Neomedaura, Ho, 2020

Ho, Wai-Chun George, 2020, New taxa of Clitumninae from Vietnam (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae), Zoological Systematics 45 (2), pp. 104-117 : 112

3.3 Neomedaura gen. nov.

Type species: Neomedaura yokdonensis sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Neomedaura gen nov. is currently known only from Vietnam and is closely related to Medaura Stål, 1875 , but can be separated by smaller size and scarcely armed legs in the both sexes.

Description. Medium-sized for Clitumninae. Apterous. Body unarmed, slender and long. Female larger and more robust than male. Head oblong. Vertex with a pair of minute horns in female, unarmed in male. Occiput flat. Antennae short, distinctly segmented. Thorax unarmed, only with small granules, slender and elongate. Mesonotum parallel-sided in female, broadly emarginated medially in male. Abdomen cylindrical. Female with distinct praeopercular organ on posteromedian area of seventh sternum. Supra-anal plate indistinct in both sexes. Anal segment with a small emargination on posterior margin in female, dilated into two semi-tergites in male. Female subgenital plate scoop-shaped and elongate. Male poculum small and cup-shaped. Cerci short, flattened and apically pointed in female, cylindrical and apically rounded in male. Legs slender and long, armature indistinct and scarce.

Distribution. Vietnam.

Remarks. This new genus only includes the type species Neomedaura yokdonensis sp. nov.

Etymology. The specific epithet of this new genus is derived from the Latin words ‘ Neo ’ (= new) and ‘ medaura ’ referring to the relationship with Medaura Stål, 1875 .