Genus Panchlora Burmeister, 1838

Type of genus: Panchlora pulchella Burmeister, 1838

Diagnosis. Antennae not very long, shorter than body; pronotum smooth with greatest width in caudal third, lateral margins often with dark or black lines; tegmen elongated, 3 or more times as long as wide, often greenunicoloured, white or cream with or without dark dots; wings well developed; femoral spines variable, about half of species with a definite small spine near middle of postero-ventral margin of hind femur; phallomeres of male genitalia usually more or less reduced (see Roth 1971, Roth & Gurney 1972).

Distribution. Central and South America, southern region of North America, Africa.

The genus Panchlora shows close relationship to Achroblatta Saussure, 1893, Anchoblatta Shelford, 1909, Biolleya Saussure, 1897, and Pelloblatta Rehn, 1903 (after Gurney & Roth 1972).