Agamemnon Moxey, 1971: 71

Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Engelking, Phillip Watzke & Crispino, Edgar Blois, 2023, Revision of the Neotropical stick insect genus Ocnophila (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae) with a new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 179-209 : 204

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7982379

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scientific name

Agamemnon Moxey, 1971: 71
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Genus Agamemnon Moxey, 1971: 71 View in CoL View at ENA

See Brock et al. (2023) for a complete reference list

This genus was only previously recorded for Virgin and Puerto Rico Islands, and is now recorded for Cuba. Each of the two transferred species are from Cuba and present somewhat similar characters such as a very short tergum X. It is possible that future analysis with more material from specific locations, or even new sampling effort, reveal that these species are conspecific. The genus now contains 4 species. Characteristics contained by the transferred species that allowed generic assignment are the following: presence of porrect dorsal spines anteriorly in the head; widened metathorax; relatively long female median segment; similar morphology of teminalia.

Ocnophila illegitima Brunner, 1907: 316 View in CoL = Agamemnon illegitimus ( Brunner, 1907) comb. nov.

>> Holotype, J (MNMS): Cuba, Gundlach; Libethra illegitima Br. Differ minime a L. Poeyi Bol ; Sintipo; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 7639; MNCN_Ent 352412 [examined through pictures] .

Caulonia poeyi Bolívar, 1888: 137 View in CoL (transferred to Ocnophila by Brunner, 1907: 314) = Agamemnon poeyi (Bolívar, 1888) comb. nov.

>> Syntypes, ♀ (MNMS): Caulonia Poeyi Br. Cuba; Libethra Poeyi Bol ; Sintipo; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 1601; MNCN_Ent 352411 [examined through pictures]; Syntype (?), ♀ (MNMS): Caulonia Poeyi nº106 Col. Gundlach; 106; Ocnophila ; Sintipo?; MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 1600; MNCN_Ent 352410 [examined through pictures] ; ♀, J (IES): Cuba [not examined; male studied from original description] .

Brock, P. D., Buscher, T. H. & Baker, E. (2023) Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0. Available from: http: // phasmida. speciesfile. org (accessed 6 April 2023)

Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. (1907) IX. Tribus Clitumnini, X. Tribus Lonchodini, XI. Tribus Bacunculini. In: Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. (Eds.), 1906 - 1908, Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 181 - 338, tafel VII - XV.

Moxey, C. F. (1971) Notes on the Phasmatodea of the West Indies: two new genera. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 78, 67 - 83. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1971 / 927579

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phasmida

Family

Phasmatidae

SubFamily

Diapheromerinae

Tribe

Oreophoetini