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 Author Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino Author Rafael, Jose Albertino text Zoologischer Anzeiger 2020 2020-03-31 285 37 80 journal article 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.01.005 45ad9c46-a516-4dc0-a6f8-4292ce31ddd0 3711292 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.