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.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-22
4896
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.1
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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