Candovia Stål, 2007

Brock, Paul D. & Hasenpusch, Jack, 2007, Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography, Zootaxa 1570 (1), pp. 1-81 : 7-8

Candovia Stål , stat. rev.

Candovia Stål, 1875c: 12 , 70. Type species. Phasma (Bacteria) coenosa Gray, 1833: 17 , 28, pl. 2:2, by monotypy.

Candovia ; Kirby, 1904: 331, Brunner, 1907: 301, Vickery, 1983: 7, Balderson et al, 1998: 370, Otte & Brock, 2005: 162 (all as synonym of Hyrtacus Stål, 1875 )

Genus reinstated (removed from synonymy with Hyrtacus Stål, 1875 ), as C. coenosa belongs to this group of small to medium-sized, wingless Australian Necrosciinae , formerly placed in Parasipyloidea Redtenbacher, 1908 . It includes species with short and moderately long cerci, which has caused confusion with other genera, particularly Echetlus Stål, 1875 ( Phasmatidae : Platycraninae ), which is not related.

Species included

C. aberrata ( Brunner, 1907) comb. n., C. annulata ( Brunner, 1907) comb. n. (both from Parasipyloidea ), C. coenosa ( Gray, 1833) comb. n., (transferred from Hyrtacus ) (= Phasma (Bacteria) fragilis Gray, 1833 ), C. evoneobertii ( Zompro & Adis, 2001) comb. n., (transferred from Echetlus Stål, 1875 ), C. granulosa ( Brunner, 1907) comb. n., C. pallida ( Sjöstedt, 1918) (both from Parasipyloidea ), C. peridromes ( Westwood, 1859) comb. n. (transferred from Echetlus ) (= Clitarchus longipes Brunner, 1907 syn. n., = Bacunculus tener Brunner, 1907 syn. n. (previously listed as a synonym of Echetlus peristhenes ( Westwood, 1859) , = E. cercatus ( Redtenbacher, 1908) syn. n.), C. robinsoni Brock & Hasenpusch sp. n., C. spurcata ( Brunner, 1907) comb. n., C. strumosa ( Redtenbacher, 1908) comb. n. (both from Parasipyloidea )

Notes

Figures of the male, female and egg of C. coenosa (long-legged for the genus) will be included in Brock & Hasenpusch (in progress). This species is present in ANIC, as ‘ Parasipyloidea sp. 2 ’ from New South Wales. The Asian Parasipyloidea species do not appear to belong to the same genus as Australian species; hence Parasipyloidea is retained as a valid genus.