Jeremia, Gunther, 1930

Lima, Sheila Pereira De, Oliveira, Ismael Barreto De, Filho, Francisco Felipe Xavier & Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino, 2024, A new species of Jeremia Redtenbacher (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Cladomorphinae), a stick insect from the northern Brazilian Amazon Basin, Zootaxa 5399 (4), pp. 433-445 : 434

Key to females of Jeremia (adapted from Hennemann & Conle, 2010)

1 Crest-like projection of tergite 6 nearly indistinct, subgenital plate conspicuously surpassing the apex of abdomen, 2.4 times longer than tergites 8–10 combined....................................................... J. megaplax sp. nov.

1’ Crest-like projection of tergite 6 distinct, subgenital plate slightly surpassing the apex of abdomen, at maximum 1.5 times longer than tergites 8–10 combined....................................................................... 2

2 Body length 136.5–146.0 mm; mesonotum spinose; anteroventral carina of meso- and metafemora smooth; basitarsi lobed dorsally................................................................................ J. grossedentata

2’ Body length 145.0–168.0 mm; mesonotum unarmed; anteroventral carina of meso- and metafemora dentate (Fig. 26); basitarsi simple..................................................................................... J. gymnota