Singaporoidea inconspicua (Redtenbacher, 1908) Hennemann, 2021

Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), Zootaxa 5073 (1), pp. 1-189 : 164

Singaporoidea inconspicua (Redtenbacher, 1908) n. comb.

Aruanoidea inconspicua Redtenbacher, 1908: 522 . LT (by present designation), ♂: Samanga, S. Celebes, Nov. 1895, H. Fruh-storfer.; 170; Aruanoidea inconspicua Br., Brunner det. [MNHU]; PLT, ♂: S. Celebes, Patunuang, Jan. 1896, H. Fruhstor-fer.; det. Redtenb. Aruanoidea inconspicua ; 20.755 [NHMW, No. 1015].

Scionecra inconspicua, Günther, 1938: 59 .

Brock, 1998: 34.

Hennemann, 1998: 123.

Otte & Brock, 2005: 312.

Zompro, 2005: 267.

Nescicroa macra, Günther, 1935: 24 . [Misidentification]

Hennemann, 1998: 108, 122. [Misidentification]

Further material: 5 ♂♂: Celebes, Latimodjong-Geb., Oeroe 800m, Heinrich 8.1930 [ MNHU]; S-Sulawesi, Se-latan Prov., Tana Toraja, leg. Tajuddin X.1995 – II.1996 [coll. FH, No. 0288-1 & 2] .

Differentiation: Males (the only sex known) are very similar to those of S. macra (Redtenbacher, 1908) but be easily separated by the somewhat larger size, broader but very rather washed black medio-longitudinal streak on the pronotum and much shorter, broader and rather spatulate cerci (notably longer than the anal segment, slender and almost round in cross-section in macra ), that just slightly project beyond the tip of the abdomen.

Comments: This species was described from two ♂♂, of which the fully complete specimen from Samanga in the collection of MNHU is here selected as the lectotype to provide stability of redtenbachrer’s taxon. Specimens collected by G. Heinrich in MNHU (Günther, 1935: 24) and in the authors collection ( Hennemann, 1998: 122) have been misidentified as S. macra (Redtenbacher, 1908) . Detailed scrutinizing of the specimens and comparison with the type-specimens of S. macra and S. inconspicua have shown them to represent the latter species, which is readily seen by the much shorter and broader cerci and slightly larger size (body lengths 52.0–54.0 mm). Günther (1935: 24) misplaced inconspicua in the genus Scionecra Karny, 1923 , but the well developed tegmina (very small, scalelike and hardly covering base of alae in Scionecra ) actually place Redtenbacher’s species in Singaporoidea , why it is here transferred to that genus (n. comb.). Moreover, while all records of inconspicua are from the southwestern portion of the island, macra wad described from Toli-Toli in North Sulawesi.

Distribution: W-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Barat, Buttu Samanga [MNHU]; S-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Selatan, Gua Pat-tunuang Nature Park [NHMW]; S-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Selatan, Latimojong Mountains, Uru 800 m [MNHU]; S-Su-lawesi, Sulawesi Selatan, Tana Toraja Highland [coll. FH].