Paralygdamia, SAUSSURE & ZEHNTNER, 1895

Roy, Roger, 2016, Révision du genre endémique malgache Paralygdamia Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 (Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Tarachodidae), Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 317-338 : 320-321

KEY FOR THE MALES OF PARALYGDAMIA SAUSSURE & ZEHNTNER, 1895

1. Fore femora with 4 external spines ............................... P. madagascariensis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) n. comb.

— Fore femora with 5 external spines .............................................................................................................. 2

2. Frontal sclerite as high or higher than wide ................................................................................................. 3

— Frontal sclerite wider than high ................................................................................................................... 5

3. Vertex trilobated ( Fig. 1D) ................................................................................................... P. gigliotosi n. sp.

— Vertex simply curved ................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Vertex clearly convex ( Fig. 1E) ............................................................................................. P. nosyensis n. sp.

— Vertex straight or slightly concave ( Fig. 1F) ...................................................................... P. grandidieri n. sp.

5. Prosternum with a slender median black line, frontal sclerite almost square ( Fig. 1C) ..................................... ..................................................................................................................... P. sikorai ( Beier, 1931) n. comb.

— Prosternum black in its most part, frontal sclerite transverse ........................................................................ 6

6. Hypophallus with its two processes acute .................................................................................................... 7

— Hypophallus with only the left process acute ............................................................................................... 9

7. The two processes of hypophallus very short, titillator ending in a small point ( Fig. 15). ...... P. punctata n. sp.

— The two processes of hypophallus long, titillator with rounded apex ............................................................ 8

8. Pseudophallus straight with a lateral projection ( Fig. 5) ................... P. madecassa Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

— Pseudophallus bent at a right angle, without lateral point ( Fig. 14) ..................................... P. ifatyensis n. sp. 9. Right process of hypophallus ending in a narrow round, pseudophallus rather short, becoming narrower in the middle, with some hairs ( Fig. 13) ..................................................................................... P. wintreberti n. sp.

— Right process of hypophallus wide, much greater than the left one, which ends in a turned right point, pseudophallus long and sinuous ( Fig. 12)......................................................................................... P. fisheri n. sp.