Exocnophila hastata ( Burmeister, 1838 ) Ghirotto & Conle & Hennemann & Valero & Cancello, 2024

Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Conle, Oskar, Hennemann, Frank, Valero, Pablo & Cancello, Eliana M., 2024, On the Brazilian Exocnophila stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5536 (1), pp. 59-98 : 69-70

Exocnophila hastata ( Burmeister, 1838) comb. nov.

( Figs 8–18 )

Bacteria hastata Burmeister, 1838: 567 ; Westwood 1859: 348; Redtenbacher 1908: 423; Otte & Brock 2005: 64; Brock & Büscher 2022: 510.

Heteronemia hastata, Kirby 1904: 348 .

Dyme hastata, Zompro 2005: 265 [without expression of new combination].

>> Lectotype (here designated), ♂ ( MfN): hastata, Burm. * ♂ ♀, Brasil. Sello. v. Lgsdf.; 756; Bacunculus hastata ♂ Burmeister, 1838 , LECTOTYPUS det. O.Zompro III.2001 ( Fig. 8–10 ). Paralectotype (here designated), ♀, not found, most likely lost ( MfN): Sello .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., male body and habitus, lectotype. A, habitus in dorsal view; B, body in dorsal view; C, habitus in lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 9. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., head and thorax, lectotype.A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, ventral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 10. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., male thorax and abdomen, lectotype.A, metathorax in dorsal view; B, terminalia in dorsal view; C, terminalia in lateral view; D, terminalia in lateral view after warming in hot water to spread cercus; E, tergum X and cercus in ventral view; F, terminalia in ventral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 11. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov. from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, male V0613 (A–D) and female MZ0564 (E–H) body and habitus. A, E, habitus in dorsal view; B, F, body in dorsal view; C, G, body in lateral view; D, H, body in ventral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 12. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., head and thorax, females from Rio de Janeiro, MZV0677 (A–C), MZ0564 (D). A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C–D, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 13. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., thorax and abdomen, females from Rio de Janeiro, MZV0677 (A, C–H), MZ0564 (B). A–B, metathorax in dorsal view; C, F, right protarsus, ventral view, F showing detail of tibia apex; D, G, right mesotarsus, ventral view, G showing detail of tibia apex; E, H, right metatarsus, ventral view, H showing detail of tibia apex. Scale bars: A–E = 1 mm; F–H = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 14. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., abdomen, females from Rio de Janeiro, MZV0677 (A, C, E, G), MZ0564 (B, D, F). A, abdomen in dorsal view; B, terminalia in dorsal view; C–D, terminalia in lateral view; E–F, terminalia in ventral view; G, valves in lateral view with subgenital plate spread out. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 15. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., head and thorax, male V0608 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.A, C, dorsal view; B, ventral view; D, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 16. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., thorax and abdomen, male V0608 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A, median segment, dorsal view; B, metathorax, dorsal view; C, protarsi, ventral view; D, right mesotarsus, ventral view, E, apex of tibia of left leg, ventral view; F, apex of tibia of right leg; G, right metatarsus, ventral view. Scale bars: A–D, F–G = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 17. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., terminalia, male V0608 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, ventral view; D, cerci and vomer in ventral view; E, thorn pads in ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Exocnophila hastata comb. nov., eggs from different females from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.A, E, H, I, from Magé, Rio de Janeiro (MZV0677); B, F, from Trajano de Moraes, Rio de Janeiro (MZV0549); C, D, G, from Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro (MZV0611). A–D, different eggs in lateral view; E–G, different eggs in dorsal view; H, egg in anterior view showing operculum; I, several eggs in the same scale in lateral view. Scale bars: A–G, I = 1 mm; H = 0.5 mm.