Pachyscia Redtenbacher

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2012, Notes on the genera Sinophasma Günther, 1940 and Pachyscia Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae), with the description of four new species from China, Zootaxa 3495, pp. 57-72 : 67

Key to males of Pachyscia Redtenbacher :

1. Mesonotum with spine-like tubercles............................................................ P. longicauda

- Mesonotum with granules.............................................................................. 2.

2. Apices of cerci bifurcate............................................................................... 3.

- Apices of cerci cylindrical.................................................................. P. quadriguttata

3. Mesonotum parallel-sided, slightly dilated into a rounded lobe in second half of the anal segment....................................................................................................... P. heishidingensis sp. nov.

- Mesonotum broadly emarginated medially, strongly dilated into a rounded lobe in second half of the anal segment...................................................................................................... P. dilatata