New species of Pachyphloea Redtenbacher, 1906 (Phasmida: Pseudophasmatidae Xerosomatinae) with comments on Grylloclonia Zompro, 2004 n. syn.
Author
Murcia, Andres David
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Noriega, Jorge Ari
Author
García, Alexander García
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-26
4623
3
545
554
journal article
26372
10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.6
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1175-5326
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Key to males of
Pachyphloea
species
1.
Vertex extensions notably elevated on two foliaceous branches. Posterior margin of pronotum with marked spinous extensions, being two to three times the length of the scape and pedicel.................................................... 2
- Vertex extensions reduced to a pair of tubercles. Posterior margin of pronotum presents non-spinous foliaceous extensions, presenting a length equal to that of the scape and pedicel together.................................
P. magnoliae
n. sp.
2.
Abdomen is spinose dorsally, the dorsal midline is slightly elevated...............................
P. punana
n. comb.
- Abdomen is unarmed dorsally, the body with a conspicuously elevated central carina................
P. minima
n. comb.