Guamuhaya prodita, Yong, 2017

Yong, Sheyla, 2017, A second genus and species of Teruelphasmini Yong, 2017 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Cladomorphinae), from the high mountains of central Cuba, Ecologica Montenegrina 11, pp. 59-73 : 61

Guamuhaya prodita new genus, new species

Figures 1–9 . Table 1

Types. CIENFUEGOS Province: Cumanayagua Municipality: Pico San Juan ; 21°59'20.6"N - 80°08'51.0"W; 1,140 m a.s.l.; 7–14/August/2015; S. Yong, E. Fonseca; one adult male holotype (SY), one adult male and four adult female paratypes (SY) .

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis above.

Etymology. The selected epithet is a Latin adjective that literally means "revealed, discovered, disclosed". It alludes to the unexpected discovery of this second member of Teruelphasmini in the rainforests of the highest mountain of central Cuba.

Figures

Figure 1. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right), in full-body views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral. Scale bars in centimeters, with millimeter subdivisions.

Figure 2. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right), head and prothorax in close-up views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral.

Figure 3. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right), mesothorax in close-up views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral.

Figure 5. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right): a) close-up of right stridulatory organ, see tegmina modified into a triangular plectrum and ala modified into a gearwheel-like pars stridens; b) close-up of profurcasternum.

Figure 6. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right), abdomen in close-up views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral.

Figure 7. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male holotype (left) and adult female paratype (right), apex of abdomen in close-up views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral.

Figure 8. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Several eggs deposited by two live adult female paratypes: a) fresh eggs, see variation in size, shape and coloration; b–c) close-up of the same egg depicted at extreme left in 8a after six months of alcoholic preservation, see coloration and fine tegumentary sculpture in dorsal (b) and lateral (c) views.

Figure 9. Guamuhaya prodita n. gen., n. sp. Adult male paratype, photographed alive in full-body view to show coloration. Scale bars in centimeters, with millimeter subdivisions. Photo courtesy Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera.