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Prisopus sacratus

Description

Prisopus

sacratus

“ Brasil, Itatiaia, 08.x.1961 ” (1 _ DZUP).

Diagnosis. Head vertex elevated, frons depressed (Fig. 46A). Pronotum with granules (Fig. 46). Pro- and meso-scutum quadrangular or rectangular, wider than long (Fig. 46B). Prothoracic basisternum rectangular. Mesothoracic episternum with ventral margin sinuous (Fig. 46C). Anterior femur resembling a comma, with anterior and posterior margin conspicuously curved, concave and convex respectively (Fig. 46D). Posterior femur ellipsoid, wider than long (Fig. 46E). Anal area of posterior wing tessellated (Fig. 46F-G). Probasisternum rectangular, at least two times wider than high (Fig. 47A). Abdominal terga with lateral projections (Fig. 47B). Male subgenital plate medially with membranous area (Fig. 47C). Male genitalia without dorsal left sclerite, with lateral sclerite (Fig. 47D-E).

Description of male genitalia(Fig. 47D-E). Membranous, pouchshaped, with several indentations and projections. Dorsal and ventral lobe continuous connected. Dorsal lobe with several rigid spiny sensilla. Dorsally with small well sclerotized lateral sclerite. Ventrally with conical or tube-like projection. Dorsal left sclerite absent or inconspicuous.

scheme of Figure A.

Notes

Published as part of Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino & Rafael, Jose Albertino, 2020, Review of the genus Dinelytron Gray (Prisopodidae: Prisopodinae: Prisopodini), with a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Prisopodini, including the description of a new genus, pp. 37-80 in Zoologischer Anzeiger 285 on page 70, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.01.005, http://zenodo.org/record/3711292

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DZUP
Event date
1961-10-08
Family
Prisopodidae
Genus
Prisopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phasmida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Olivier
Species
sacratus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1961-10-08
Taxonomic concept label
Prisopus sacratus (Olivier, 1792) sec. Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020