Agathemeridae Engel & Bradler, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617901 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B610F52-F515-FFC8-FF5F-4AECF7FAFCF9 |
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Plazi |
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Agathemeridae Engel & Bradler |
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new family |
Agathemeridae Engel & Bradler View in CoL , new family urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:724F0A63-16CF-43ED-9F49-F5CD2402D79C
Agathemeridae Bradler, 2003: 261 View in CoL . Unavailable (ICZN, 1999: Arts. 16.1, 16.2). Type genus: Agathemera Stål, 1875 View in CoL (implied but not explicit as required by ICZN: Art. 16.2).
Type genus: Agathemera Stål, 1875 View in CoL (hic designatus).
Diagnosis: Robust (length up to 8 cm), dark-colored, apterous stick insects. Head unarmed, only slightly prognathous without gula, ocelli absent, antennae long. Pronotum longer than head with prominent anterolateral defensive gland openings. Mesonotum about as long as pronotum, with paired mesothoracic lobes. Metanotum slightly shorter than mesonotum. Tibiae with area apicalis and additional euplantular pad. Paraprocts entirely fused (unpaired). Females lacking ovipositor valves. Males with vomer on venter of abdominal segment 10.
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Agathemeridae Engel & Bradler
| Engel, Michael S. & Bradler, Sven 2024 |
Agathemeridae
| Bradler, S. 2003: 261 |