Neooxyartes Ho, 2018

Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 2024, Stick insects from Vietnam: The new genus Mycovartes gen. nov., with two new species and two new species of Neooxyartes Ho, 2018 (Phasmida: Lonchodidae: Necrosciinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 965, pp. 1-50 : 27-30

Genus Neooxyartes Ho, 2018

Neooxyartes Ho, 2018: 187 [described and figured].

Pterohirasea Bresseel & Constant, 2018: 18 [described and figured]. Synonymised by Bushell (2019).

Type species

Neooxyartes zomproi Ho, 2018 by original designation.

Species included

Neooxyartes neohiraseoides sp. nov. [Chu Yang Sin N.P.]

Neooxyartes minimus sp. nov. [Kon Ka Kinh N.P., Kon Plong]

Neooxyartes zomproi Ho, 2018 [Bach Ma N.P., Ba Na N.P., Phong Dien]

Keys to the species of Neooxyartes Ho, 2018

Males

1. Apex of male vomer with four extremities ....................................................................................... 2

– Male vomer apically bifurcate .......................................................................... N. zomproi Ho, 2017

2. Small species, body length <35 mm, apterous .................................................... N. minimus sp. nov

– Larger species, body length> 35 mm, with scale-like alae ...................... N. neohiraseoides sp. nov

Females

1. Body length> 60 mm, antennae with more or less evenly spaced white markings, body with dark mediolongitudinal stripe dorsally ..................................................................... N. zomproi Ho, 2017

– Body length <50 mm, antennae without white markings and body without dark mediolongitudinal stripe ................................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Anal segment slightly concave posteromedially, apterous .................................. N. minimus sp. nov

– Anal segment with slightly projecting posteromedian carina, scale-like alae present ....................... ................................................................................................................... N. neohiraseoides sp. nov

Distribution

The genus is restricted to the Truong Son Range with Neooxyartes zomproi Ho, 2017 and Neooxyartes minimus sp. nov. from the Kontum Plateau and Neooxyartes neohiraseoides sp. nov. from the Dac Lac Plateau ( Fig. 19 ).

Figures

Fig. 19. Neooxyartes Ho, 2018, distribution map.