Andeocalynda, 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 : 305-306

Keys to Andeocalynda n. gen. and supposedly closely related genera

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1. Median segment at least ¼ the length of metanotum; South America............................................. 2

- Median segment short, <1/6 the length of metanotum; Central America.................................... Calynda

2. Gonoplacs small and at best slightly projecting beyond apex of anal segment...................................... 3

- Gonoplacs strongly enlarged, expanded dorsoventrally, paddle-shaped and extending considerably beyond apex of anal segment; Coastal Lomas of W-Peru.................................................................. Laciphorus

3. Head elongate, vertex flattened; median segment short, <½ the length of metanotum; subgenital plate very long and lancet-like with the apex acutely pointed; Andean regions of Ecuador & Colombia.......................... Andeocalynda n. gen.

- Head ovoid, vertex ± convex; median segment> ½ the length of metanotum; subgenital plate with apex blunt or sub-angular; S-Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.................................................................... Globocalynda

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1. Median segment at least ¼ the length of metanotum; South America............................................. 2

- Median segment short, <1/6 the length of metanotum; Central America.................................... Calynda

2. Anal segment without posterolateral protuberances; cerci at best equal in length to anal segment...................... 3

- Posterolateral angles of anal segment protruded into a digitiform, ventrad directed process; cerci longer than anal segment and 90° angled inward; Coastal Lomas of W-Peru..................................... Laciphorus

3. Head elongate, vertex flattened; median segment short, <½ the length of metanotum; anal segment slender; poculum small and at best reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergum IX; Andean regions of Ecuador & Colombia.... Andeocalynda n. gen.

- Head ovoid, vertex ± convex; median segment> ½ the length of metanotum; anal segment with lateral surfaces inflated and broadly excavated posteromedially; poculum bulgy and ± reaching to apex of anal segment S-Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.............................................................................................. Globocalynda