Cnipsomorpha Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu 2008
Creators: name: Ho, George Wai-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Cnipsomorpha

description: Key to the species (females) of Cnipsomorpha   
1. Anterodorsal and posterodorsal carinae of femora with distinct serrations....................................... 2.  
- Anterodorsal and posterodorsal carinae of femora unarmed or with inconspicuous serrations........................ 8.  
 2. Tibiae unarmed............................................................................... C. apteris   
- Tibiae armed with serrations........................................................................... 3.  
3. Lateral margins of pronotum lacking spine medially........................................................ 4.  
- Lateral margins of pronotum with a spine medially......................................................... 6.  
 4. Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment with a deep emargination............................. C. inflexa sp. nov.   
- Posterior margin of anal abdominal segment with two to three small emarginations................................ 5.  
 5. Anteroventral and posteroventral carinae of tibiae with indistinct small serrations................ C. jinpingensis sp. nov.   
 - Anteroventral and posteroventral carinae of tibiae unarmed......................................... C. colorantis   
 6. Large size, body length longer than sixty mm...................................................... C. wenxuani   
- Small size, body length shorter than sixty mm............................................................. 7.  
 7. Middle area of mesonotum with six pairs of medial spines................................ C. trituberculata sp. nov.   
 - Middle area of mesonotum with four pairs of medial spines................................. C. serratitibia sp. nov.   
8. Seventh abdominal sternum with flattened praeopercular organ............................................... 9.  
- Seventh abdominal sternum with cylindrical praeopercular organ............................................. 11.  
 9. Posterior margin of praeopercular organ rounded............................................... C. kunmingensis   
- Posterior margin of praeopercular organ emarginated...................................................... 10.  
 10. Posterolateral apices of praeopercular organ blunt............................................. C. viridis sp. nov.   
 - Posterolateral apices of praeopercular organ pointed......................................... C. polyspina sp. nov.   
 11. Praeopercular organ hump-like................................................................. C. daliensis   
- Praeopercular organ cylindrical........................................................................ 12.  
 12. Praeopercular organ short, apically rounded, tubercle-like............................................ C. erinacea   
- Praeopercular organ elongate, apically pointed, knife-like................................................... 13.  
 13. Pronotum lacking paired anterior medial spines......................................... C. nigromaculata sp. nov.   
 - Pronotum with paired anterior medial spines........................................................... C. bii
description: Published as part of Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea X: Eight new species of Cnipsomorpha from China (Phasmatidae: Clitumninae: Medaurini), pp. 102-126 in Zootaxa 5026 (1) on pages 103-104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5275290