Micadina Redtenbacher 1908
Creators: name: Ho, George Wai-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Diapheromeridae
Micadina

description: Key to females of Micadina Redtenbacher, 1908 from China
1. Praeopercular organ on seventh abdominal sternum bifurcated posteriorly................................. M. conifera
- Praeopercular organ on seventh abdominal sternum pointed or rounded posteriorly or lacking noticeable praeopercular organ on seventh abdominal sternum.......................................................................... 2.
2. Cerci short, apices not exceeding posterior margin of anal abdominal segment....................... M. phluctainoides
- Cerci long, apices surpassing posterior margin of anal abdominal segment........................................ 3.
3. Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment truncate, lacking emargination...................................... 4.
- Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment rounded, with a median emargination................................ 7.
4. Apex of subgenital plate not reaching second half of ninth abdominal tergum.......................... M. yingdeensis
- Apex of subgenital plate surpassing second half of ninth abdominal tergum....................................... 5.
5. Apices of alae reaching fourth abdominal tergum..................................................... M. sonani
- Apices of alae reaching sixth abdominal tergum............................................................ 6.
6. Apices of abdominal subgenital plate reaching posterior margin of ninth abdominal tergum.............. M. zhejiangensis
- Apices of abdominal subgenital plate reaching middle area of ninth abdominal tergum.................... M. fujianensis
7. Apices of gonapophyses not extending beyond second half of anal abdominal segment.............................. 8.
- Apices of gonapophyses reaching posterior margin of anal abdominal segment.................................. 10.
8. Apices of alae reaching sixth abdominal tergum........................................................ M. reni
- Apices of alae only reaching fifth abdominal tergum......................................................... 9.
9. Body length longer than 50 mm ............................................................ M. brevioperculina
- Body length shorter than 50 mm ...................................................... M. songxiaobini sp. nov.
10. Alae short, apices only reaching fourth abdominal tergum......................................... M. brachyptera
- Alae long, apices reaching fifth or sixth abdominal tergum................................................... 11.
11. Apex of subgenital plate pointed.................................................................. M. bilobata
- Apex of subgenital plate rounded.............................................................. M. yasumatsui
description: Published as part of Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2017, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea V: New taxa and new nomenclatures of the subfamilies Necrosciinae (Diapheromeridae) and Lonchodinae (Phasmatidae) from the Phasmatodea of China, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4368 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4368.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1125305