Libethra Stål, 1875: 20

Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Engelking, Phillip Watzke & Crispino, Edgar Blois, 2023, Revision of the Neotropical stick insect genus Ocnophila (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae) with a new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 179-209 : 206

Genus Libethra Stål, 1875: 20

See Brock et al. (2023) for a complete reference list

This large genus occurring from Mexico to South America now contains 36 species. Libethra species often show distinct degrees of ornamentations on its body ( Conle et al. 2011). Libethra venezuelica was described in the same work as Ocnophila inaequalis , but in previous pages. Ocnophila inaequalis has its type lost and is described from the same locality as Libethra venezuelica and according to its description it corresponds to a more ornamented individual of the latter, so is here synonymized under it. Characteristics contained by the transferred species that allowed generic assignment are the following: somewhat small head; thick legs; short and robust cerci; robust abdomen; similar morphology of teminalia, especially tergum X of the male with lateral smooth round swellings.

Ocnophila aculeata Brunner, 1907: 315 = Libethra aculeata ( Brunner, 1907) comb. nov.

>> Syntypes, J ( NMW): Coll. Br.v.W., Ecuador, Paramba, Burr; Sta. Inez; Br.v.W. Ocnophila aculeata ; 627; [examined]; ♀, J ( MNMS): Ecuador, Coca. [not examined] .

Ocnophila inaequalis Brunner, 1907: 312 syn. nov. = Libethra venezuelica Brunner, 1907: 307

>> Unspecified primary type ( HNHM): Merida, Venezuela; destroyed; [not examined, studied through original description] .