Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875: 79), HT

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 : 229-230

1. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875: 79) [ Bostra ]. LT [by present designation], ♂: Coll. Br. v. W., Chiriqui ( Panama), Staudinger; det. Redtenb. Bostra dorsuaria 26., 10.294 [NHMW, No. 789]; PLT, ♂: Coll. Br. v. W., Chiriqui ( Panama), Staudinger; det. Redtenb. Bostra dorsuaria [NHMW, No. 789]. comb. n.

( Figs. 68 , 86K–L , 95K , 100F )

= Bostra lobata Redtenbacher, 1908: 408 . HT, ♀: Holotype; V. de Chiriqui, below 4.000 ft., Champion; Godman-Salvin Coll. 1908.–168.; 19; B.C.A. Orth. II, Bostra lobata, Redt. ; voisin de Bacteria arumatia Stoll West. Cat. Phasm. 22, pl. 28, fig. 4, se distinque par les cornues plus longs de la tete et par les lobes des fémurs interméd. et posterioeurs; BMNH(E) #844511 [NHMUK]. syn. n.

= Bacteria monticola Carl, 1913: 1 . HT, ♀: 238; Haut de la Montagne de Kuisa. Norte de Buenos Aires à Calamanca ± 1200 m, 2.IV.97, W. Pittier; Bacteria monticola Carl [MHNG]. syn. n.

Remarks: In order to guarantee stability of Stål’s species und supporting the synonymies here established, a lectotype is selected for B. dorsuaria . Examination of the ♀ holotypes of Bostra lobata Redtenbacher, 1908 in NHMUK and Bacteria monticola Carl, 1913 in MHNG leave no doubt they represent the same variable species (syn. n.). Considerable variability and size ranges are seen in both sexes, with the specimens from Sarapiqui (Province Herédia, Costa Rica) in the first author’s collection are notably shorter than all other examined specimens (body length ♂ 113.0 mm, ♀♀ 160.0–172.0 mm). Males range in colour from dull green over drab and ochre to dark brown. While most specimens bear the characteristic large pair of pointed cephalad horns, the specimen from Sarapiqui (Province Herédia, Costa Rica) in the first author’s collection (coll. FH, No. 1242–3) has these only represented by a pair of conical spines, a specimen from Turrialba (Province Cartago, Costa Rica) in the collection of ANSP only has a pair of blunt swellings on the vertex and the two examples from near Las Mercedes (Province Limón, Costa Rica) in ZMUH have the head entirely unarmed. The most striking variability seen in ♀♀ concerns to the armature of the meso- and metafemora. The holotype of B. monticola Carl, 1913 in MHNG, ♀♀ from Chiriquí, Panama in NHMW and MNCN as well as one of the ♀♀ in the first author’s collection (coll. FH, No. 1242–2; Fig. 68C ) have these completely unarmed, while all other specimens at hand have a large foliaceous sub-basal lobe on both outer ventral carinae, which shows various shapes and sizes. The fact that this lobe is either present or absent in the specimens available from Sarapiqui, shows this variability to be not geographical but to occur within individual local populations. Also the cephalad horns show a great deal of variability in size and shape and the subgenital plate is fairly variable in length, either hardly projecting beyond the anal segment or at the other extreme extending beyond it by more than the combined length of the two terminal abdominal terga.

Distribution: Panama: NE-Panama, Province Chiriquí, Valle de Chiriquí [MNCN, NHMUK, NHMW]; Costa Rica: Costa Rica [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Puntarenas, Gromaco [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Puntarenas, Avenida El Pizote 1.4km NE de la Tigra, 1300 m [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Puntarenas, Parque Nacional La Amistad, La Mellinas, 1300 m [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Guanacaste, Est. Cacao, southeastern slope of Volcan Cacao, 1000–1400 m [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Los Santos, N of Buenos Aires à Calamanca, Mount Kuisa, 1200 m [MHNG]; Costa Rica, Pejivallo 1850–2100 ft. [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Cartago, Turrialba [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province San José, San José [ZMUH]; Costa Rica, Province San José, Los Diamantes [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Limón, Guápiles [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Limón, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, Rio Cerere 200 m [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica, Province Limón, nr. Las Mercedes, 150–300 m [ZMUH]; Costa Rica, Province Limón, Río Frio, Guacimo [FH]; Costa Rica, Provine Herédia, Parque Nacional Braullio Carillo, 700 m [MNCR-A, FH]; Costa Rica, Province Herédia, Sarapiqui [FH].

Figures

FIGURE 68. Phanoclocrania gen. n. dorsuaria Stål, 1875: A. ♂ (Costa Rica, Prov. Limón, Las Mercedes), habitus dorsolateral view [ZMUH]; B. ♀ with large sub-basal ventral lobes on meso- and metafemora (Costa Rica, Prov. Heredia, Sarapiqui), habitus dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 1242–1]; C. ♀ with unarmed meso- and metafemora(Costa Rica, Prov. Heredia, Sarapiqui), habitus dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 1242–2]; D. ♀, head and prothorax in lateral view [coll. FH]; E. ♂ with large cephalic horns (arrow), head and prothorax in lateral view [ANSP]; F. ♂ with unusually reduced cephalic armature (arrow), head and prothorax in lateral view [ZMUH]; G. ♀, lateral view of terminalia [MNCR-A, © Kenji Nishida]; H. ♀, ventral view of terminalia [MNCN]; J. ♂, lateral view of terminalia [MNCN] (arrow indicating the large, dstinctive central projection of the poculum); K. ♂, dorsal view of terminalia [ANSP]; L. ♀, intero-lateral view of basal half of left mesofemur [ANSP].

FIGURE 86. Mesosternum: A. Globocrania culmus (Bates, 1865) ♀ [MNHN]; B. Globocrania emesa (Westwood, 1859) ♀ HT of Bostra imperialis Redtenbacher, 1908 [MNHU]; C. Otocrania aurita (Burmeister, 1838) ♂ [NHMW]; D. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT [coll. FH]; E. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT [coll. FH]; F. Parotocrania acutilobata gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT [NHMUK]; G. Parotocrania dilatipes (Conle, Hennemann & Guiérrez, 2011) ♀ [MNHN]; H. Spinocloidea panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT [coll. FH]; J. Spinocloidea panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT [coll. FH]; K. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) ♀ [ANSP]; L. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) ♂ [MNCN]; M. Phanocloidea magistralis (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♀ HT [NHMUK]. Not in scale.

FIGURE 95. Vomer of ♂♂ (ventral view): A. Calynda coronata Carl, 1913 [ANSP]; B. Spinocloidea panamaense gen. n., sp. n. PT [coll. FH]; C. Lanceobostra aetolus (Westwood, 1859) [ANSP]; D. Lanceobostra ornata sp. n. HT [ANSP]; E. Lanceobostra jaliscensis Rehn, 1904 [ANSP]; F. Lanceobostra guatemalensis (Redtenbacher, 1908) [ANSP]; G. Bostriana boliviana (Piza, 1939) [coll. OC]; H. Alienobostra remiformis (Rehn, 1904) LT of Bostra jugalis (Rehn, 1905) [ANSP]; J. Phanoclocrania speciosa Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 [CEBUC, © Yeisson Gutierréz]; K. Phanoclocrania dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) [ZMUH]; L. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. PT [coll. OC]; M. Parotocrania regina (Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 [CEBUC, © Yeisson Gutierréz]; N. Globocrania emesa (Westwood, 1859) HT of Pseudobacteria longipes Piza, 1938 [MZUSP]; O. Globocrania culmus (Bates, 1865) [CEIOC]. Not in scale.

FIGURE 100. Eggs: A. Phanocles berezini sp. n. [coll. FH]; B. Phanocles horni (Redtenbacher, 1908) [coll. FH]; C. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. PT [coll. FH]; D. Trychopeplus laciniatus (Westwood, 1874) [coll. OC]; E. Cranidium gibbosum (Burmeister, 1838) [coll. FH]; F. Phanoclocrania gen. n. dorsuaria (Stål, 1875) [coll. FH]; G. Phanocloidea procera (Conle et al., 2021) [coll. FH]; H. Phanocloidea incolumis (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) [coll. FH]; J. Phanocloidea schulthessi (Redtenbacher, 1908) [coll. FH]; K. Phanocloidea pallidenotata (Redtenbacher, 1908) [coll. TR]; L. Phanocloidea muricata (Burmeister, 1838) [coll. FH]; M. Phanocloidea venezuelica sp. n. PT [coll. FH]; N. Phanocloidea tobagoense (Langlois & Bellanger, 2012) [coll. FH]; O. Phanocloidea turgida (Westwood, 1859) [coll. FH]; P. Phanocloidea incompta (Rehn, 1904) [coll. FH]. [Scale = 1 mm]