomere L2d short with variable apex (Fig. 92; Roth 1979: Figs 21H, 22E, 23A–X)	Panesthia angustipennis cognata
8	Hind margin of supra-anal fig slightly crenate in ventral view (Fig. 89) and entire in dorsal view	Panesthia guizhouensis sp. n.
–	Hind margin of supra-anal fig crenulate in ventral and dorsal view	9
9	Vertex with a foveola in dorsal view (Fig. 27), and teeth on supra-anal fig with smooth border (Fig. 32)	Panesthia antennata
–	Vertex without foveola (Fig. 39), and teeth on supra-anal fig with uneven border (Fig. 44)	Panesthia stellata concava ssp. n.