Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Ho, Wai-Chun George, 2020, New taxa of Clitumninae from Vietnam (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae), Zoological Systematics 45 (2), pp. 104-117 : 113

3.4 Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 96 . Type species: Parapachymorpha nigra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 96 , by subsequent designation of Kirby, 1904: 342.

Description. Small to medium-sized for Clitumninae. Body slender and long. Apterous. Head rounded or oval, with granules or spines. Antennae short, distinctly segmented, not surpassing apices of profemora. Thorax wrinkled and granulated, with a few spines in both sexes. 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. Male poculum small and cup-shaped. Cerci small and short in both sexes. Legs slender, femora and tibiae armed with serrations or waved with indistinct elevations or unarmed.

Distribution. China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Remarks. In Vietnam, currently two species are recognised including Parapachymorpha pseudospinosa sp. nov. and P. spinigera ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) .

Key to females of Parapachymorpha from Vietnam.

1. Body robust, head with spines........................................................................................... Parapachymorpha pseudospinosa sp. nov.

Body slender, head unarmed ................................................................................................................... Parapachymorpha spinigera