Dinophasma
Creators: name: Gottardo, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Aschiphasmatidae
Dinophasma

description: Key to species of genus Dinophasma
1 Ventral undulating lamina on femora strongly developed; tarsal claws pectination indistinct..................................... 2
- Ventral undulating lamina on femora weakly developed or lacking; tarsal claws pectination well developed .......... 3
2 Body broad; head dorsum with two flat tubercles; tegminae present; Borneo .............................................. D. braggi
- Body slender; head dorsum with one flat tubercle; tegminae lacking; Philippines ............................ D. maalon n. sp.
3 Antennae with distinct dark bands ............................................................................................................................... 4
- Antennae almost uniformly coloured........................................................................................................................... 5
4 Pronotum without a median lobe posteriorly; legs, dorsal and lateral surfaces of body covered by dark brown and light brown patches; Borneo .................................................................................................................... D. guttigerum
- Pronotum with a median lobe posteriorly; legs, dorsal and lateral surfaces of body covered by black and green patches; Borneo............................................................................................................................................... D. viridis
5 Male winged; female mesonotum with a medium or large spine-like lobe posteriorly............................................... 6
- Male wingless; female mesonotum with a small spine-like lobe posteriorly .............................................................. 7
6 Antennal segments I-II largely brown, remainder black; pronotum without a median lobe posteriorly; Borneo .......... .................................................................................................................................................................. D. saginatum
- Antennal segments I-II black, remainder orange-brown; female pronotum with a median lobe posteriorly, lacking in male; Borneo ............................................................................................................................................. D. ruficornis
7 Male abdominal segment X rounded; female subgenital plate projecting beyond end of abdomen ........................... 8
- Male abdominal segment X rectangular; female subgenital plate not projecting beyond end of abdomen; India ......... ....................................................................................................................................................................... D. nathani
8 Body orange-brown, strongly setose; Borneo .............................................................................................. D. mjobergi
- Body dark brown, covered by yellowish speckles, weakly setose; Borneo ......................................... D. kinabaluensis
description: Published as part of Gottardo, Marco, 2007, First record of the genus Dinophasma Uvarov from the Philippines (Phasmatodea: Aschiphasmatidae), pp. 33-36 in Zootaxa 1530 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177663