Clitumnini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893

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.Published as part of Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 2015, The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini), pp. 1-25 in European Journal of Taxonomy 115 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.115, http://zenodo.org/record/377934