Agathemera maculafulgens, (Camousseight 1995)

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 : 528-529

A. maculafulgens ( Camousseight 1995)

(n=18) ( Fig. 5 : b1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 52 ± 2% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 90 ± 3%. The general egg shape is ellipsoidal, flattened towards the anterior pole (10), The capsule is color brown (20), with rugose texture (66.6%) or slightly rugose (33.3%) (32). Micropylar plate lanceolate shaped (40), smooth (50), with edges in the same plane than the rest of the capsule (61) and brown (70). Internal micropylar plate open (80). Opercular angle is -16.69 ±3,12º. The shape of the operculum is orbicular (90), color brown (100) and of rugose texture as well as the rest of the capsule (111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 7 : b1,2): While the capsule ultrastructure surface has tubercles regularly distributed (120), the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface is slightly rugose (131). No micropylar cup veil is observed (141). The opercular surface has tubercles as well as the rest of the capsule (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.