Medauromorpha foedata ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 )

Constant, Jérôme & Bresseel, Joachim, 2018, New synonymy and new records in the stick insect genus Medauromorpha Bresseel & Constant, 2017 (Phasmida, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 76, pp. 1-11 : 1-11

Medauromorpha foedata ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Figs 1–4

Clitumnus foedatus BRUNNER VON WATTENWYL, 1907: 190 [description].

Clitumnus foedatus – GIGLIO-TOS, 1910: 16 [redescription]. Baculum foedatum – BROCK, 1998: 29 [catalogued]. Ramulus foedatus – OTTE & BROCK, 2005: 302 [catalogued]. Medauromorpha foedata – BRESSEEL & CONSTANT, 2017: 15 [keyed], 21 [redescription], figs

1 B; 4–5; 8 B–D; 11–12 [male, female, eggs, nymphs, distribution map]. — HO, 2017: 518

[keyed, first record from China].

MATERIAL EXAMINED

VIETNAM: 12♂♂, 6♀♀: Ha Tinh Province, Ke Go Nature reserve , 18°09’N 105°55’E, 10- 14.VII.2017, GTI project, leg. J. Constant & J. Bresseel, I.G.: 33.498 ( RBINS) ; 4♂♂, 3♀♀: Nge An Province, Pu Mat National Park , 18°59’N 104°40’E, 4-9.VII.2017, night collecting, GTI project, leg. J. Constant & J. Bresseel, I.G.: 33.498 ( RBINS) [see BRESSEEL & CONSTANT (2017) for the additional material examined by the authors] .

NOTE. The eggs of the populations from Ke Go N.R. ( Fig. 3 A–B ) and Pu Mat N.P. ( Fig. 3 C– D ) perfectly match the description given in Bresseel & Constant (2017), confirming the species identification.

DISTRIBUTION. The new records greatly extend the distribution of the species to the south, to Ha Tinh and Nge An provinces in Central Vietnam ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907). Specimens in nature, Ke Go N.R., 11.VII.2017. A, male. B–C, female.

Fig. 2. Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907). Specimens in nature, Pu Mat N.P., 6.VII.2017. A–B, pair in copula.

Fig. 3. Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) eggs. A–B, egg from Ke Go N.R. population. A, lateral view. B, dorsal view. C–D, egg from Pu Mat N.P. population. C, lateral view. D, dorsal view.

Fig. 4. Medauromorpha foedata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907). Distribution map.