Cnipsomorpha, Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu, 2008

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea X: Eight new species of Cnipsomorpha from China (Phasmatidae: Clitumninae: Medaurini), Zootaxa 5026 (1), pp. 102-126 : 103-104

Key to the species (females) of Cnipsomorpha

1. Anterodorsal and posterodorsal carinae of femora with distinct serrations....................................... 2.

- Anterodorsal and posterodorsal carinae of femora unarmed or with inconspicuous serrations........................ 8.

2. Tibiae unarmed............................................................................... C. apteris

- Tibiae armed with serrations........................................................................... 3.

3. Lateral margins of pronotum lacking spine medially........................................................ 4.

- Lateral margins of pronotum with a spine medially......................................................... 6.

4. Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment with a deep emargination............................. C. inflexa sp. nov.

- Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment with two to three small emarginations................................ 5.

5. Anteroventral and posteroventral carinae of tibiae with indistinct small serrations................ C. jinpingensis sp. nov.

- Anteroventral and posteroventral carinae of tibiae unarmed......................................... C. colorantis

6. Large size, body length longer than sixty mm...................................................... C. wenxuani

- Small size, body length shorter than sixty mm............................................................. 7.

7. Middle area of mesonotum with six pairs of medial spines................................ C. trituberculata sp. nov.

- Middle area of mesonotum with four pairs of medial spines................................. C. serratitibia sp. nov.

8. Seventh abdominal sternum with flattened praeopercular organ............................................... 9.

- Seventh abdominal sternum with cylindrical praeopercular organ............................................. 11.

9. Posterior margin of praeopercular organ rounded............................................... C. kunmingensis

- Posterior margin of praeopercular organ emarginated...................................................... 10.

10. Posterolateral apices of praeopercular organ blunt............................................. C. viridis sp. nov.

- Posterolateral apices of praeopercular organ pointed......................................... C. polyspina sp. nov.

11. Praeopercular organ hump-like................................................................. C. daliensis

- Praeopercular organ cylindrical........................................................................ 12.

12. Praeopercular organ short, apically rounded, tubercle-like............................................ C. erinacea

- Praeopercular organ elongate, apically pointed, knife-like................................................... 13.

13. Pronotum lacking paired anterior medial spines......................................... C. nigromaculata sp. nov.

- Pronotum with paired anterior medial spines........................................................... C. bii