Taxonomic revision of Paraphasma Redtenbacher, 1906 (Phasmatodea, Pseudophasmatidae) based on phallic and external morphology Author Chiquetto-Machado, Pedro I. 0000-0002-3966-3202 pedroivocm@gmail.com Author Morales, Adriana C. 0000-0002-2108-427X adriana.morales@unesp.br Author Cancello, Eliana M. 0000-0003-3125-6335 ecancell@usp.br text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-30 5122 1 1 80 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5122.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5122.1.1 1175-5326 6399540 EC13A69D-D6FA-4926-AC59-648A5626C9B9 Parastratocles xanthomela ( Olivier, 1792 ) Mantis xanthomela Olivier, 1792: 628 [name for the species “Le Spectre Noir de Surinam ” of Stoll (1787: 31–32 , figs 36– 37)]; Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1825: 101 [= Phasma laterale ( Fabricius, 1775 ) ]; Gray, 1835: 22 [= Phasma laterale ( Fabricius, 1775 ) , incorrectly attributed to Lichtenstein]; Westwood, 1859: 122 [= Phasma laterale ( Fabricius, 1775 ) ]; Redtenbacher, 1906: 104 [= Stratocles lateralis ( Fabricius, 1775 ) , incorrectly attributed to Stoll]; Bragg, 1995: 25 . Unspecified type (s): Suriname [probably lost]. Pseudophasma xanthomela , Kirby, 1904a: 413 . Stratocles xanthomela , Otte & Brock, 2005: 328 . Parastratocles xanthomela , Conle et al. , 2020: 25–26 , 130. Phasma perspicillaris Stoll, 1813: 67–68 , 77, fig. 86 [“Le Spectre Maniere de Papillon”, named Phasma perspicillaris in the appendix (p. 77)]; Redtenbacher, 1906: 104 [= Stratocles lateralis ( Fabricius, 1775 ) , incorrectly attributed to Stoll]; Otte & Brock, 2005: 282 [= Prexaspes ( Prexaspes ) lateralis ( Fabricius, 1775 ) ]. Syn. nov. Unspecified type (s): ♀ , Suriname [probably lost]. Phasma perspicillare , Gray, 1835: 24 ; De Haan, 1842: 123 ; Westwood, 1859: 117 . Stratocles perspicillaris , Kirby, 1904a: 409 . Remarks. Here we remove Phasma perspicillaris Stoll, 1813 from the synonymy of Paraphasma laterale and place it as a new synonym under Parastratocles xanthomela (see “Remarks” under Paraphasma laterale ).