Anchiale maculata (Olivier, 1792)

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 : 89

Anchiale maculata (Olivier, 1792)

Further material examined [1 ♂, 4 ♀♀]: 1 ♀: O-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Banggai-Inseln, W-Peleng Island, Buko District , Tinanasu, IV.2011 [coll. FH, No 0828-23] ; 2 ♀♀: O-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Bang-gai-Inseln, W-Peleng Island, Buko District , btw. Tatendeng village and Eben village 400–550 m, IX.2011 [coll. FH, No’s 0828-24 to 25] ; 1 ♀: E-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Banggai Islands , W-Peleng Island, Buko District , btw. Tatendeng village and Eben village 400–550 m, IX.2011 [ IMQC] ; 1 ♂: Indonesien: Peleng Id., S of Sulawesi, Tinanasu , IV.2011 [coll. OC] .

Comments: Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki (2015) have presented a discussion of the intraspecific variability of the different island populations of this widely distributed species along with illustrations of specimens from various islands. The distributional range of A. maculata comprises almost the whole of Wallacea from Peleng in the west and Morotai in the north towards the Kei Islands in the south-east. At that time only one ♂ was known from the island of Peleng, but which is now supplemented by several ♀♀. These specimens are morphologically most similar to examples from Sanana, the south-eastern most island of the Sula Islands. These ♀♀ have the mesonotum just sparsely supplied with low granules and rather large cerci, that reach to the apex of the subgenital plate and are just scarcely shorter than the anal segment. One specimen in the author’s collection (coll. FH) has large pale cream markings on the mesonotum and all femora distinctly annulated with white. Body length (including cerci) of ♀♀ 169.0–180.0 mm.

Genus Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908

( Figs. 36–37 )

Type-species: Paracyphocrania lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908: 466 , by monotypy.

Comments: Hennemann & Conle (2006a) have provided a detailed re-description of the genus and the type-species P. lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908 from Sulawesi. An updated re-description of the genus, that included the previously unknown ♂♂, was presented by Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki (2015) who described a second species from the island of Peleng whose so far unknown ♂ is described below.

Distribution: Sulawesi and Peleng.

Species included:

1. Paracyphocrania lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908: 466 .

Distribution: South Sulawesi.

2. Paracyphocrania major Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 42 , figs. 80–85, 128.

Distribution: Peleng Island.

Figures

FIGURE 36. Paracyphocrania major (Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015): A. ♀, Buko District, Tinanasu [coll. FH, No. 0846-1]; B. Head, pro- and mesothorax of ♂ seen dorso-laterally [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; C. Head, pro- and mesothorax of ♂ seen dorsally [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; D. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in lateral view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; E. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in dorsal view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; F. Terminal abdominal segments of ♂ in ventral view [coll. FH, No. 0846-5]; G. ♂ [coll. FH, No. 0846-5].

FIGURE 37. Paracyphocrania major (Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015), live captive reared ♂ with B. showing the startle display.