Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Ho, Wai-Chun George, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea XI: New taxa and new nomenclature of Medaurini (Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) from China, Zoological Systematics 46 (3), pp. 234-239 : 235

3.2 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. Apterous. Head rounded or oval, vertex unarmed or with paired armature, occiput unarmed, flat or gently convex. Antennae short, distinctly segmented, not surpassing apices of profemora. Thorax wrinkled and granulated. Pronotum unarmed. Mesonotum and metanotum unarmed or with one to two pairs of small spines. Abdomen cylindrical and unarmed. Female with distinct praeopercular organ on posteromedian area of seventh sternum. Anal segment with or without a small emargination on posterior margin in female, dilated into two semisegments in male. Female subgenital plate short and scoop-shaped. Male poculum small and cup-shaped. Cerci small and short in both sexes. Legs slender, femora and tibiae waved with indistinct elevations or unarmed.

Distribution. China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Remarks. In China, five species are recognised including P. apicalis Ho, 2020 , P. dentata Ho, 2017 , P. granulata sp. nov., P. parvicorne sp. nov. and P. tridentata Ho, 2020 .