Published August 24, 2021 | Version v1
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Cnipsomorpha Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu 2008

Description

Key to the species (males) of Cnipsomorpha

1. Cerci longer than anal abdominal segment....................................................... C. colorantis

- Cerci shorter than anal abdominal segment................................................................ 2.

2. Large size, body length longer than sixty mm...................................................... C. wenxuani

- Small size, body length shorter than sixty mm............................................................. 3.

3. Median segment unarmed............................................................................. 4.

- Median segment with posterior spines................................................................... 7.

4. Pronotum unarmed.......................................................................... C. daliensis

- Pronotum with posterior medial spines................................................................... 5.

5. Sixth abdominal tergites with paired posterior medial spines..................................... C. viridis sp. nov.

- Sixth abdominal tergites unarmed....................................................................... 6.

6. Semi anal abdominal tergites strongly incurved............................................... C. inflexa sp. nov.

- Semi anal abdominal tergites weakly incurved.......................................... C. nigromaculata sp. nov.

7. Tibiae unarmed......................................................................... C. kunmingensis

- Tibiae armed with serrations........................................................................... 8.

8. Metanotum lacking median spines..................................................... C. jinpingensis sp. nov.

- Metanotum with paired median spines..................................................... C. maoershanensis

Notes

Published as part of Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea X: Eight new species of Cnipsomorpha from China (Phasmatidae: Clitumninae: Medaurini), pp. 102-126 in Zootaxa 5026 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5275290

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phasmatidae
Genus
Cnipsomorpha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phasmida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cnipsomorpha Hennemann, 2008 sec. Ho, 2021