Phanocles pleurospinosus, Hennemann & Conle, 2024

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2024, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXVI: Taxonomic review of Cladomorformia tax. n., a lineage of Diapheromerinae stick insects, with the descriptions of seven new genera and 41 new species (Phasmatodea: Occidophasmata: Diapheromerinae), Zootaxa 5444 (1), pp. 1-454 : 150

22. Phanocles pleurospinosus sp. n. ( Figs. 53A–B , 59D , 63G–J , 109 )

Remarks: For type data see description below.

Distribution: Costa Rica, Province Cartago, Guayabo, 1100–1200 m [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Limón, San Juan de Pococi [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Heredia, Sarapiqui [examined from photographs taken by Kenji Nishida].

Figures

FIGURE 53. Phanocles Stål, 1875 habitus: A. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT (Costa Rica, Prov. Limón, Pococí, Bosque Lluvioso), lateral view [MNCR-A]; B. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view [MNCR-A]; C. P. muticus (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) ♀ (captive reared from Trinidad), dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 0837–13]; D. P. barbadosense sp. n. ♀ HT (Barbados), dorsal view [NHMW]; E. P. barbadosense sp. n. ♀ HT (Barbados), dorsolateral view [NHMW, © 2019 Natural History Museum Vienna, NOaS Image Collection / H. Bruckner]; F. P. acutecornutus sp. n. ♀ HT (Ecuador, Prov. Napo, Yasuni), dorsal view [MNHN]; G. P. acutecornutus sp. n. ♀ HT (Ecuador, Prov. Napo, Yasuni), dorsolateral view [MNHN].

FIGURE 59. Phanocles Stål, 1875: A. P. mexicanus sp. n. ♀ HT (with small cephalic tubercles), lateral view of head and prothorax [MNHN]; B. P. mexicanus sp. n. ♀ PT (with prominent cephalic horns), lateral view of head and prothorax [MNHN]; C. P. mexicanus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view of head, pro and mesonotum [MNHN]; D. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsolateral view of mesothorax with median segment showing the typical spines of the metapleurae [MNCR-A]; E. P. solidus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of head and prothorax [ANSP]; F. P. maroniensis (Chopard, 1911) ♂, lateral view of head and prothorax [MNHN]; G. P. virgulatus (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♂, dorsolateral view of head and prothorax [coll. FH]; H. P. ecuadoricus sp. n. ♂ PT, dorsolateral view [MNCN]; J. P. falcatus sp. n. ♂ PT, dorsolateral view of head and prothorax [coll. FH].

FIGURE 63. Phanocles Stål, 1875 terminalia of ♀♀: A. P. cuzcoense sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view [ANSP]; B. P. cuzcoense sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view [ANSP]; C. P. cuzcoense sp. n. ♀ HT, ventral view [ANSP]; D. P. brevipes sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view [ANSP]; E. P. brevipes sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view [ANSP]; F. P. brevipes sp. n. ♀ HT, ventral view [ANSP]; G. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view [MNCR-A]; H. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view [MNCR-A]; J. P. pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ HT, ventral view [MNCR-A]; K. P. falcatus sp. n. ♀ PT, lateral view [coll. FH]; L. P. falcatus sp. n. ♀ PT, dorsal view [coll. FH]; M. P. falcatus sp. n. ♀ PT, ventral view [coll. FH]; N. P. solidus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view [ANSP]; O. P. solidus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view [ANSP]; P. P. solidus sp. n. ♀ HT, ventral view [ANSP]; Q. P. satyr (Redtenbacher, 1908), lateral view [ANSP].

FIGURE 109. Live insects: A. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) ♂ at Sarapiqui, Costa Rica (© Kenji Nishida); B. same specimen as in figure A, detail of head (© Kenji Nishida); C. Phanocles pleurospinosus sp. n. ♀ at Sarapiqui, Costa Rica (© Kenji Nishida).