Otocrania aurita ( Burmeister, 1838: 565 )

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2024, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXVI: Taxonomic review of Cladomorformia tax. n., a lineage of Diapheromerinae stick insects, with the descriptions of seven new genera and 41 new species (Phasmatodea: Occidophasmata: Diapheromerinae), Zootaxa 5444 (1), pp. 1-454 : 128

1. Otocrania aurita ( Burmeister, 1838: 565) [ Bacteria ]. LT, ♀ [by present designation]: 750; auritum n. Bact. aurita Burm. Phyllocephalum Westw. * Brasil. inter. [MNHU]; PLT, ♀: no data [MLUH]. ( Figs. 43–44 , 86C )

= Otocrania imbé Piza, 1939: 445 , fig. 1 (♀). HT, ♀: Col. Em Imbé , 10–12–938, Agua Preta, E. da Bahia, P. Silva ; Otocrania imbé Piza, 1939 ♀ Baia [ESALQ]. syn. n.

= Otocrania mutica Redtenbacher, 1908: 424 . HT, ♀: Java, 1856; Otocrania mutica Redt. Type [ZMAN]. syn. n.

= Phibalosoma phyllocephalum Westwood, 1859: 73 , pl. 33: 1. LT, ♀ [by present designation]: 750; auritum n. Bact. aurita Burm. phyllocephalum Westw. * Brasil. inter. [MNUH]; PLT, ♀: no data [MLUH]. (Unnecessary replacement name for Bacteria aurita Burmeister, 1838 — junior objective homonym)

Distribution: E-Brazil (Est. Bahiá & Est. Espírito Santo).

Figures

FIGURE 43. Otocrania aurita (Burmeister, 1838): A. ♀, habitus dorsolateral view [MHNG]; B. ♀, habitus dorsolateral view [NHMW].

FIGURE 44. Otocrania aurita (Burmeister, 1838): A. ♂, habitus dorsolateral view [NHMW]; B. ♀ LT, head in lateral view [MNHU]; C. ♀, head in frontal view [ZMUH]; D. ♂, haed in lateral view [NHMW]; E. ♀, lateral view of mesothorax showing the huge characteristic forward pointing spine of the metanotum [NHMW]; F. ♀, lateral view of terminalia [MHNG]; G. ♀, dorsal view of terminalia [ZMUH]; H. ♀, ventral view of terminalia [ZMUH]; J. ♂, lateral view of terminalia [NHMW]; K. ♂, dorsal view of terminalia [NHMW].

FIGURE 86. Mesosternum: A. Globocrania culmus (Bates, 1865) ♀ [MNHN]; B. Globocrania emesa (Westwood, 1859) ♀ HT of Bostra imperialis Redtenbacher, 1908 [MNHU]; C. Otocrania aurita (Burmeister, 1838) ♂ [NHMW]; D. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT [coll. FH]; E. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT [coll. FH]; F. Parotocrania acutilobata gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT [NHMUK]; G. Parotocrania dilatipes (Conle, Hennemann & Guiérrez, 2011) ♀ [MNHN]; H. Spinocloidea panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT [coll. FH]; J. Spinocloidea panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT [coll. FH]; K. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) ♀ [ANSP]; L. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) ♂ [MNCN]; M. Phanocloidea magistralis (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♀ HT [NHMUK]. Not in scale.