Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Hebard, 1938

Frank H. Hennemann, Oskar V. Conle & Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert, 2016, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XVI: Revision of Haplopodini Günther, 1953 (rev. stat.), with notes on the subfamily Cladomorphinae Bradley & Galil, 1977 and the descriptions of a new tribe, four new genera and nine new species (Phasmatodea: “ Anareolatae ”: Phasmatidae: Cladomorphinae), Zootaxa 4128 (1), pp. 1-211 : 39

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Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Hebard, 1938 View in CoL

( Figs. 53–58 View FIGURES 53 – 58 , 334 View FIGURES 334 – 341 , 352 View FIGURES 349 – 356 , 374 View FIGURES 373 – 374 )

Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Hebard, 1938: 49 View in CoL , pl. 4: 18–21 (♂, ♀). HT, ♂: Cuba, Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio Province, Sept. 14 ’ 13 F. E. Lutz, five kilometers distand on road to Coloma, river edge, area of bamboo, shrubs and Weeds; Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Holotype [USNM]; AT, ♀: Cuba, 12 ½ K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 23 ’13, F.E. Lutz, region of pines and palmettos, taken from pine, Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Allotype [USNM]; PT, 1 ♀: Cuba, 12 ½ K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 23 ’13, F.E. Lutz, region of pines and palmettos, taken from pine, Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Paratype [USNM]; PT, ♂: Cuba, 12 ½ K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 23 ’13, F.E. Lutz, region of pines and palmettos, taken from pine, Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Paratype [USNM]; PT, ♀: Cuba, 12 ½ K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 12–23 ’13, Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Paratype, w0090, ANSP [ANSP]; PT, ♂: Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Paratype Hebard CLN, Cuba /3., K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 12–23 ’13, w0091, ANSP [ANSP]; PT, ♂: Aploploides stenocephalum View in CoL R + H, Paratype Hebard CLN, Cuba /3., K. S. of Pinar Rio, Sept. 12–23 ’13, w0092, ANSP [ANSP]. Moxey, 1972: 55, fig. 11 (♀ anal segment; in litt.). Otte & Brock, 2005: 49.

Further material [1 ♂, 3 nymphs]:

CUBA:

1 ♂: Col. F. de Zayas, Pinares de Vinales, V.1960, Prov. P.R. CUBA [ USNM]; 1 ♂ (penultimate instar), 2 nymphs: Cuba, Cerro de Cabras ca. 400 ft., Pinar del Rio Province, Sept. 11 ’13, C.W. Leng, beaten from pine in a dense forest [ USNM].

Comments: The original descriptions of Rehn & Hebard (1938) are very detailed and along with the illustrations provided (pl. 4, figs. 18–24) serve well to recognize this distinctive species. Furthermore, the diagnosis of the genus presented above is sufficient enough for differentiation. Hence, no descriptions are provided. The holotype has the terminal abdominal segments destroyed by pests.

Distribution ( Fig. 374 View FIGURES 373 – 374 ): Western Cuba (Pinar del Rio Province: Pinar del Rio [ANSP; USNM]; Cerro de Cabras [USNM] & Pinares de Viñales [USNM]).

Number of specimens examined: 11

References

Moxey, C. F. (1972, in litt.) The stick-insects (Phasmatodea) of the West Indies - their systematics and biology. Department of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 211 pp, 20 pls. [Unpublished PhD-Thesis].

Otte, D. & Brock, P. D. (2005) Phasmid Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. The Insect Diversity Association and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 414 pp. [CafePress. com]

Rehn, J. A. G. & Hebard, M. (1938) New genera and species of West Indian Mantidae and Phasmidae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 64, 33 - 55, pls. 3 - 4.

Figures

FIGURES 53 – 58. Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Hebard, 1938. 53. ♀ PT: NW-Cuba, Pinar del Rio [ANSP]; 54. ♂ PT: NW-Cuba, Pinar del Rio [ANSP]; 55. ♀ apex of abdomen, lateral view; 56. ♀ apex of abdomen (dorsal view); 57. ♂ apex of abdomen (lateral view); 58. ♀ PT head in lateral view: Cuba, Pinar del Rio [ANSP].

FIGURES 334 – 341. Ventral view of abdominal sternum VII of ♀♀ showing the praeopercular organ. 334. Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Rehn, 1938 ♀ PT: NW-Cuba, Pinar del Rio [ANSP]; 335. Cephaloplopus alope n. gen., n. sp. ♀ HT: Cuba, Camagüey [ANSP]; 336. Cephaloplopus euchlorus n. gen., n. sp., ♀ PT: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Province, Sierra Prieta [USNM]; 337. Cephaloplopus pulchellus n. gen., n. sp., ♀ PT: Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Boca de la Cañada [USNM]; 338. Haplopus bicuspidatus de Haan, 1842 ♀: captive reared from Dominican Republic [coll. FH, No. 0342 - 6] 339. Haplopus brachypterus n. sp.. ♀ PT: Dominican Republic, Santiago Province [USNM]; 340. Haplopus micropterus (St. Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828) ♀: Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Boca de la Cañada [USNM]; 341. Haplopus scabricollis Gray, 1835 ♀: Loggerhead Key [ANSP].

FIGURES 349 – 356. Ventral view of abdominal sternum VII of ♀♀ showing the praeopercular organ and anal segment of ♂♂ showing the vomer. 349. Diapherodes martinicensis Lelong & Langlois, 2005 ♀: captive reared from Martinique [coll. FH, No. 0750 - 1]; 350. Diapherodes achalus (Rehn, 1904) ♀: Puerto Rico, Mayaguez [ANSP]; 351. Diapherodes jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) ♀: captive reared from Jamaica [coll. FH, No. 0428 - 17]; 352. Aploploides stenocephalum Rehn & Rehn, 1938 ♂ PT: NW-Cuba, Pinar del Rio [ANSP]; 353. Cephaloplopus euchlorus n. gen., n. sp., ♂ PT: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Province, Sierra Prieta [USNM]; 354. Cephaloplopus pulchellus n. gen., n. sp., ♂ HT: Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Boca de la Cañada [USNM]; 355. Parhaplopus evadne (Westwood, 1859) n. gen., n. comb. ♂ HT: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo [NHMUK]; 356. Parhaplopus navarroi n. gen., n. sp. ♂ HT: Dominican Republic, Monseñor Nouel Province, Bonao [USNM].

FIGURES 373 – 374. Maps. 373. Map of the West Indies showing the principle islands; 374. Known distribution of Aploploides Rehn & Rehn, 1938 [green] and Venupherodes n. gen. [red].