Microrestes sp.

Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 2020, Microrestes gen. nov., a new genus in the Oriental stick insect tribe Datamini Rehn & Rehn, 1939 with a new species and a new combination (Phasmida: Heteropterygidae: Dataminae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 106, pp. 1-19 : 1-19

Microrestes sp.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD. THAILAND: ♂: Nan province, Doi Phu Kha N.P., 17.VII.2016, K. Jiaranaisakul .

COMMENTS

This species is only known from photographic records of a single male from Doi Phu kha National Park, Nan Province in northern Thailand. The typical head armature ( Fig. 1 ), the trapezoidal mesonotum and fairly shallow, bowl-shaped poculum as well as the small size of the male, all agree with the generic characters of Microrestes gen. nov. In addition to Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906 and Dares Stål, 1875 ( BROCK et al., 2020), Microrestes gen. nov. is the third genus of Dataminae known recorded from Thailand. However, Dares is most probably endemic to Borneo and Palawan and the taxonomic position of Dares ziegleri Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 from Thailand needs to be re-evaluated.

Figures

Fig. 9. Microrestes sp., ♂, living specimen from Thailand, Nan province, Doi Phu Kha N.P., 17.VII.2016. A, lateral view. B, head and thorax, dorsolateral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, terminalia, dorsal view. E, terminalia, ventral view. F, terminalia, lateral view. © K. Jiaranaisakul.

Fig. 1. Microrestes gen. nov., nomenclature of cephalic armature.