Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Xie, Chong-Xin & Qian 1, Jun WenYu-Han, 2022, Nanhuaphasma Chen, He & Li, 2002 is a junior synonym of Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea, Aschiphasmatidae, Dajacini), ZooKeys 1082, pp. 51-62 : 51

Genus Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 99 (original description; type species: Dajaca monilicornis Redtenbacher, 1906; type locality: Tam Dao, 55 km NNW Hanoi, Vietnam).

Nanhuaphasma syn. nov. Chen, He & Li, 2002: 100 (original description; type species: Nanhuaphasma hamicercum Chen & He, 2002; type locality: Jianfengling National Forest Park, Hainan province, China); Chen and He 2008: 365 (redescription).

Remarks.

Head flattened, antennae long. Median segment twice as long as metanotum. Ungues not pectinate. Male apterous or winged, females apterous. Legs short, femora laterally compressed, dorsal surface rounded; ventral carinae with only a few minute spines or unarmed. Fore femora more or less straight. Tibiae unarmed ( Bragg 2001; Zompro 2004). After comparing the diagnostic features, Nanhuaphasma shows similar characters to the Dajaca , and we could not find significant morphological differences between the two and therefore consider Nanhuaphasma to be a junior synonym of Dajaca .

For the convenience of research, we hereby give the Chinese name. Latin Dajaca in Chinese, transliterated as “达伽卡”, simplified as “达”.