Prisopus Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1828

Conle, Oskar V., Hennemann, Frank H., Bellanger, Yannick, Lelong, Philippe, Jourdan, Toni & Valero, Pablo, 2020, Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XX: A new genus and 16 new species from French Guiana, Zootaxa 4814 (1), pp. 1-136 : 98

Key to the species of Prisopus Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1828 from French Guiana

( Figs. 46–47 )

♂♂ / ♀♀ *

1. Two prominent black spines on pronotum; distinct transverse black bands on the abdominal sternites............. sacratus

- Pronotum without evident black spines.................................................................... 2

2. Protuberances of tegmina distinctly triangular and covered with many small yellowish granules.................. ariadne

- Protuberances of tegmina not triangular and not covered with yellowish granules................................... 3

3. Large black oval field on metasternum.................................................................... 4

- No large black field on metasternum...................................................................... 6

4. Pale spot in black field on metasternum almost circular; no spines on posterior margin of vertex................ horstokkii

- Pale spot in black field distinctly longer than wide; distinct spines on posterior margin of vertex....................... 5

5. Poculum yellow with outer margin black......................................................... wolfgangjunki

- Poculum uniformly black or brown................................................................. horridus

6. Large (body length [mm]: ♂> 50, ♀> 70) and robust species with distinct transverse black bands on abdominal sternites.. 7

- Small (body length [mm]: ♂ <50, ♀ <60) and slender species without transverse black bands on abdominal sternites..... 9

7. Metasternum with two characteristic black bands at the lateral sides of posterior margin............................. 8

- Metasternum plain and uniformly yellow to orange................................................... phacellus

8. Tegmina and costal area of alae pale creamish white................................................. clarus n. sp.

- Tegmina brown to grey, sometimes with green or creamish white parts..................................... piperinus

9. Posterior portion of head strongly conically raised............................................ conocephalus n. sp.

- Posterior portion of head not raised................................................................. minimus

Figures

FIGURE 46. Comparison of males of all known Prisopus spp. for French Guiana. Habitus in dorsal view. a. P. wolfgangjunki; b. P. clarus n. sp.; c. P. sacratus; d. P. horstokkii; e. P. horridus; f. P. phacellus; g. P. minimus; h. P. piperinus; i. P. ariadne; j. P. conocephalus n.sp..

FIGURE 47. Comparison of males of all known Prisopus spp. for French Guiana. Habitus in ventral view. a. P. wolfgangjunki; b. P. clarus n. sp.; c. P. sacratus; d. P. horstokkii; e. P. horridus; f. P. phacellus; g. P. minimus; h. P. piperinus; i. P. ariadne; j. P. conocephalus n.sp..