Sermyle Stål, 1875: 23

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 : 207

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Genus Sermyle Stål, 1875: 23 View in CoL View at ENA

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

The genus occurring in North and Central America now contains 11 species. Characteristics contained by the transferred species that allowed generic assignment are the following: somewhat robust head; granulose body; femora II with pre-medial lobes in one species; abdominal segments elongate; cerci short; similar morphology of the terminalia.

Libethra auritus Rehn, 1905: 796 (transferred to Ocnophila by Shelford, 1909) = Sermyle aurita (Rehn, 1905) comb. nov.

>> Holotype ♀ ( ANSP): San Jose, C. R. [ Costa Rica], Aug. 1904., P. Biolley.; No. 22 [examined through pictures].

Ocnophila ciliata Brunner, 1907: 313 View in CoL = Sermyle ciliata ( Brunner, 1907) comb. nov.

>> Holotype ♀ ( NHMUK): Amula , Guerrero, 6000 ft [ Mexico] Aug. H. H. Smith.; Godman-Salvin Coll. 1908.–168 .; Holotype; 24; B.C.A. Orth. II. Ocnophila ciliata, Brunn. View in CoL ; BMNH (E) #844572 [examined through pictures] .