Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908

Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), Zootaxa 5073 (1), pp. 1-189 : 89

Genus Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908

( Figs. 36–37 )

Type-species: Paracyphocrania lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908: 466 , by monotypy.

Comments: Hennemann & Conle (2006a) have provided a detailed re-description of the genus and the type-species P. lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908 from Sulawesi. An updated re-description of the genus, that included the previously unknown ♂♂, was presented by Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki (2015) who described a second species from the island of Peleng whose so far unknown ♂ is described below.

Distribution: Sulawesi and Peleng.

Species included:

Figures

FIGURE 36. Paracyphocrania major (Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015): A. ♀, Buko District, Tinanasu [coll. FH, No. 0846-1]; B. Head, pro- and mesothorax of ♂ seen dorso-laterally [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; C. Head, pro- and mesothorax of ♂ seen dorsally [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; D. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in lateral view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; E. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in dorsal view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; F. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in ventral view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; G. ♂ [coll. FH, No. 0846-5].

FIGURE 37. Paracyphocrania major (Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015), live captive reared ♂ with B. showing the startle display.