Trachythorax gohi Brock, 1999

Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 1893, Review of the Oriental stick insect genus Trachythorax Redtenbacher, 1908 with two new species from Vietnam and comments on egg parasitism and morphological counteradaptations (Phasmida, Lonchodidae, Necrosciinae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 120, pp. 1-56 : 34

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Trachythorax gohi Brock, 1999 View in CoL

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Trachythorax gohi BROCK, 1999: 122 View in CoL , fig. 81 [described and figured].

Trachythorax gohi View in CoL – SEOW-CHOEN, 2000: 34, plate 87 [in Malaysia, figured]. — OTTE & BROCK, 2005: 336 [catalogued]. — BROCK et al., 2016: 181 View Cited Treatment [catalogued, type data].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. TYPE MATERIAL. (examined from photographs on PSF – BROCK et al., 2021) MALAYSIA: HT ♀: Peninsular Malaysia, Gunung Jerai, Kedah, 1987, D. Goh ( NHMUK) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. (examined from photographs provided by Frank Hennemann) MYANMAR: Tenasserim, leg. Lemann, 18.III–16.IV.1996, FH 0306 - 1 ( FH) .

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS. THAILAND: 2♀♀, 1♀ nymph ( Fig. 24 A–B, D View Fig ): Surat Thani Province, Phanom District, Khlong Sok, Khao Sok N.P., C. Hübner; 1♂ ( Fig. 24 C View Fig ); same data as preceding, 26.iii.2012, L. Day; mating pair: Narathiwat Province, Waeng District , 5.VII.2021, iNaturalist user Khonkhinaoi https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85908458 .

COMMENTS. Trachythorax gohi was described based on a single female by BROCK (1999). The species is here recorded for the first time from Thailand. Both sexes of the species were photographed in Khao Sok National Park, revealing the unknown male ( Fig. 24 C View Fig ). It is quite similar to T. albomaculatus sp. nov., however, T. gohi can be distinguished by (1) the two black, longitudinal stripes behind the eye; (2) females lacking the conspicuous white V-shaped patch on the mesonotum which is chocolate-brown instead; (3) both sexes have the mesonotum with a distinct black, triangular marking on the posterolateral angles, contrasting with the rest of the mesonotum.

DISTRIBUTION. Myanmar (Tenasserim), Northern peninsular Malaysia, Southwestern Thailand ( Fig. 9 View Fig ).

References

BROCK P. D., 1999. - Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 223 pp.

BROCK P. D., MARSHALL J. A., BECCALONI G. W. & HARMAN A. J. E., 2016. - The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179 (2): 151 - 208.

BROCK P. D., BUSCHER T. & BAKER E., 2021. - Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0. http: // Phasmida. SpeciesFile. org [accessed 15 March 2021].

OTTE D. & BROCK P. D., 2005. - Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world, 2 nd Edition. The Insect Diversity Association and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 414 pp.

SEOW-CHOEN F., 2000. - An Illustrated Guide to the Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 173 pp.

Figures

Fig. 9. Trachythorax spp. distribution map.

Fig. 24. Trachythorax gohi Brock, 1998 in Khao Sok N.P., Thailand. A–B, ♀, dorsal view. C, ♂, dorsal view. D, ♀ nymph. A–B, D. © C. Hübner. C. © L. Day.

Fig. 9. Trachythorax spp. distribution map.