Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea II: Review of the Dataminae Rehn & Rehn, 1939 (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae) of China, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species
Author
Wai-Chun, George Ho
text
Zootaxa
2013
3669
3
201
222
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3669.3.1
86456ec2-1b61-45b2-beac-a1e3429c873b
1175-5326
222271
01ECEAD2-9551-4593-8DCE-95B1FCBAB20A
Genus
Pylaemenes
Stål, 1875
Type-species.
Phasma (Pachymorpha) coronatum
de Haan 1842: 137, pl. 14: 4–5 [=
Pylaemenes coronatus
], by subsequent designation of Kirby 1904: 400.
=
Datames
Stål, 1875: 51
, 93. [Synonymised by Hennemann 1998: 124]
=
Pyloemenes
Bradley & Galil, 1977: 198
. [Misspelling]
Diagnosis.
Medium to large
Dataminae
. Body thick-built and cylindrical. Antennae distinctly longer than profemora, surpassing apices of protibiae. Thorax distinctly carinate medially. Male armed with spines.
Notes.
Since
Datames
Stål, 1875
was synonymised with
Pylaemenes
Stål, 1875 (Hennemann 1998)
, all the
Datames
species were transferred to the latter genus. In
China
, all known
Pylaemenes
are documented from female specimens. These preliminary data might indicate that males are rare, or that the concerned species represent allfemale obligate parthenogens. Therefore, the key is only given to the female.
Species included from
China
: