Neomedaura arguta ( Chen & He, 2008 ) Xie & Wen & Chen & Wang & Qian, 2023

Xie, Chong-Xin, Wen, Jun, Chen, Wang, Wang, Zhao-Zi & Qian, Yu-Han, 2023, Two new combinations of Medaurini (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) from Yunnan Province, China, Zootaxa 5323 (4), pp. 567-576 : 573

Neomedaura arguta ( Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov.

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Pachymorpha arguta Chen & He, 2008: 206 , fig. 171 a–c, 417. ♀ HT, China, Yunnan Province, Xishuanganna, Damenglong 650 m, 16.VII.1958, leg. Zhang Yi-Ran (IZCAS).

Remarks: Female (only sex known) medium-sized (body length 74 mm); unarmed, slender and long, only with a few small granules; with distinct needle-shaped preopercular organ on posteromedian area of seventh sternum; anal segment with a small emargination on posterior margin; all legs smooth and without serrations as far as known (forelegs are missing). Based on the adult morphology, Pachymorpha arguta belongs to the genus Neomedaura , rather than in Pachymorpha and the species is here transferred to Neomedaura in a new combination.

Similar species: The species is closely related to N.yokdonensis Ho, 2020 , but can be distinguished by the female of with distinct needle-shaped preopercular organ on posteromedian area of seventh sternum. In N. yokdonensis the female has a distinct horn-like preopercular organ on posteromedian area of seventh sternum.

Chinese common name. ṪDḿDz(mffi)

Figures

FIGURE 4. Neomedaura arguta (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov., female, holotype (photos by Zhang Kui-Yan [IZCAS]). A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, lateral view C head, dorsal view D head, lateral view E terminalia, dorsal view F terminalia, lateral view G terminalia, ventral view H data labels.