Philippine mossy forest stick insects: first record of the genus Otraleus Günther, 1935 in the country, with four new species, and the new genus Capuyanus gen. nov. (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Necrosciinae)
Author
Bresseel, Joachim
3C4EF358-9716-46F0-8575-26BE1EDE4349
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
joachimbresseel@gmail.com
Author
Constant, Jérôme
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
jerome.constant@naturalsciences.be
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-01-27
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265
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2017.265
ea6ba28f-024d-4115-a4b0-6aa0c06521fd
2118-9773
3823163
C289F7F5-268C-4935-A539-9A20F2F64F31
Key to the Philippine species of
Otraleus
and
Capuyanus
gen. nov.
1. Abdominal terga without postero-lateral lobes; females with subgenital plate strongly tapered, projecting over apex of tergum X; males with swollen and conical thornpads on anal segment (genus
Capuyanus
) .............................................................................
Capuyanus magwilangi
sp. nov.
– Abdominal terga with postero-lateral lobes; females with subgenital plate not strongly tapered, not projecting over apex of tergum X; males without swollen and conical thornpads on lower posterior margin of anal segment (genus
Otraleus
)....................2
2. Elytra and alae present ......................................................................
Otraleus christianae
sp. nov.
– Elytra and alae absent...........................................................................................................3
3. Abdominal terga armed with spines or tubercles posteromedially..................................4
– Abdominal terga smooth .........................................................................
Otraleus applai
sp. nov.
4. Vertex elongated and slightly conical; meso- and metanotum with a definite, vertical, elongated blunt spine posteromedially ............................................
Otraleus bellemansae
sp. nov.
– Vertex not conical; meso- and metanotum at best with a short conical spine posteromedially ... ......................................................................................................
Otraleus elizabethae
sp. nov.
Fig. 1.
Otraleus hypsimelathrus
Günther, 1935
, ♂, holotype (ZMHB).
A
. Habitus, lateral view.
B
. Apex of abdomen, lateral view.
C
. Distribution map in Sulawesi. (Photographs © O. Conle and F. Hennemann.)
Distribution
Currently known from
Sulawesi
(
Indonesia
), Borneo (
Malaysia
:
Sabah
) and Luzon Island (
Philippines
).