Review of the genus Dinelytron Gray (Prisopodidae: Prisopodinae: Prisopodini), with a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Prisopodini, including the description of a new genus
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Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino
Author
Rafael, Jose Albertino
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2020
2020-03-31
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10.1016/j.jcz.2020.01.005
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Damasippus
Stål, 1875
Figs. 1
and
2A
.
Fig. 1.
Pictorical identification key for
Prisopodini
(
Phasmatodea
:
Prisopodidae
:
Prisopodinae
) genera.
Type
species
:
Damasippus westwoodii
Stål, 1875
by subsequent designation of
Kirby (1904)
.
Damasippus
Stål, 1875: 60
;
Kirby 1904: 407
(list of synonyms of former Orthoptera);
Redtenbacher 1906: 147
(taxonomy);
Bradley & Galil 1977: 79
(taxonomic arrangement);
Zompro 2004: 309
(phylogeny);
Rafael & Heleodoro 2017
(Brazilian catalog);
Brock et al. 2019
(world catalog).
Examined material
.
Damasippus discoidalis
: “Coll. Br. V., Theresopolis [Teresopolis, state of
Rio de Janeiro
], Michaelis col.” (2
\
syntypes
NMW
).
Damasippus spatulatus
: “Serra de Macahe [Macae], Estado do
Rio de Janeiro
[state of
Rio de Janeiro
]” “
Damasippus spatulatus
, Piza
_
” (
_
holotype
MZUSP
).
D. westwoodii
: “
Panama
” “
Boucard
[col.]” (
\
holotype
NHRS
)
.
Damasippus discoidalis
: “Floresta da Tijuca, D. [istrito] Federal [
Rio de Janeiro
],
Brasil
,
iii.1952
, C. A. Campos Seabra” (
\
MNRJ
lost in the burning
), “
Distrito Federal
[
Rio de Janeiro
], Paineiras [host plant],
2.ii.1953
, Newton Santos” (
\
MNRJ
lost in the burning
), “S ao ~ Paulo, Alto da Serra [Paranapiacaba]” (
_
MZUSP
).
Damasippus piceippenis
: “S~ ao Paulo, Horto da Cantareira,
v.1982
, E. Berti Filho col.” (
\
ESALQ
).
Damasippus spatulatus
: “[
Brazil
],
Fazenda Peneco
,
Itatiaia
[
Rio de Janeiro
],
21.ii.1942
”, “Maromba, Itatiaia,
Rio de Janeiro
,
29.xii.1952
, Leite, Seabra e
Zikan
col.” (2
_
MNRJ
lost in the burning
)
.
Diagnosis
. Head subshiny, dorsally globose (
Fig. 2A, B
). Anterior femur with inconspicuous anterior and posterior expansions (
Fig. 2C
). Posterior wing with complete, widely arched infuscate band along posterior and anal margins, leaving a regular semicircular or somewhat irregular semicircular light-coloured area basally (
Fig. 2A
). Male genitalia with left and right posterior process, forming a bifurcated posterior margin on the genitalia; dorsal left sclerite slender, tubulliform, almost straight; basal pouch bacilliform (
Fig. 2D, E
).
Description of genitalia
(
_
). Dorsal and ventral lobe continuously connected. Dorsal lobe with small, scattered setae, having the area near the basal pouch dorsally projected (
Fig. 3A, B
). Left and right posterior process present, forming a bifurcated posterior margin on the genitalia (
Fig. 3A, B
). Dorsal left sclerite slender, tubuliform, slightly curved (
Fig. 3A, B
). Basal pouch bacilliform, separated from dorsal lobe (
Fig. 3A, B
), having small, scattered bristles ventrally. Ventral lobe subdivided in small conspicuous lower lobule and upper lobule, having small scattered setae at the distal-most potion; lower lobule with small inconspicuous bifid digitiform projection.