Medauromorpha regina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 ), 2017

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 regina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

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Cuniculina regina BRUNNER VON WATTENWYL, 1907: 201 [described].

Cuniculina augusta CARL, 1913: 17 [described, compared with C. regina ]. syn. nov.

Baculum spinicornum CHEN & HE, 2000: 396 [described (in Chinese)], fig. 3 [male habitus and terminalia illustrated] (synonymised by BRESSEEL & CONSTANT, 2017).

Baculum reginum – HAUSLEITHNER, 1988: 195; fig. 2 I [transferred to Baculum ; egg described, illustrated; placed in Baculum hyphereon group]. — BROCK, 1998: 53 [2 female syntypes catalogued; male syntype not traced].

Ramulus reginus – OTTE & BROCK, 2005: 306 [catalogued].

Ramulus spinicornus – OTTE & BROCK, 2005: 307 [transferred to Ramulus , catalogued]. — HENNEMANN et al., 2008: 33 [catalogued from China].

Baculum spinicornum – CHEN & HE, 2008: 269 [described (in Chinese)], fig. 232 [male habitus and terminalia illustrated].

Medauromorpha regina – BRESSEEL & CONSTANT 2017: 15 [keyed], 26 [redescription], figs 1 A; 6–7; 8 E–H; 13 A–C; 14–17 [male, female, eggs, nymphs, distribution map]. — HO, 2017: 518 [keyed].

non Baculum reginum — BROCK, 1998: 53 [typo for B. regulum ].

MATERIAL EXAMINED

TYPE MATERIAL. HT ♀ of Cuniculina augusta Carl, 1913 ( Fig. 5 ): Tonkin, Than-Moi, Juni- Juli, H. Fruhstorfer; Cuniculina augusta Carl ( MHNG) [see BRESSEEL & CONSTANT (2017) for the additional material examined by the authors].

The female holotype of Cuniculina augusta Carl, 1913 bears the same collection data as the male lectotype of Medauromorpha regina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) and represents the female of the latter, as described in BRESSEEL & CONSTANT (2017). Hence C. augusta is here proposed as a junior synonym of M. regina .

Figures

Fig. 5. Cuniculina augusta Carl, 1913, holotype ♀ (MHNG). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, lateral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, head and thorax, lateral view. E, terminalia, dorsal view. F, terminalia, lateral view. G, labels.