Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea I: A taxonomic study of the genus Parasinophasma (Phasmatodea: Necrosciinae)

By

Wai-Chun Ho, George

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-12-6

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

26

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

181--194

Subjects

China , new nomenclature , new taxa , Stick insects , Vietnam

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.15289

 

Abstract

This paper provides a taxonomic study for the phasmid genus Parasinophasma Chen & He, 2008; reports for the first time Parasinophasma from Hong Kong, China and Vietnam; describes six new species and two new subspecies: P. bresseeli sp. n., P. constanti sp. n., P. laifanae sp. n., P. liui sp. n., P. luchunense luchunense sp. n. and subsp. n., P. luchunense xingyuei subsp. n. and P. sparsigranulatum sp. n.; proposes one new combination: Parasinophasma bouvieri (Redtenbacher, 1908) comb. n. transferred from Orthonecroscia Kirby, 1904; and gives a checklist of known species and a revised key to species.