Phanocloidea gracilis ( Burmeister, 1838: 567 ), 2024

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2024, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXVI: Taxonomic review of Cladomorformia tax. n., a lineage of Diapheromerinae stick insects, with the descriptions of seven new genera and 41 new species (Phasmatodea: Occidophasmata: Diapheromerinae), Zootaxa 5444 (1), pp. 1-454 : 236

3. Phanocloidea gracilis ( Burmeister, 1838: 567) [ Bacteria ]. HT, ♂: 763.; gracilis Burm. * La Guayr. Haeberl. [MNHU]. comb. n. ( Figs. 72 B-D, 74S-U, 76Q-S, 96G)

= Bostra bifida Redtenbacher, 1908: 412 . HT, ♀: Coll. Br. v. W., Venezuela, Staudinger; det. Redtenb. Bostra bifida ; 20.863; Bostra bifida Redt. Type [NHMW, No. 798]. syn. n.

= Bacteria tenella Redtenbacher, 1908: 417 . LT, ♂: Porto Cabello Venezuela, Prof. Sievers, leg. Geogr. Ges. Ded. 6.X.1893; 67 [ZMUH]; PLT, 3 ♂♂: Porto Cabello Venezuela, Prof. Sievers leg. Geogr. Ges. Ded. 6.X.1893 [ZMUH]. syn. n.

Remarks: Females of this species differ from all other representatives of Phanocloidea by the very short subgenital plate and long, lanceolate cerci, that project considerably beyond the apex of the abdomen. A series of five ♀♀ and two ♂♂ from the same locality in ANSP has proven Bacteria tenella Redtenbacher, 1908 to represent the opposite sex of Ph. bifida , and both taxa to be synonyms of Burmeister’s P. gracilis (syn. n.).

Distribution: N-Venezuela, Est. La Guaira, La Guaira [MNHU]; N-Venezuela, Province Carabobo, Puerto Cabello [ZMUH]; N-Venezuela, Est. Carabobo, San Esteban [ANSP, UMMZ]; N-Venezuela, Caracas, Mount Avila [ZSMC]; Venezuela [NHMW, ZMUH].

Figures

FIGURE 72. Phanocloidea Zompro, 2001: A. P. globocephala (Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011) ♂ (Colombia, Dept. Caldas), habitus lateral view [CEBUC, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; B. P. gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) ♀ (Venezuela, Carabobo, San Esteban), habitus dorsolateral view [ANSP]; C. P. gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) ♂ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [MNHU]; D. P. gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) ♀, lateral view of head and prothorax [ANSP]; E. P. submutica (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♀, lateral view of head and prothorax [ANSP]; F. P. turgida (Westwood, 1859) ♀ with obtuse cephalic swellings, dorsolateral view of head and prothorax [coll. FH]; G. P. turgida (Westwood, 1859) ♀ with acutely pointed cephalic horns, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [ZMUH]; H. P. incolumis (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [coll. AJH]; J. P. muricata (Burmeister, 1838) ♀ PLT, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [MNHU]; K. P. muricata (Burmeister, 1838) ♀, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [coll. FH, No. 0473–31]; L. P. venezuelica sp. n. ♀ PT, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [coll. FH, No. 0400–7].