Periphetes forcipatus ( Bates, 1865: 338 )

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 : 66

2. Periphetes forcipatus ( Bates, 1865: 338) [ Lonchodes ]. ( Fig. 67C )

= Lonchodes duivenbodei Kaup, 1871: 30 ., pl. 2: 3 (♀). [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]

= Dixippus furcatus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 279. [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]

= Periphetes sangirensis Dohrn, 1910: 408 . [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]

= Periphetes duivenbodei elongatus Günther, 1938: 58 , 75. [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]

Distribution: S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Tana Toraja, Rantepao, 700 m [coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Bungadidi [coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Saddan-Toraya [coll. OC]; SSulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Bungadidi [coll. FH]; SE-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tenggara, Buton Island [coll. FH, coll. OC]; Central Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Lake Poso [NHMB]; N-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Minhasa, Menado [OXUM, HLDH]; N-Sulawesi, Prov. Gorontalo, Kota Gorontalo [HLDH].

Figures

FIGURE 67. Live insects. A. ♀ of an as yet undescribed Moritasgus-species in a mossy montane forest at approximately 1620m on Gunung Balease NE of Palopo, Sulawesi Tengah (© Chien C. Lee); B. Acanthomenexenus horridus (Dohrn, 1910), ♂ (cap- tive reared from Sangihe Island); C. Mating couple of Periphetes forcipatus (Bates, 1865).