Agathemera elegans, (Philippi 1863)

Cubillos, Claudio & Vera, Alejandro, 2020, Comparative morphology of the eggs from the eight species in the genus Agathemera Stål (Insecta: Phasmatodea), through phylogenetic comparative method approach, Zootaxa 4803 (3), pp. 523-543 : 532-533

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:137E5F01-F96B-4468-8BE3-87E894EF0D5E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4329665

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD924A-2274-2045-FF4C-F8ABFECEFA2B

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scientific name

Agathemera elegans
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A. elegans (Philippi 1863) View in CoL

(n=27) (fig. 6: b1,2)

The egg elongation expressed as the height/length ratio is 60 ± 2% and the lateral flattening as the width/height ratio is 92 ± 2%. The general shape of the egg is ovoid (75%) (11) or ellipsoidal with the anterior pole flattened (25%) (11). The color of the capsule is black (74.1%) (21) or dark brown (25.9%), with smooth texture (63%) (30) or slightly rugose (37%). The micropylar plate is ensiform shaped (78%) or lanceolate (22%) (42), with smooth texture (50), edges above the capsule plane (60), black colored (71) and the internal micropylar plate is closed (81). Opercular angle is -27.38 ±4.30°. The operculum shape is orbicular (90), the coloration is always the same than the rest of the capsule (101) and rugose (111).

Ultrastructure ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 : b1,2): The capsule ultrastructure surface is cracked (121) as well as the micropylar plate ultrastructure surface (130). The micropylar cup has a veil (141). The ultrastructure surface of the operculum is rugose (153).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phasmida

Family

Agathemeridae

Genus

Agathemera

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