Necroscia shukayi ( Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001 )

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea III: Catalogue of the phasmids of Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of one new genus, one new species and two new subspecies and proposals of three new combinations, Zootaxa 4150 (3), pp. 314-340 : 321

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Necroscia shukayi ( Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001)

Sipyloidea shukayi, Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001: 256 , figs. 1–2.

Types. Holotype: ♂, Tsak Yue Wu , Sai Kung West Country Park , Hong Kong, 25.VII.1996, Chan Ping-Wing (SEM) ; Allotype: 1♀, Tsak Yue Wu , Sai Kung West Country Park , Hong Kong, 27.VII.1996, Chan Ping Wing (SEM).

= Necroscia ovata Chen & He, 2008: 113 , fig. 78 [Synonymised by Ho, 2010: 1]

Distribution. Hainan (Shangxi and Wuzhishan), Guangdong, Guangxi and Hong Kong (Type locality), China. Also Vietnam.

Notes. This is a new record for the species in Hainan.

References

Bi, D. Y., Zhang, W. N. & Lau, C. S. K. (2001) Study on the walking stick insect (Phasmatodea) and the genus Sipyloidea from Hong Kong district of China. Entomotaxonomia, 23 (4), 253 - 258.

Chen, S. C. & He, Y. H. (2008) Phasmatodea of China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 476 pp.

Ho, G. W. C. (2010) Taxonomic note on Necroscia shukayi (Bi, Zhang & Lau 2001) comb. nov. (Phasmida: Necrosciinae: Necrosciini) and first description of its egg. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19, 1 - 5. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1665 / 034.019.0101