Lopaphus balteatus ( Chen & He, 2002 )

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea III: Catalogue of the phasmids of Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of one new genus, one new species and two new subspecies and proposals of three new combinations, Zootaxa 4150 (3), pp. 314-340 : 316-318

Lopaphus balteatus ( Chen & He, 2002) T

Prosceles balteatus, Chen & He, 2002: 104 (in Chen et al., 2002) , figs. 4a–b.

Type. Holotype: ♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, China, 21.V.1997, Li Wen-Zhu ( IZCAS).

Distribution. Hainan (Jianfengling) and Hong Kong, China.

Notes. Chen and He (in Chen et al., 2002) erroneously placed this species in Prosceles Uvarov, 1940 [A junior synonym of Abrosoma Redtenbacher, 1906 placed in family Aschiphasmatidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ]. Ho (2013g: 99) transferred it to Lopaphus Westwood, 1859 based on adult morphology and egg structure.

PLATE I. 1. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♀, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm] 2. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♀, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm] 3. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♂, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm] 4. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♂, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm] 5. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., ♀, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm] 6. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., ♀, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm] 7. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., ♂, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm] 8. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., ♂, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm] 9. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., egg, dorsal view. [scale = 1 mm] 10. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., egg, lateral view. [scale = 1 mm] 11. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♀, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm]

12. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♀, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm]

13. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♂, apex of abdomen, lateral view. [scale = 5 mm]

14. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♂, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. [scale = 5 mm]

PLATE II. 17. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♀, habitus.

18. Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908 , ♂, habitus.

19. Marmessoidea hainanensis hainanensis sp. nov. & subsp. nov., ♀ (above) & ♂ (below), habitus. 20. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♂, habitus. 21. Pseudoparamenexenus yangi ( Chen & He, 2002) gen. nov. & comb. nov., ♀, habitus.