Sinophasma Gunther
Creators: name: Ho, George Wai-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Diapheromeridae
Sinophasma

description: Key to females of Sinophasma Günther:
1. Eighth abdominal tergum extended and dilated into a broad rounded lobe postero-laterally........................... 2.
- Eighth abdominal tergum not extended and dilated into a broad rounded lobe postero-laterally....................... 5.
2. Praeopercular organ absent on seventh sternum................................................... S. hainanensis
- Praeopercular organ present on seventh sternum............................................................ 3.
3. Praeopercular organ furcated posteriorly....................................................... S. unispinosum
- Praeopercular organ not furcated posteriorly............................................................... 4.
4. Cerci cylindrical............................................................................ S. brevipenne
- Cerci strongly narrowing at posterior half............................................................ S. hoenei
5. Cerci non-cylindrical................................................................................. 6.
- Cerci cylindrical..................................................................................... 8.
6. Anal region of alae pale white....................................................... S. guangdongensis sp. nov.
- Anal region of alae pink or rose......................................................................... 7.
7. Hind margin of anal segment slightly emarginated................................................... S. mirabile
- Hind margin of anal segment deeply emarginated............................................. S. daoyingi sp. nov.
8. Apex of subgenital plate reaching to the anterior area of ninth tergum, gonapophyses projecting over the hind margin of ninth tergum............................................................................................. 9.
- Apex of subgenital plate reaching to the middle of ninth tergum, gonapophyses reaching to the middle or hind area of ninth ter- gum................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13.
9. Anal region of alae light yellow........................................................................ 10.
- Anal region of alae rose.............................................................................. 11.
10. Head longer than wide, mesonotum lacking longitudinal band, gonapophyses convex....................... S. furcatum
- Head rounded, as long as wide, mesonotum with brownish longitudinal band, gonapophyses rhomboid.... S. maculicruralis
11. Hind margin of anal segment deeply concave....................................................... S. jinxiuense
- Hind margin of anal segment shallowly or indistinctly concave............................................... 12.
12. Alae reaching to anterior area of fifth tergum........................................................ S. atratum
- Alae reaching to the sixth tergum............................................................... S. bii sp. nov.
13. Both sides of pronotum with black markings......................................................... S. largum
- Both sides of pronotum lacking black marking.................................................... S. klapperichi
description: Published as part of Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2012, Notes on the genera Sinophasma Günther, 1940 and Pachyscia Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae), with the description of four new species from China, pp. 57-72 in Zootaxa 3495 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214059