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Agamemnon Moxey 1971

  • 1. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; & Projeto Phasma, Brazil.

Description

Genus Agamemnon Moxey, 1971: 71

See Brock et al. (2023) for a complete reference list

This genus was only previously recorded for Virgin and Puerto Rico Islands, and is now recorded for Cuba. Each of the two transferred species are from Cuba and present somewhat similar characters such as a very short tergum X. It is possible that future analysis with more material from specific locations, or even new sampling effort, reveal that these species are conspecific. The genus now contains 4 species. Characteristics contained by the transferred species that allowed generic assignment are the following: presence of porrect dorsal spines anteriorly in the head; widened metathorax; relatively long female median segment; similar morphology of teminalia.

Ocnophila illegitima Brunner, 1907: 316 = Agamemnon illegitimus (Brunner, 1907) comb. nov.

>> Holotype, J (MNMS): Cuba, Gundlach; Libethra illegitima Br. Differ minime a L. Poeyi Bol; Sintipo; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 7639; MNCN_Ent 352412 [examined through pictures].

Caulonia poeyi Bolívar, 1888: 137 (transferred to Ocnophila by Brunner, 1907: 314) = Agamemnon poeyi (Bolívar, 1888) comb. nov.

>> Syntypes, ♀ (MNMS): Caulonia Poeyi Br. Cuba; Libethra Poeyi Bol; Sintipo; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 1601; MNCN_Ent 352411 [examined through pictures]; Syntype (?), ♀ (MNMS): Caulonia Poeyi nº106 Col. Gundlach; 106; Ocnophila; Sintipo?; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 1600; MNCN_Ent 352410 [examined through pictures]; ♀, J (IES): Cuba [not examined; male studied from original description].

Notes

Published as part of Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Engelking, Phillip Watzke & Crispino, Edgar Blois, 2023, Revision of the Neotropical stick insect genus Ocnophila (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae) with a new species from Colombia, pp. 179-209 in Zootaxa 5296 (2) on page 204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7973264

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Moxey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Phasmida
Family
Phasmatidae
Genus
Agamemnon
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype , syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Agamemnon Moxey, 1971 sec. Ghirotto, Engelking & Crispino, 2023

References

  • Moxey, C. F. (1971) Notes on the Phasmatodea of the West Indies: two new genera. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 78, 67 - 83. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1971 / 927579
  • Brock, P. D., Buscher, T. H. & Baker, E. (2023) Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0. Available from: http: // phasmida. speciesfile. org (accessed 6 April 2023)
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. (1907) IX. Tribus Clitumnini, X. Tribus Lonchodini, XI. Tribus Bacunculini. In: Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. (Eds.), 1906 - 1908, Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 181 - 338, tafel VII - XV.