Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) Chen & He, 1997 s. str.

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2017, Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea II: A taxonomic study of the genus Paragongylopus (Phasmatodea: Pachymorphinae: Gratidiini), Journal of Orthoptera Research 26 (2), pp. 195-203 : 195

Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) Chen & He, 1997 s. str.

Subsequent literature.-

Chen and He 1997: 297. Bragg 2001: 670. Cliquennois 2004: 314. Zompro 2004: 317. Otte and Brock 2005: 247. Chen and He 2008: 208. Hennemann et al. 2008: 19. Ho 2014: 12.

Type species.-

Paragongylopus sinensis Chen & He, 1997: 297, by original designation.

Description.-

Small size. Apterous. Body slender and cylindrical, robust in female, more slender in male. Head oval, with sparse and small granules. Vertex flat, unarmed or with paired supra-antennal armature. Occiput gently convex. Antennae formed by three segments, each with a different morphological structure from other segments: scapus oval in the dorsal view, more or less triangle-shaped in cross section; pedicellus minute, indistinct, and knob-shaped; third segment cylindrical, with a small medial elevation on its inner margin and a few minute, spine-like bristles on the first half of the inner margin. Thorax with sparse and small granules. Pronotum trapezoidal and expanded posteriorly. Female mesonotum parallel-sided or weakly expanded at second half. Abdomen cylindrical, sparsely granulated. Posteromedial area of seventh sternum lacking or with a small hump-like praeopercular organ in female. Female subgenital plate short, scoop-shaped and flattened, posterior margin rounded. Male poculum cup-shaped, posterior margin rounded. Cerci cylindrical and straight. Legs slender. Anterodorsal, posterodorsal, anteroventral and posteroventral carinae of femora and tibiae waved, serrated or unarmed. Egg capsule cylindrical with oblong micropylar plate.

Distribution.-

China (Guangxi and Yunnan) and Thailand.

Notes.-

Currently three species and two subspecies are recognized from this subgenus.

Species included.-

1. Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) cheni sp. n. [China (Yunnan)].

2. Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) plaumanni Zompro, 2000: 50, figs 1-8. [China (Yunnan) and Thailand].

3.1. Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) sinensis pingbianensis subsp. n. [China (Yunnan)].

3.2. Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus) sinensis sinensis Chen & He, 1997: 297, figs 1-3. s. str. [China (Guangxi)].

Key to females of Paragongylopus (Paragongylopus)

Key to males of Paragongylopus

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