Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle, 2008

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Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle, 2008

Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 85 .

Type species

Baculum album Chen & He, 1990: 54 , figs 1a–c, by original designation.

Distribution

Central & eastern China ( Hennemann & Conle 2008).

Species included

1. Baculonistria alba (Chen & He, 1990) : 54, figs. 1a–c. [ China (Sichuan & Chongqing)] syn. Phobaeticus sichuanensis Cai & Liu, 1993: 469 .

2. Baculonistria chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) : 202 comb. nov. [ China (Sichuan)]

3. Baculonistria magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) : 236 comb. nov. [ China (Shanghai, Henan Prov. Anhui Prov.)] syn. Phobaeticus longicornis Bi & Wang, 1998: 10 , figs. 5–6 syn. nov. syn. Phobaeticus yuexiensis Chen & He, 1993: 54 , figs. 1–2 syn. nov.

Keys to the species of Baculonistria

Females

1. Subgenital plate short, not reaching apex of anal segment; East China ………………………2

– Subgenital plate long and lanceolate, prominently projecting over apex of anal segment; central China ………………………………………………………………… B. alba (Chen & He, 1990)

2. Cerci lanceolate and flattened, distinctly projecting over apex of abdomen…………………………… …………………………………………………………… B. magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

– Cerci not lanceolate, not projecting over apex of abdomen………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… B. chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Males

1. Genae white, legs brown; mesofemora serrated ventrally …………………………………………2

– Head and legs green and glabrous; meso- and metafemora unarmed ……………………………… ………………………………………………………… B. chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

2. Antennae with 15 segments; femora with a longitudinal row of pale elliptical spots laterally; meso- and metafemora without a distinct sub-apical spine ventrally; East China ………………… …………………………………………………………… B. magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

– Antennae with 25 segments; femora without lateral spots; meso- and metafemora with a distinct, sub-apical spine on medioventral carina; central China ………………… B. alba (Chen & He, 1990)