Agathemera mesoauriculae, (Camousseight 1995)

Cubillos, Claudio & Vera, Alejandro, 2020, Comparative morphology of the eggs from the eight species in the genus Agathemera Stål (Insecta: Phasmatodea), through phylogenetic comparative method approach, Zootaxa 4803 (3), pp. 523-543 : 533

A. mesoauriculae ( Camousseight 1995)

(n=16) ( Fig. 6 : c1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 59 ± 2% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 86 ± 4%. The general shape of the egg is ovoid (11). Capsule black colored (21), with rugosities irregularly distributed (32). The micropylar plate is ensiform shaped (42), rugose (52), with edges above the capsule plane (60), black colored as the rest of the capsule (70) and internal micropylar plate closed (81). Opercular angle is -22.77 ±3.58°. The operculum shape is orbicular (90), black colored (101), and rugose (111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 8 : c1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is trabeculated (122) and the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface is cracked (130). Micropylar cup with veil (141) and the opercular ultrastructure is trabeculated as the rest of the capsule (152).

Figures

FIGURE 6. External morphology of the eggs from clade 2 and their respective operculum. a1-c1, dorsal view; a2-c2 operculum. The order of the eggs and operculum from right to left is A. grylloidea, A. elegans, A. mesoauriculae (escale = 1mm).

FIGURE 8. Ultrastructure surface of the micropylar plate of the eggs from clade 2 and their respective operculum. A1-C1, micropylar plate ultrastructure; A2-C2 ultrastructure surface of the operculum. The order of the micropylar plates and operculum from top to botom is A. grylloidea, A. elegans, A. mesoauriculae.