Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXIV: Andeocalynda n. gen., a new genus of Andean stick insects, with the descriptions of nine new species from Colombia and Ecuador (Phasmatodea: “ Anareolatae ”: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae) Author Hennemann, Frank H. Author Conle, Oskar V. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-22 4896 3 301 341 journal article 9197 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.1 5ee79342-4297-4a26-ab31-cc2a48e6c2ba 1175-5326 4383779 3F42C0E8-6668-4ED4-A29D-BFB331C6B0FF Keys to Andeocalynda n. gen. and supposedly closely related genera ♀♀ 1. Median segment at least ¼ the length of metanotum; South America............................................. 2 - Median segment short, <1/6 the length of metanotum; Central America.................................... Calynda 2. Gonoplacs small and at best slightly projecting beyond apex of anal segment...................................... 3 - Gonoplacs strongly enlarged, expanded dorsoventrally, paddle-shaped and extending considerably beyond apex of anal segment; Coastal Lomas of W-Peru.................................................................. Laciphorus 3. Head elongate, vertex flattened; median segment short, <½ the length of metanotum; subgenital plate very long and lancet-like with the apex acutely pointed; Andean regions of Ecuador & Colombia .......................... Andeocalynda n. gen. - Head ovoid, vertex ± convex; median segment> ½ the length of metanotum; subgenital plate with apex blunt or sub-angular; S-Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia .................................................................... Globocalynda ♂♂ 1. Median segment at least ¼ the length of metanotum; South America............................................. 2 - Median segment short, <1/6 the length of metanotum; Central America.................................... Calynda 2. Anal segment without posterolateral protuberances; cerci at best equal in length to anal segment...................... 3 - Posterolateral angles of anal segment protruded into a digitiform, ventrad directed process; cerci longer than anal segment and 90° angled inward; Coastal Lomas of W-Peru..................................... Laciphorus 3. Head elongate, vertex flattened; median segment short, <½ the length of metanotum; anal segment slender; poculum small and at best reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergum IX; Andean regions of Ecuador & Colombia .... Andeocalynda n. gen. - Head ovoid, vertex ± convex; median segment> ½ the length of metanotum; anal segment with lateral surfaces inflated and broadly excavated posteromedially; poculum bulgy and ± reaching to apex of anal segment S-Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia .............................................................................................. Globocalynda