Notes on the genera Sinophasma Günther, 1940 and Pachyscia Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae), with the description of four new species from China Author Ho, George Wai-Chun text Zootaxa 2012 3495 57 72 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.214059 1e7d78a4-8b88-4257-9a31-883ef2b12099 1175-5326 214059 B59FEEBB-A7B2-44C8-8372-087EB5F7A9D8 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