Agathemera millepunctata, (Redtenbacher 1906)

Cubillos, Claudio & Vera, Alejandro, 2020, Comparative morphology of the eggs from the eight species in the genus Agathemera Stål (Insecta: Phasmatodea), through phylogenetic comparative method approach, Zootaxa 4803 (3), pp. 523-543 : 532

A. millepunctata (Redtenbacher 1906)

(n=20) ( Fig. 5 : e1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 54 ± 3% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 92 ± 4%. The general egg shape is ellipsoidal, flattened towards the anterior pole (80%) (10) or ovoid (20%) (11). The capsule color is brown (20) with texture slightly rugose (31). The micropylar plate is lanceolate shaped (40), smooth (50), with edges above the capsule plane (60), its color is brown-reddish (72) and the internal micropylar plate is open (80). Opercular angle is -29.39º ± 4.39. The operculum has a circular shape (90), same than the rest of the capsule (100) and its texture is slightly rugose (111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 7 : e1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is rugose (123), as well as the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface (131). The micropylar cup has a veil (141). The ultrastructure surface of the operculum is rugose (150).

Figures

FIGURE 5. External morphology of the eggs from clade 1 and their respective operculum. a1-e1, dorsal view; a2-e2 operculum. The order of the eggs and operculum from right to left is A. luteola, A. maculafulgens, A. crassa. A. millepunctata, A. claraziana (escale = 1mm).

FIGURE 7. Ultrastructure surface of the micropylar plate of the eggs from clade 1 and their respective operculum. A1-E1, micropylar plate ultrastructure; A2-E2 ultrastructure surface of the operculum. The order of the micropylar plates and operculum from top to bottom is A. luteola, A. maculafulgens, A. crassa. A. millepunctata, A. claraziana.