Panchlora Burmeister, 1838

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Genus Panchlora Burmeister, 1838

Type of genus: Panchlora pulchella Burmeister, 1838

Diagnosis. Antennae not very long, shorter than body; pronotum smooth with greatest width in caudal third, lateral margins often with dark or black lines; tegmen elongated, 3 or more times as long as wide, often greenunicoloured, white or cream with or without dark dots; wings well developed; femoral spines variable, about half of species with a definite small spine near middle of postero-ventral margin of hind femur; phallomeres of male genitalia usually more or less reduced (see Roth 1971, Roth & Gurney 1972).

Distribution. Central and South America, southern region of North America, Africa.

The genus Panchlora shows close relationship to Achroblatta Saussure, 1893 , Anchoblatta Shelford, 1909 , Biolleya Saussure, 1897 , and Pelloblatta Rehn, 1903 (after Gurney & Roth 1972).