Canuleius grandis Toledo Piza, 1936

Crispino, Edgar B., Chiquetto-Machado, Pedro I., Engelking, Phillip W. & Cancello, Eliana M., 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of Canuleius Stål (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae) taxonomy, morphology and notes on the biology of two species, Zootaxa 4743 (4), pp. 511-535 : 522-524

Canuleius grandis Toledo Piza, 1936

( Figs 3–6 , 30–57 , 59 ; Tables 3 , 4)

Canuleius grandis Toledo Piza, 1936a: 280 ; Zompro 2004: 177; Zompro & Domenico 2005: 257; Otte & Brock 2005: 81. Acanthoderus grandis, Toledo Piza 1946: 154 .

>> Lectotype (here designated), ♀ ( MZUSP #0030 ): 14800, S. Paulo; 93.057; Acanthoderus grandis (Piza), 1936 . [further information given in the original description: Alto da Serra , São Paulo, Brasil; Schwebel leg.] ( Fig. 3 ) ; Paralectotype (here designated), 1♀ ( MZUSP #0029 ), with 1 egg: 14893b, Paraná ; 93.058; Acanthoderus grandis (Piza), 1936 . [further information given in the original description: Castro, Paraná, Brasil; Garbe leg.] ( Fig. 4 )

= Canuleius affinis Toledo Piza, 1936a: 281 ; Zompro 2004: 177; Zompro & Domenico 2005: 255; Otte & Brock 2005: 80; syn. nov.

Acanthoderus affinis, Toledo Piza 1946: 154 .

>> Holotype, ♀ ( MZUSP #0022 ): 15294, S. Paulo; 93.059; Acanthoderus affinis (Piza), 1936 . [further information given in the original description: Alto da Serra , São Paulo; Schwebel leg.] ( Fig. 5 )

= Canuleius brevipes Toledo Piza, 1936a: 284 ; Zompro 2004: 177; Zompro & Domenico 2005: 256; Otte & Brock 2005: 81; syn. nov.

Acanthoderus brevipes, Toledo Piza 1946: 154 .

>> Holotype, ♀ ( IBSP #0.006.785): 1121, São Paulo, Alto da Serra , iv-1936, coll. Donias Braz; Acanthoderus brevipes Piza ; Typus. ( Fig. 6 )

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Type material of Canuleius species studied. 1–2. Canuleius sanguinolentus, lectotype (1) and paralectoype (2). 3–4. Canuleius grandis, lectotype (3) and paralectotype (4). 5. Holotype of Canuleius affinis syn. nov. 6. Holotype of Canuleius brevipes syn. nov. Scale bar=10 mm.

FIGURES 30–33. Canuleius grandis. 30–31. Male, habitus in dorsal (30) and ventral (31) views. 32–33. Female, habitus in dorsal (32) and ventral (33) views. Scale bars=10 mm.

FIGURES 34–35. Canuleius grandis, live specimens, habitus of male (34) and female (35). Images not to scale.

FIGURES 36–37. Canuleius grandis, intraspecific variation in male ornamentation, exemplified by a specimen with well-developed, asymmetrical spines (36) and another with small tubercles and without spines (37). Images not to scale.

FIGURES 38–44. Canuleius grandis, intraspecific variation in female ornamentation. 38–39. Variation in head ornamentation, exemplified by a specimen with a pair of well-developed spines (38) and another with small tubercles and without spines (39). 40–42. Variation in mesofemur ornamentation, exemplified by a specimen with smooth mesofemur (40), another with small, rounded lobes (41), and another with well-developed, hooked lobes (42). 43–44. Variation in abdominal ornamentation, exemplified by a specimen with a dorsal scale on the posterior margin of the tergum VI (43) and another with a smooth tergum VI (44). T6, T7=Abdominal tergites VI and VII. Images not to scale.

FIGURES 45–48. Canuleius grandis, male terminalia in dorsal (45), lateral (46) and ventral (47) views, and drawing of vomer (48, not to scale). T7–T10=tergites VII–X; S7, S8=sternites VII and VIII; SPa=anterior region of subgenital plate; Po=poculum (= posterior region of subgenital plate); Ce=cerci; TP=thorn pads. Scale bar=1 mm.

FIGURES 49–53. Canuleius grandis, female terminalia. 49–51. Terminalia in dorsal (49), lateral (50) and ventral (51) views. 52–53. Drawings of the ovipositor with subgenital plate removed, in lateral (52) and ventral (53) views, not to scale. T8– T10=tergites VIII–X; Ce=cerci; Gpl=gonoplac; Gon=gonangulum; Gap8, Gap9=gonapophyses VIII and IX; Ep=Epiproct; Pa=Paraproct; SP=subgenital plate. Scale bar=2 mm.

FIGURES 54–57. Canuleius grandis, egg in dorsal (54), lateral (55) and anterior views (56), and drawing of internal micropylar plate (57, not to scale). Op=Operculum, MP=Micropylar plate, Arrow=Median line. Scale bar=1 mm.

FIGURES 58–59. Live nymphs. 58. Canuleius sanguinolentus, first-instar nymph. 59. Canuleius grandis, fifth-instar female nymph in the foreground, third-instar male nymph and second-instar nymph in the background. Images not to scale.