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Coniopteryx mongolica group - Species included: C. mongolica MEIN ANDER, 1969. - Main distinctive feature: in the male genitalia there is a peculiar large sclerite behind the stylus. - Distribution: From Mongolia and China to Yemen. Coniopteryx obtusa group - Species included: C. obtusa WlTHYCOMBE, 1925. - Main distinctive features: caudal part of paramere wavy, wide, with pointed ending. - Distribution: India. Coniopteryx orba group - Species included: C. appendiculata SZIRÁKI, 1997, C. botswana MEINANDER, 1998, C. dentifera MEINANDER, 1983, C. dudichi SZIRÁKI et VAN HARTEN. 2005, C. martinmeinanderi SZIRÁKI et VAN HARTEN, 2005, C. mucrogonarcLiata MEINANDER, 1979, C. namibica TJEDER, 1987, C. orba RAUSCH et ASPÖCK, 1978, C. platyarcus SZIRÁKI et VAN HARTEN, 2005, C. sanana SZIRÁKI, 1997. - Main distinctive features: gonarcus with an internal projection; caudal part of paramere without acute ventral projection. - Distribution: Afrotropical Region and suothern regions of the Palaearctic. Coniopteryxparanana group - Species included: C. paranana MEINANDER, 1990. - Main distinctive features: male scape wery wide, its outer side lobe-like. Distribution: Brazil. - Remarks: In the original description MEINANDER (1990) placed this species in the subgenus Coniopteryx sensu stricto. However, the stylus is connected to the gonarcus distinctly before its end, so C. paranana belongs to the subgenus Xeroconiopteryx. Coniopteryx pembertoni group - Species included: C. falcata MEINANDER, 1995, C. laticornis MEINANDER, 1972, C. papuensis MEINANDER, 1990, C. pembertoni KlMMINS, 1953, C. squamifera MEINANDER, 1972, C. topali SZIRÁKI, 1992. - Main distinctive features: gonarcus ending in a long, thorn- or claw-like projection; hypandrium between processus lateralis and processus terminális rather long, or moderately short. - Distribution: scattered from India to Hawaii and Nicaragua. Coniopteryx ressli group - Species included: C. ressli RAUSCH et ASPÖCK, 1978. - Main distinctive features: caudal end of paramere with an acute dorsal, and with a similar ventral projection. - Distribution: Iran, Saudi Arabia. Coniopteryx rostrogonarcuata group - Species included: C. atlasensis MEINANDER, 1963, C. balkhashica ZAHARENKO, 1988, C. israelensis MEINANDER, 1998, C. ketiae MONSERRAT, 1985, C. latigonarcuata MEINANDER, 1972, C. minana YANG et LlU, 1999, C. perisi MONSERRAT, 1976, C. qiongana LlU et YANG, 2002, C. rostrogonarcuata ASPÖCK et ASPÖCK 1968, C. unguigonarcuata ASPÖCK et ASPÖCK, 1968. - Main distinctive features: gonarcus without internal projection, usually broad and very long. - Distribution: Palaerctic Region, mostly on semiarid areas.