Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2017, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea V: New taxa and new nomenclatures of the subfamilies Necrosciinae (Diapheromeridae) and Lonchodinae (Phasmatidae) from the Phasmatodea of China, Zootaxa 4368 (1), pp. 1-72 : 42-43

Key to females of Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 from China

1. Ventral carinae of mesofemora and metafemora with teeth near apices.............................. S. wuzhishanensis

- Ventral carinae of mesofemora and metafemora unarmed..................................................... 2.

2. Tegmina with yellow spots..................................................................... S. biplagiata

- Tegmina lacking yellow spots........................................................................... 3.

3. Posterior margin of anal segment with an emargination...................................................... 4.

- Posterior margin of anal segment lacking emargination....................................................... 5.

4. Mesonotum with sparse granules, cerci long......................................................... S. cavata

- Mesonotum with dense granules, cerci short...................................................... S. brevicerca

5. Genae with a brownish yellow postocular stripe.................................................... S. completa

- Genae lacking postocular stripe......................................................................... 6.

6. Mesonotum with granules and tubercles................................................. S. tuberculata sp. nov.

- Mesonotum only with dense granules..................................................................... 7.

7. Cerci slender and long........................................................................... S. sipylus

- Cerci broad and short.......................................................................... S. samsoo