Jeremia Günther, 1930

Lima, Sheila Pereira De, Oliveira, Ismael Barreto De, Filho, Francisco Felipe Xavier & Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino, 2024, A new species of Jeremia Redtenbacher (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Cladomorphinae), a stick insect from the northern Brazilian Amazon Basin, Zootaxa 5399 (4), pp. 433-445 : 434

Jeremia Günther, 1930

Type. Jeremia grossedentata Redtenbacher , by original monotypy.

Remark. Jeremia may be recognized by both sexes having conspicuous spines at the medioventral carina of mid and posterior legs. Furthermore, females also have spines at meso and metanotum, humps on tergite 7 and by having a prominent gonapophysis 8, which is longer than tergites 8–10 combined ( Hennemann & Conle, 2010). As for males, they have a globose head vertex and the subgenital plate (sternite 9) has an indentation at posterior margin ( Hennemann & Conle, 2010).

Distribution. Brazil (Roraima [new record]); Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru ( Fig. 7A ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Eggs of Jeremia megaplax sp. nov., removed from the female paratype abdomen.A. Dorsal view; B. Frontal view; C. Right lateral view; D. Left lateral view. Eggs are not fully developed and this should be taken in consideration when trying to identify or compare with other specimens. Scale: 1 mm.