Micadina conifera Chen & He, 1997

Qian, Yu-Han, Xie, Chong-Xin, Wen, Jun & Wang, Yu, 2023, Review of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea) from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve of China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5257 (1), pp. 17-39 : 28-30

Micadina conifera Chen & He, 1997 ( Figures 16–18 )

- Chen S.C. & He Y.H., 1997b. Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze River. 119.

- Chen S.C. & He Y.H., 2008. Phasmatodea of China. 123.

Material examined. 7 females, 10 eggs, China, Chongqing, Wuxi County, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Yuanmuping , 991 m, 15–16 Aug. 2022, Leg. Chong-Xin Xie ; 7 females, Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, Yanping management station, 1,784 m, 19 Aug. 2022, Leg. Chong-Xin Xie .

Description. Eggs. Capsule elliptical, black and with irregular brown retirugose. Micropylar plate rhombic shaped, anterior and posterior gradually becoming slender, median much broader and with a short dark brown longitudinal ridge. Micropylar cup black and distinct, followed by a short brown median line. Operculum almost circular, coarsely rugose, and slightly raised. Collar distinct.

Measurements. Female. Body length 40.6–42.8; head length 3.5–4.4; pronotum length 1.8–2.5; mesonotum 7.0–8.1; metanotum and median segment 3.4–3.8; profemora 9.2–10.1; mesofemora 6.6–7.1; metafemora 8.5–9.9; protibiae 6.9–8.5; mesotibiae 5.1–6.7; metatibiae 8.0–9.8. Egg. Width 1.1–1.3, height 1.3–1.5, length 1.6–1.8.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi); Japan.

Remarks. Only female of this species was known by far. Here we gave more description and images of eggs. And this species is firstly found from Chongqing of China.

Figures

FIGURE 16 Micadina conifera, female, A–H. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view; C. habitus, lateral view; D. head, dorsal view; E. head, lateral view; F. terminalia, dorsal view; G. terminalia, lateral view; H. terminalia, ventral view.

FIGURE 17 Micadina conifera, egg, A–D. A. dorsal view; B. lateral view; C. top view; D. polar view.

FIGURE 18 Micadina conifera female in the wild.