Stephanacris Redtenbacher

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2006, Stephanacridini Günther, 1953, with the descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Stephanacris Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatodea: “ Anareolatae ”), Zootaxa 1283, pp. 1-24 : 13

Key to females of Stephanacris Redtenbacher

1. Vertex spinose; mesothorax ± parallel­sided................................................................. 2

­ Vertex unarmed; mesothorax considerably broadened pre­medially ............................ 3

2. Body length <15 cm; mesonotum 3.5x longer than wide; probasitarsus with a prominent rounded dorsal lobe .................................................................................... brevipes

­ Body length> 15 cm; mesonotum 5x longer than wide; metabasitarsus with a prominent, rounded dorsal lobe ................................................................................. globiceps

3. Head elongate, vertex flat; alae projecting over posterior margin of median segment; subgenital plate projecting over apex of abdomen by more than combined length of tergites VIII–X .............................................................................................................. 4

­ Head globose, vertex convex; alae short, not reaching to posterior margin of median segment; subgenital plate projecting by slightly more than length of anal segment....... ................................................................................................................ laeviceps n. sp.

4. Mesonotum prominently spinose; abdominal tergites II–VII with a rounded posterolateral lobe ............................................................................................. multilobatus n. sp.

­ Mesonotum sparingly tuberculose; abdominal tergites II–VII lacking a posterolateral lobe ........................................................................................................ draconius n. sp.