Bacteria, 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 : 34-36

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2. Alienobostra remiformis ( Rehn, 1904: 58) [ Bostra ]. HT, ♂ (penultimate instar): Piedras Negras, Costa Rica; Coll. Schild & Burgdorf; Cat. No. Bostra remiformis TYPE Rehn; Type No. 6.978 U.S. N.M. [USNM]. comb. n. ( Figs. 4C View FIGURE 4 , 6C–D View FIGURE 6 , 8 View FIGURE 8 , 85E View FIGURE 85 , 95H View FIGURE 95 , 98L–M View FIGURE 98 , 101A View FIGURE 101 , 105 View FIGURE 105 )

= Bostra amplectens Redtenbacher, 1908: 409 View in CoL ). HT, ♂: Holotype; Cache, Costa Rica, H. Rogers; Godman-Salvin Coll. 1908.–168.; Bacteria View in CoL nov. spec.; B.C.A. Orth. II Bostra amplectens Redt. View in CoL ; BMNH(E) #844501 [NHMUK]. syn. n.

= Calynda brocki Hausleithner, 1987: 178 View in CoL , figs. 1–6. HT, ♂: Holotypus; Costa Rica, ex ova, det. Hausl. C. brocki View in CoL [ NHMW]; PT, 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Paratype ; Costa Rica, ex ova, det. Hausl. C. brocki View in CoL [ NHMW]; PT, 14 ♂♂, 32 ♀♀: Paratype ; Costa Rica, ex ova, det. Hausl. C. brocki View in CoL [coll. B. Hausleithner]. syn. n.

= Bostra godmani Redtenbacher, 1908: 411 View in CoL . LT [by present designation], ♀: Syntype; Zapote, Guatemala, G.C. Champion; Godman-Salvin Coll. 1908.-168.; voir Phanocles (Bacteria) bicornis,Stoll ; B.C.A. Orth. II Bostra godmani Redt. View in CoL ; BMNH(E) #844502 [NHMUK]; PLT, ♀ (+ one egg ex ovipositor): 620/76, Costa Rica, Amer cent., P. Biolley; Bostra godmani Redtb. View in CoL [MHNG]; PLT, ♀: Coll. Br. v. W., Nicaragua, Boucard; det. Redtenb., Bostra godmani View in CoL ; 18.247; Bostra godmani Redt. View in CoL Type! [NHMW, No. 796]. syn. n.

= Bostra jugalis Rehn, 1905: 72 View in CoL . HT, ♂: Chinandega, Nicaragua, Coll. Baker; Bostra jugalis Rehn View in CoL , Type No. 5148 [ANSP]; AT, ♀ (penultimate instar): Chinandega, Nicaragua, Coll. Baker; Bostra jugalis Rehn View in CoL , Type No. 5148 [ANSP]. syn. n.

= Bostra longeoperculata Redtenbacher, 1908: 411 View in CoL . HT, ♀: Muséum Paris, Guatemala, F. Boucourt, 1512–1882; MNHN-EO-PHAS1033 [MNHN—alcohol]. (Synonymised with Bostra amplectens Redtenbacher, 1908 View in CoL by Hebard, 10919: 195) syn. n.

= Bostra obtusecornuta Redtenbacher, 1908: 409 View in CoL . LT, ♂ [by present designation]: No. 414; Surubres, San Mateo, Pacif. 250 m, I.1901, P. Biolley; Bostra amplectens Redtb. View in CoL [MHNG]; PLT, ♂: Guatemala, Boucard [NHMW, alcohol coll. No. 022/03]; PLT, ♂: Costa Rica, Mus. Paris [NHMW, alcohol coll. No. 020/05]; PLT, ♂ (penultimate instar): 620/76, Costa Rica, Amer. cent., P. Biolley; Bostra obtuse-cornuta Redtb. View in CoL [MHNG]; PLT, ♀: Costa Rica [MNHN—not traced]. syn. n.

Remarks: The holotype of Bostra remiformis Rehn, 1904 is a ♂ penultimate instar nymph (body length 78 mm) and not an adult ♀ as stated by Rehn (1904: 58) in the original description. The large number of specimens at hand for examination and taking into account the remarkable intraspecific variability (→ see below) reveals several new synonyms of A. remiformis , these are: Bostra amplectens Redtenbacher, 1908 , Calynda brocki Hausleithner, 1987 , Bostra jugalis Rehn, 1905 , Bostra godmani Redtenbacher, 1908 and Bostra obtusecornuta Redtenbacher, 1908 (syn. n.). Lectotype is designated for B. obtusecornuta Redtenbacher, 1908 and B. godmani Redtenbacher, 1908 in order to guarantee stability of the new synonymies here introduced. A ♂ and ♀ in the collection of RMNH and a ♀ I the collection of the USNM represent the first records from El Salvador.

This species is fairly common and widely distributed throughout wide regions of Central America from Guatemala in the north to Central Costa Rica in the south. It is however most frequently found in Costa Rica with habitats ranging from moist lowland forests to mountainous forests at altitudes up to 1500 m. Males vary considerably in size and range in colour from pale greenish over drab, ochre and greyish mid to dark brown. Slight variability is also seen in the general shape with e. g. the holotype of jugalis from Chinandega, Nicaragua being somewhat stockier than most ♂♂ from throughout Costa Rica. Some variability is also seen in the shape of the anal segment and vomer. Females show massive range of variability in size, colouration, armature of the head, thorax and legs as well as the length and shape of the subgenital plate. The colouration ranges from light over dark green and straw to dark brown and occasionally specimens may have two bold pale to white longitudinal stripes that run along almost the entire dorsal body surface or have numerous white spots irregularly scattered all over the body. The head is either unarmed, bi-tuberculate or bears a pair of more or less prominent, variably shaped cephalad horns. The tubercles of the meso- and metathorax are variable in number and size and while the great majority of specimens have unarmed meso- and metafemora there sometimes is a variably shaped sub-basal lobe on one or both outer ventral carinae. Rarely (e. g. a ♀ from San José, Costa Rica in ZMUH) there also is a small, rounded apical lobe on the posterodorsal carina of the meso- and metafemora and corresponding tibiae. The dorsal carina of the basitarsi ranges from almost straight to notably rounded. A partial summary of the intraspecific variability of A. remiformis has been published by Hausleithner (1988). Body lengths: ♀♀ 128.0–205.0 mm (including subgenital plate), ♂♂ 73.0–115.0 mm (excluding cerci) .

Distribution: Costa Rica: Costa Rica, Province Puntarenas, Piedras Negras National Park [USNM]; Costa Rica, Province Puntarenas, Monteverde, Santa Elena 1450 m [FH, OC]; Costa Rica, Province Alajuela, El Rodeo Experimental Forest, 950–1100 m [OC]; Costa Rica, Province Alajuela, Barranca [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Alajuela, Grecia, 1000 m [FH]; Costa Rica, Caché [NHMUK]; W-Costa Rica, Province Alajuela, Surubres, San Mateo 250 m [ANSP, MHNG]; E-Costa Rica, Province Limón, Matina [NHMW]; Costa Rica, Province San José, San José 1100–1200 m [ANSP, ZMUH]; Costa Rica, Province San José, Santa María de Dota [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Chara [ANSP]; W-Costa Rica, Province Guanacaste, Diria National Park [ANSP]; Costa Rica, Province Guanacaste, Santa Rosa National Park [MNCR-A]; Costa Rica [MHNG, MNHN, NHMUK, NHMW, FH, OC]; Guatemala: Guatemala [MNHN, NHMW]; Guatemala, La Union, Xacapa, 850 m [NHMUK]; Guatemala, Zapote [NHMUK]; Nicaragua: Nicaragua, Chinandega [ANSP]; Nicaragua, Départemento León, Mototombo [MHNG]; Nicaragua, Managua, Mateare [MEL]; Nicaragua, León [MEL, USNM]; Nicaragua [NHMW] Nicaragua, Puerto Matagalpa, Selva Negra Mountain Resort, 1600 m [FH]; El Salvador: El Salvador, San Salvador [RMNH]; El Salvador [USNM].

5.2. Genus Andeocalynda Hennemann & Conle, 2020

( Figs. 9–10 View FIGURE 9 View FIGURE 10 , 89A–D View FIGURE 89 , 98A–B View FIGURE 98 , 101B View FIGURE 101 )

Type-species: Andeocalynda tenuis Hennemann & Conle, 2020b: 326 , Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 14–15 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 , 19A–B View FIGURE 19 , 21C–D View FIGURE 21 , by original designation.

Andeocalynda Hennemann & Conle, 2020b: 302 View in CoL .

Brock & Büscher, 2022: 510.

Bacteria, Bates, 1865: 330 View in CoL , pl. 12A–b (♂).

Otte & Brock, 2005: 62 (in part).

Clonistria, Kirby, 1904: 351 View in CoL (in part).

Redtenbacher, 1908: 406 (in part).

Otte & Brock, 2005: 107 (in part).

Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011: 58.

Dyme, Hebard, 1919: 174 View in CoL .

Hebard, 1924: 145.

Differentiation. This genus closely resembles the Central American Calynda Stål, 1875 (Type-species: Calynda bicuspis Stål, 1875 ), with which it shares the general habitus and appearance of both sexes and very long, lancet-like subgenital plate of ♀♀, which extends greatly beyond the apex of the abdomen. Both sexes however frequently differ from Calynda by the longer median segment, which is considerably longer than wide and at least one-quarter the length of the metanotum (quadrate to transverse in Calynda ). Females also differ by the unarmed head, less distinct praeopercular organ that is merely represented by a single median protuberance or wart-like structure (two spiniform or digitiform processes in Calynda ) and enlarged, paddle-like gonoplacs. Males readily differ from those of Calynda by the considerably shorter cerci, tectate anal segment and the averagely larger, bulgier poculum.

The tectate anal segment of ♂♂ and enlarged, paddle-shaped gonoplacs of ♀♀ ( Figs. 10C–D View FIGURE 10 ) suggest close relation to the two South American genera Laciphorus Redtenbacher, 1908 (Type-species: Laciphorus lobulatus Redtenbacher, 1908 , = Ocnophila capitata Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907 ) and Globocalynda Zompro, 2001 (Type-species: Calynda simplex Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907 ). From Laciphorus it differs by the shorter median segment (roughly half as long as metanotum in Laciphorus ) of both sexes, pointed apex of the subgenital plate ( Figs. 10C–F View FIGURE 10 ) and much smaller gonoplacs of ♀♀, as well as the lack of finger-like posterolateral processes of the anal segment, shorter and not hook-like cerci and much smaller poculum of ♂♂ ( Figs.10G–K View FIGURE 10 ).From the more southward distributed Globocalynda both sexes may be differentiated by the shorter median segment (roughly two-thirds the length of metanotum in Globocalynda ) and more elongate, dorsally flattened and sub-cylindrical head ( Figs. 10A–B View FIGURE 10 ), pointed apex of the subgenital plate of ♀♀, as well as the not laterally swollen and posteromedially excavated anal segment and mostly smaller poculum that hardly reaches to the posterior margin of abdominal tergum IX. Furthermore, ♂♂ differ from both genera by having abdominal terga VIII–X taken together much longer than tergum VII.

The eggs of Andeocalynda ( Figs. 98A–B View FIGURE 98 ) resemble those of all three aforementioned genera in being shiny, considerably longer than wide and compressed laterally, having an almost smooth to minutely granulose capsule surface and a moderately convex capitulum. The whitish area that surrounds the micropylar plate is shared with Globocalynda , but the eggs of this new genus are much more elongate and have the operculum inserted in a notably larger angle. The general shape is similar to the eggs of Calynda , but these differ from those of Andeocalynda by lacking the pale dorsal area around the micropylar plate, are less elongate and furthermore possess a rim of setae on the anterior margin of the capsule that surrounds the operculum. From the eggs of Laciphorus those of Andeocalynda differ by the much more elongate shape, prominent opercular angle and plain colour of the capsule (distinctly flecked in Laciphorus ).

Comments. The original description of the genus presented by Hennemann & Conle (2020b: 302), is detailed and sufficient, thus it is not repeated here. Body lengths: ♂♂ 59.0- 88.9 mm, ♀♀ incl. subgenital plate 90.0-130.0 mm.

Distribution ( Fig. 101B View FIGURE 101 ). Andean regions of Ecuador and southern Colombia ranging from 500 to 3500 metres. Biogeographically the known distribution is restricted to the southern portion of the North Andean Paramo Province and northern portion of the Puna Province in the South American Transition Zone ( Morrone, 2006: 473, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ). Members of this new genus are known to be associated with habitats that include moist mountainous forest, cloud forest and dwarf forest.

Species included:

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

ZMUH

Zoological Museum, University of Hanoi

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phasmida

Family

Diapheromeridae

Loc

Bacteria

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V. 2024
2024
Loc

Andeocalynda

Hennemann, F. H. & Conle, O. V. 2020: 302
2020
Loc

Calynda brocki

Hausleithner, B. 1987: 178
1987
Loc

Dyme, Hebard, 1919: 174

Hebard, M. 1919: 174
1919
Loc

Bostra amplectens

Redtenbacher, J. 1908: 409
1908
Loc

Bostra godmani

Redtenbacher, J. 1908: 411
1908
Loc

Bostra longeoperculata

Redtenbacher, J. 1908: 411
1908
Loc

Bostra obtusecornuta

Redtenbacher, J. 1908: 409
1908
Loc

Clonistria

Kirby, W. F. 1904: 351
1904
Loc

Bacteria, Bates, 1865: 330

Bates, H. W. 1865: 330
1865
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