Agathemera claraziana, (Saussure 1868)

Cubillos, Claudio & Vera, Alejandro, 2020, Comparative morphology of the eggs from the eight species in the genus Agathemera Stål (Insecta: Phasmatodea), through phylogenetic comparative method approach, Zootaxa 4803 (3), pp. 523-543 : 531

A. claraziana (Saussure 1868)

(n=14) ( Fig. 5 : d1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 53 ± 5% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 85 ± 4%. The general egg shape is ellipsoidal, flattened towards the anterior pole (10). The capsule color is brown (20), with texture slightly rugose (31). The micropylar plate is lanceolate shaped (40), smooth (50), with edges above the capsule plane (60), its color is brown-reddish (72) and the internal micropylar plate is open (80). Opercular angle is -26.18 ±5.48°. The opercular shape is orbicular (90), brown colored (100) and rugose (111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 7 : d1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface (123) and the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface (131) is rugose. The micropylar cup has a veil (141). The opercular surface is slightly rugose at the center becoming tuberculated towards the borders (150).

Figures

FIGURE 5. External morphology of the eggs from clade 1 and their respective operculum. a1-e1, dorsal view; a2-e2 operculum. The order of the eggs and operculum from right to left is A. luteola, A. maculafulgens, A. crassa. A. millepunctata, A. claraziana (escale = 1mm).

FIGURE 7. Ultrastructure surface of the micropylar plate of the eggs from clade 1 and their respective operculum. A1-E1, micropylar plate ultrastructure; A2-E2 ultrastructure surface of the operculum. The order of the micropylar plates and operculum from top to bottom is A. luteola, A. maculafulgens, A. crassa. A. millepunctata, A. claraziana.