Andeocalynda, Hennemann & Conle, 2020

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2020, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXIV: Andeocalynda n. gen., a new genus of Andean stick insects, with the descriptions of nine new species from Colombia and Ecuador (Phasmatodea: “ Anareolatae ”: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae), Zootaxa 4896 (3), pp. 301-341 : 306-307

Keys to the species of Andeocalynda n. gen.

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1. Thorax granulose or tuberculose......................................................................... 2

- Body entirely smooth; S-Ecuador............................................................... tenuis n. sp.

2. Thorax densely and ± uniformly granulose / tuberculose; legs unarmed........................................... 3

- Meso- and metanotum irregularly set with variably sized blunt tubercles; mid and hind legs armed with lobes; S-Ecuador........................................................................................... decorata n. sp.

3. Complete thorax and abdomen densely granulose;........................................................... 4

- Only mesothorax and metasternum densely tuberculose, median segment and abdomen almost smooth; N-Ecuador............................................................................................... tuberculata n. sp.

4. Small and rather stocky species (body length incl. subgenital plate 100.0 mm); body granulation dense and pronounced; epiproct acutely triangular; S-Ecuador........................................................... densegranulosa n. sp.

- Larger more slender species body length incl. subgenital plate> 120.0 mm); body granulation moderate; epiproct wider than long, obtuse; S-Colombia................................................................ putumayoense n. sp.

* ♀♀ of A. aspericollis n. sp., A. banosense n. sp., A. brevicercata n. sp., A. carrikeri ( Bates, 1865) , A. comis ( Hebard, 1919) , A. lojaense n. sp. and A. viridipes n. sp. are not known.

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1. Poculum with a ± distinct central node, spine or protuberance.................................................. 7

- Poculum without a central protuberance................................................................... 2

2. Head elongate and sub-cylindrical;> 1.5x wider than long; frons and vertex flat................................... 4 ¨C Head short and broad; <1.5x longer than wide; anterior portion of vertex swollen.................................. 3

3. Body length <80.0 mm; meso- and metanotum green dorsally with lateral surfaces red; poculum strongly inflated and> 1.5x higher than abdominal tergum IX; N-Ecuador.................................................. tuberculata n. sp. ¨C Larger (body length> 85.0 mm); thorax unicolourous, buff, drab or brown; poculum just slightly higher than abdominal tergum IX; Central Colombia.............................................................................. comis

4. Mesothorax smooth................................................................................... 6

- Mesothorax granulose / tuberculose....................................................................... 5

5. Head unicolourous; meso- and metanotum with a broad green longitudinal median streak; anal segment ascendant towards the apex; S-Colombia...................................................................... putumayoense n. sp.

- Head with lower portions of genae pale cream; meso- and metanotum unicolourous; anal segment strongly tectiform; S-Ecuador........................................................................................ tenuis n. sp.

6. Granules of mesonotum distinct and acute; anal segment distinctly tectiform; vomer much reduced and mostly concealed by paraprocts.............................................................................. aspericollis n. sp.

- Granules of mesonotum low and obtuse; anal segment ascendant towards the apex; vomer notably more prominent and visible............................................................................... densegranulosa n. sp.

7. Abdominal tergum IX <2x longer than anal segment......................................................... 8

- Abdominal tergum strongly elongated, 2.3x longer than anal segment and longer than VIII and anal segment combined; S-Ecuador.................................................................................... lojaense n. sp.

8. Anal segment strongly tectiform, not ascendant towards the apex; poculum....................................... 9

- Anal segment distinctly ascendant towards the apex; S-Colombia......................................... carrikeri

9. Cerci considerably shorter than anal segment; abdominal tergum IX short and notably less than 1.5x the length of anal segment; meso- and metafemora slender.......................................................................... 10

- Cerci long, about as long as anal segment; abdominal tergum IX elongate and almost 2x longer than anal segment; two outer ventral carinae of meso- and metafemora slightly expanded sub-basally............................... decorata n. sp.

10. Lateral margins of abdominal tergum IX distinctly deflexed and rounded; meso- and metaemora plain green with base red; N-Ecuador................................................................................. banosense n. sp.

- Lateral margins of abdominal tergum IX at best very gently convex; meso- and metafemora with pale transverse bands; S-Ecuador.................................................................................... viridipes n. sp.