Viridiphasma clanwilliamense, Picker Klaus-Dieter Klass, 2011

Picker Klaus-Dieter Klass, Monika J. B. Eberhard Mike D., 2011, Sympatry in Mantophasmatodea, with the description of a new species and phylogenetic considerations, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 11 (1), pp. 43-59 : 46

Viridiphasma clanwilliamense sp. n.

Etymology The specific epithet reflects the name of the type locality, Clanwilliam settlement. It is to be treated as adjectival for the purposes of nomenclature.

Material examined Holotype: S (deposited at SAMC, specimen Cw3S); South Africa, Western Cape Province, near Clanwilliam at Clanwilliam Dam , 32.21°S 18.88°E, August 2007, leg. M. Eberhard & S.H. Eberhard.

Paratypes: 2 SS, 2 99 (SAMC; specimens Cw1S, Cw4S, Cw19, Cw39, Cw49); 4 SS, 4 99 (MTD; specimens Cw2S, Cw5S, Cw6S, Cw7S, Cw29, Cw59, Cw69, Cw79); other data as for holotype. DNA samples and vouchers of specimens Cw1S, Cw2S, Cw19, Cw 29 in Damgaard et al. (2008; under the name “ Austrophasmatidae sp.n. 3”) belong to V. clanwilliamense sp. n., as their morphological features ( Damgaard et al. 2008: table 2) match those of the specimens studied here; their collection site ( Damgaard et al. 2008: “ 32.22°S 18.85°E ”) is approx. 3 km away from the GPS-determined type locality.