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Issue: Vol. 4623 No. 3: 26 Jun. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.6
Page range: 545–554
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of Pachyphloea Redtenbacher, 1906 (Phasmida: Pseudophasmatidae: Xerosomatinae) with comments on Grylloclonia Zompro, 2004 n. syn.

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”, Bogotá, Colombia.
Laboratorio de Zoología y Ecología Acuática—LAZOEA, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”, Bogotá, Colombia.
Phasmatodea High Andean Forests Natural National Park Chicaque morphological variation Xerosomatini

Abstract

We describe a new species of Pachyphloea from the Natural National Park (NNP) Chicaque, Cundinamarca in the Colombian Andes, providing data on the structure and variability of its eggs. In addition, we synonymize Grylloclonia n. syn. under Pachyphloea, and provide a key for distinguishing males and females of the known species. Finally, we discuss the taxonomical delimitation of genera within the tribe Xerosomatini, and highlight the necessity of carrying out additional studies in this particular taxon of stick insects.

 

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