Clitumnini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 2015, The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini), European Journal of Taxonomy 115, pp. 1-25 : 2-3

Tribe Clitumnini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

We follow the definition of the tribe proposed by Hennemann & Conle (2008: 67), except for the following characters:

1. The length of the median segment: Clitumnini have the median segment strongly shortened and at most ¼ the length of the metanotum; Lobofemora gen. nov. has the median segment about as long as the metanotum.

2. Relative length of mesothorax: Clitumnini have the mesothorax at least 2.5 x the combined length of head and prothorax; Lobofemora gen. nov. has the mesothorax shorter than twice the combined length of head and prothorax.