Nesiophasma kuehni, Gunther, 1934

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 : 114

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Nesiophasma kuehni View in CoL (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907)

( Figs. 43D View FIGURE 43 , 45K–M View FIGURE 45 , 47C–D View FIGURE 47 )

Phobaeticus kuehni Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 185. LT (by present designation), ♀: Coll. Br. v. W., Ins. Roma, Timor, W. Kühn; det. Br. v. W. Phobaeticus kuehni [NHMW, No. 309]; PLT, 3 ♀♀ + 1 egg (ex ovipositor): Coll. Br. v. W., Ins. Roma, Timor, W. Kühn; det. Br. v. W. Phobaeticus kuehni 23.011 [NHMW, No. 309].

Brock, 1998 b: 37.

Nesiophasma kuehni, Günther, 1934a: 5 View in CoL .

Günther, 1935a: 29.

Otte & Brock, 2005: 227.

Differential diagnosis: Females of this distintive species are easily separated from all other known representatives of the genus by the roundly deflexed lateral margins of abdominal terga II–VII and prominently enlarged teeth of the extrimities ( Fig. 43D View FIGURE 43 ).

Eggs ( Figs. 47C–D View FIGURE 47 ): Medium sized, general colour greyish drab. Capsule elongate-ovoid, about 1.7x longer than wide, the ventral surface and lower region of dorsal surface with a blunt longitudinal keel. Capsule surface strongly sculptured; all over covered with an irregular network of raised ridges, granulose and with several more distinct small impressions. Polar area moderately impressed if seen in lateral aspect. Micropylar plate spearheadshaped, less than half the length of capsule with lower portion strongly narrowed. Micropylar cup small, bowlshaped and placed just above the constricted portion of capsule; dark reddish brown. Median line short. Operculum almost circular and khaki-brown, the central portion gently indented and of slightly paler colour. Capitulum irregularly conical, brown. Measurements [mm]: Length 4.1, width 2.4, height 2.5, length of micropylar plate 2.0.

Comments: The colouration of the four type-specimens ranges from dull green over ochre to greyish mid brown. A faint dark longitudinal stripe along the lateral margins of the pronotum is seen in all specimens and the leg armature is of a darker and more intense colour than the body and legs themselves, being intensively dark green in the green specimens and blackish brown to black in the brown specimens. A fully developed egg could be removed from the ovipositor of one of the paralectotypes and is now stored in a gelatine capsule together with the type-series ( Figs. 47C–D View FIGURE 47 ). It is here described and illustrated for the first time. One of the green ♀♀ is here selected as the lectotype ( Fig. 43D View FIGURE 43 ). ♂♂ unknown.

Distribution: So far only known from the type-locality. Pulau Romang [also Roma] is one of the Barat Daya Islands, located east of Wetar Island in the southern Maluku Province, Indonesia.

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FIGURE 45. Nesiophasma spp., ♀♀: A. N. giganteum n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen laterally [coll. FH, No. 0656-1]; B. N. giganteum n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen dorsally [coll. FH, No. 0656-5]; C. N. giganteum n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen ventrally [coll. FH, No. 0656-1]; D. N. sananaense n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen laterally [coll. FH, No. 0822-3]; E. N. sananaense n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen dorsally [coll. FH, No. 0822-2]; F. N. sananaense n. sp., terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (PT) seen ventrally [coll. FH, No. 0656-3]; G. N. spinulosum (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (HT of N. eremothocus Günther, 1934), terminal abdominal segments seen laterally [MNHU]; H. N. spinulosum (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (HT of N. eremothocus Günther, 1934), terminal abdominal segments seen dorsally [MNHU]; J. N. spinulosum (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (HT of N. eremothocus Günther, 1934), terminal abdominal segments seen ventrally [MNHU]; K. N. kuehni (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (LT), terminal abdominal segments seen laterally [NHMW, No. 309]; L. N. kuehni (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (LT), terminal abdominal segments seen ventrally [NHMW, No. 309]; M. N. kuehni (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (LT), head and prothorax in dorsolateral view [NHMW, No. 309]; N. N. giganteum n. sp., head and prothorax of ♀ (PT) in dorso-lateral view [coll. FH, No. 0656-5]; O. N. sananaense n. sp., head and prothorax of ♀ (PT) in dorso-lateral view [coll. FH, No. 0822-1]; P. N. plateni (Dohrn, 1910), terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (LT) seen laterally [ZMPA]; Q. N. plateni (Dohrn, 1910), terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (LT) seen dorsally [ZMPA]; R. N. spinulosum (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (HT of N. eremothocus Günther, 1934), N. plateni (Dohrn, 1910), terminal abdominal segments of ♀ (LT) seen ventrally [ZMPA]. Figures P–R © Paul D. Brock / NHMUK.