Gymnocnemia Schneider, 1845

Gymnocnemia Schneider, 1845: 343. Type species Megistopus variegatus Schneider, 1845.

Aplectrocnemus Costa, 1855: 18. Type species Aplectrocnemus multipunctatus Costa, 1855 (Syn).

Comprised species.

Gymnocnemia variegata, Gymnocnemia editaerevayae, and Gymnocnemia mirabilis .

Recognition.

Thorax covered with robust, outstanding setae. Legs extremely long and thin. Prothoracic leg much longer and slender than meso- and metathoracic legs. Femora differing in pattern: prothoracic femur with small dark dots, mesothoracic femur with two parallel dark stripes, metathoracic femur with an apical dark marking. Tibial spurs absent ( Gymnocnemia variegata, Gymnocnemia editaerevayae) or present ( Gymnocnemia mirabilis). Tarsomeres 1-4 of prothoracic leg differentiated in size, with the first (basal) tarsomere at least as long as one and a half times the second tarsomere. Tarsal claws opposable, closing against a brush of thickened setae on the fifth tarsomere. Male (based on Gymnocnemia variegata and Gymnocnemia editaerevayae): ectoproct rounded, gonocoxites 11 arch-like, gonocoxites 9 partly encircling gonocoxites, 11 plate-like in shape. Female: gonocoxite 7 tooth-like, gonocoxites 8 digitiform, gonocoxites 9 covered with digging setae, ectoproct provided with digging setae.

Larval morphology (based on Gymnocnemia variegata). Mandible long and slender, provided with 3 teeth of which the apical and median are subequal in size. Ocular tubercle prominent. Mesothoracic spiracle raised on tubercle. Meso- and metathoracic setiferous processes scolus-like. Odontoid processes atrophied. Rastra with the internal pair of digging setae smaller than the others (Cesaroni et al. 2010, Badano and Pantaleoni 2014).