Phraortes Stål, 1875

Ho, Wai-Chun George, 2016, A new species of genus Phraortes Stål and the first description of female P. corniformis Chen & He from China (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae), Zoological Systematics 41 (3), pp. 332-336 : 332

Genus Phraortes Stål, 1875

Phraortes Stål, 1875: 8 , 64. Type-species: Phasma elongata Thunberg, 1815: 299 (= Phraortes elongatus ), by original designation.

Diagnosis. Body cylindrical and slender, covered with indistinct and small granules. Head oval, usually with a pair of granules, horns or spines between compound eyes in female, usually unarmed in male. Thorax covered with dense and small granules. Abdomen cylindrical. Female with distinct supra-anal plate, seventh sternum with praeopercular organ on posterior margin. Male anal segment dilated and swollen. Cerci small in female, elongated and incurved in male. Legs slender, lacking distinct armature. Mesofemora thick-built. Female with serrate or spinose elevation near apices of ventral carinae of mesofemora and metafemora. Male legs lacking distinct armature. Apterous.

Distribution. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam.