Andeocalynda comis ( Bates, 1865 ) Hennemann & Conle, 2020

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2020, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXIV: Andeocalynda n. gen., a new genus of Andean stick insects, with the descriptions of nine new species from Colombia and Ecuador (Phasmatodea: “ Anareolatae ”: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae), Zootaxa 4896 (3), pp. 301-341 : 312-313

Andeocalynda comis ( Bates, 1865) n. gen., n. comb.

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Bacteria comis Bates, 1865: 330 , pl. 12a–b (♂). HT, ♂: E coll. (1839–73) W.W. Saunders, Purchased and pres. ’73 by Mrs F.W. Hope; Bogotá; Type—Bates. Bacteria comis, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV, 1865, p. 330 , pl. 44, fig. 12b; Type Orth: 606, Bacteria comis Bates, Hope Dept. Ent. Oxford [UMO, No. 606]. n. comb.

Clonistria comis, Kirby, 1904: 351 . Redtenbacher, 1908: 406. Otte & Brock, 2005: 107. Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011: 58.

Further material examined: 1 ♂: La Mesa (Cund.), 12.IX.93, C. Ville [ UNAB]; 1 ♂: Palerno (Huila) 30-IX-96, Henry Trujillo [ UNAB].

Diagnosis: Males of this species are similar to A. carrikeri ( Hebard, 1919) and A. tuberculata n. sp., sharing the gradually ascendant anal segment with both species ( Fig. 7C ). From the first they differ by the stockier habitus, the much shorter and broader head, lack of a dark postocular streak on the genae as well as the lack of a central node of the poculum ( Fig. 6C ). With the second species ♂♂ of A. comis share the short and broad head and node-less poculum, but the poculum is notably less inflated and bulgy than in A. tuberculata n. sp. and has the posterior margin acutely triangular ( Fig. 7E ), abdominal tergum IX and the anal segment are proportionally longer and the cerci are more slender and with the apex much less blunt. Body length of the holotype 88.9 mm.

Comments: Here transferred from the Antillean genus Clonistria Stål, 1875 where it was placed by Kirby (1904: 351). A ♀ from San Martin (Dept. Meta) in ILUD might be the opposite sex, but more material including males from this locality will be needed for confirmation. The specimen is similar to A. tuberculata n. sp. but smaller with less slender tarsi and with a blunt sub-basal tooth on the two outer ventral carina of the mesofemora .

Distribution: Central Colombia: Dept. Cundinamarca (Bogotá & La Mesa); Dept. Huila (Palermo).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Andeocalynda carrikeri (Hebard, 1919) n. comb. HT, ♂ [ANSP]. A. Habitus dorsolateral view; B. Head, prothorax and basal portion of mesothorax in lateral view; C. Apex of abdomen in lateral view; D. Apex of abdomen in dorsal view; E. Apex of abdomen in ventral view.

FIGURE 7. Andeocalynda comis (Bates, 1865) n. comb.. A. HT, ♂ [UMO, No. 606, © Paul D. Brock], habitus dorsolateral view; B. ♂ from La Mesa (Dept. Cundinamarca), habitus in lateral view [UNAB, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; C. ♂ from La Mesa (Dept. Cundinamarca), apex of abdomen in lateral view [UNAB, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; D. ♂ from Palermo (Dept. Huíla), apex of abdomen in dorsal view [UNAB, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; E. ♂ from Palermo (Dept. Huíla), apex of abdomen in ventral view [UNAB, © Yeisson Gutiérrez].