Jeremia megaplax Heleodoro

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 : 83-84

3. Jeremia megaplax Heleodoro , Lima & Oliveira 2024: 435, figs- 1-7. HT, ♀: Brasil. Roraima, Cantá Serra Grande , 2°32’53’’N 60°47’13’’W 4.iv.2022, (reared in laboratory until 12.vi.2022), coleta manual, I.B.Oliveira & A.A.Camacho [ INPA]; PT, ♂ (penultimate instar): Brasil. Roraima, Cantá Serra grande, 2°32’53’’N 60°47’13’’W 6.vii.2022, (reared in laboratory until 12.vi.2022, coleta manual, I.B.Oliveira, P.F.Viana & F.F.Xavier [ INPA]; PT, ♀: Brasil, Roraima, Alto Alegre, Floresta Nacional de Roraima, 2°56’18’’N, 61°37’278’’W, 17-22.xii.2018, coleta manual, F.F.Xavier & F.S. Barbosa [ INPA].

Distribution: NE-Brazil, Est Roraima, Cantá Serra Grande, 800 m [INPA]; NE-Brazil, Est. Roraima. Alto Alegre, Floresta Nacional de Roraima [INPA].

Keys to the species of Jeremia

♀♀

1. Large and stocky insects (body length incl. subgenital plate> 135.0 mm); crest-like protrusion of abdominal tergum VI prominent; subgenital plate short and at best 1.5x length of terga VIII-X combined; Bolivia, Peru & Ecuador............. 2

- Small and slender species (body length incl. subgenital plate <130.0 mm); crest like protrusion of abdominal tergum VI indistinct; subgenital plate long and strongly projecting beyond apex of abdomen, 2.4x longer than terga VIII-X combines; NE-Brazil (Roraima)............................................................................ megaplax

2. Small species (body length incl. subgenital plate 136.5–146 mm); mesonotum spinose ( Fig. 31B ); anteroventral carina of meso- and metafemora smooth; basitarsi lobed dorsally................................................... grossedentata

- Large species (body length incl. subgenital plate 145.0–168.0 mm); mesonotum unarmed ( Fig. 120D ); anteroventral carina of meso- and metafemora dentate; basitarsi slender....................................................... gymnota

♂♂

1. Body length <100.0 mm; alae reaching half way along abdominal tergum VI ( Fig. 31A ); metatibiae with a rounded dorso- apical lobe; basitarsi lobed dorsally............................................................. grossedentata

- Body length <100.0 mm; alae reaching half way along abdominal tergum V; metatibiae smooth dorsally; basitarsi slender............................................................................................... .. gymnota

5.13. Genus Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007

( Figs. 32– 34 , 84E–G , 89H–J , 94J–M , 102F , 110E )

Type-species: Jeremiodes guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007a: 6 , by original designation.

Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007a: 2 .

Hennemann & Conle, 2010: 103.

Hennemann, Conle, Bellanger, Lelong & Jourdan, 2018: 6.

Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020: 125. Brock & Büscher, 2022: 546.

Bacteria, Redtenbacher, 1908: 415 (in part).

Giglio-Tos, 1910: 42 (in part).

Brock, 1998: 48.

Otte & Brock, 2005: 61 (in part).

Pterolibethra, Conle, Hennemann & Gutierréz, 2011: 63 , 177.

Differentiation. Very close to Aplopocranidium Zompro, 2004 and with quite some certainty the sister-taxon. Common features are the (mostly) unarmed legs and ovate, unarmed head of both sexes, smooth abdomen and lanceolate, apically pointed subgenital plate of ♀♀ as well as the strongly enlarged and specialised cerci and bidentate posterior margin of the poculum of ♂♂. Jeremiodes however differs from Aplopocranidium by the lack of prominent spines on the mesonotum, at best sparsely granulose meso- and metasternum ( Figs. 84E–G ) and at best weakly keeled abdominal sterna of both sexes, unarmed meso- and metapleurae of ♀♀, as well as the longitudinally keeled mesosternum (simple in Aplopocranidium ) and conspicuously hook-like cerci of ♂♂ (laterally compressed and incurved in Aplopocranidium ).

Comments. The detailed original diagnosis of the genus presented by Hennemann & Conle (2007a: 2) is sufficient and hence not repeated here. Eggs unknown. Body length: ♂♂ 56.5-79.4 mm, ♀♀ incl. subgenital plate 96.0- 147.7 mm

Distribution ( Fig. 102F ). So far recorded from southern Costa Rica (Osa Peninsula) and Panama, French Guiana and the tropical lowland regions of Colombia, eastern Peru and Bolivia, east of the Andes. Most certainly however this genus is distributed throughout the complete Amazon basin.

Species included:

Figures

FIGURE 31. Jeremia Redtenbacher, 1908: A. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂ (S-Colombia, Dept. Putumayo), habitus dorsolateral view [MNHN]; B. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♀ (Peru), habitus dorsolateral view [NHMUK]; C. J. gymnota Günther, 1930 ♀ HT, apex of abdomen in lateral view [MNHU]; D. J. gymnota Günther, 1930 ♀ HT, apex of abdomen in dorsal view [MNHU]; E. J. gymnota Günther, 1930 ♀ HT, apex of abdomen in ventral view [MNHU]; F. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♀, apex of abdomen in dorsal view [NHMUK]; G. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♀, apex of abdomen in dorsal view [NHMUK]; H. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂, apex of abdomen in lateral view [MNHN]; J. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂, apex of abdomen in dorsal view [MNHN]; K. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂, apex of abdomen in ventral view [MNHN]; L. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂, dorsolateral view of head, pronotum and anterior portion of mesonotum [MNHN]; M. J. grossendentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂, intero-lateral view of right hind leg [MNHN].

FIGURE 32. Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007: A. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [MNCR-A]; B. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [MNCR-A]; C. J. peruanus sp. n. ♀ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [ANSP]; D. J. peruanus sp. n. ♂ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [ANSP]; E. J. bolivianus Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♂ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [ZSMC].

FIGURE 33. Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007: A. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♀ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [MNHN]; B. J. ecuadoricus sp. n. ♀ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [MNHN]; J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♀ PT, lateral view of head, pro- and mesothorax [MNHN]; D. J. ecuadoricus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of head, pro- and mesothorax [MNHN]; E. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT, lateral view of head, pro- and mesothorax [MNCR-A]; F. J. peruanus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portuon of mesothorax [ANSP]; G. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♂ HT, lateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [MNHN]; H. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT, lateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [MNCR-A]; J. J. peruanus sp. n. ♂ PT, dorsolateral view of head, prothorax and anterior portion of mesothorax [MNCR-A]. Arrow indicates the transverse bulge-like swelling of the mesonotal posterior margin.

FIGURE 34. Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007 terminalia: A. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♀ PT, lateral view of terminalia [MNHN]; B. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♀ PT, dorsal view of terminalia [MNHN]; C. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♀ PT, ventral view of terminalia [MNHN]; D. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT, lateral view of terminalia (subgenital plate missing) [MNCR-A] (Arrow indicate the posterior swelling of abdominal tergum VI and the dotted line shows where the subgenital plate and gonapophyses are broken off); E. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT, dorsal view of terminalia (subgenital plate missing) [MNCR-A]; F. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT, ventral view of terminalia (subgenital plate missing) [MNCR-A]; G. J. ecuadoricus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of terminalia [MNHN]; H. J. ecuadoricus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view of terminalia [MNHN]; J. J. peruanus sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of terminalia [ANSP]; K. J. peruanus sp. n. ♀ HT, dorsal view of terminalia [ANSP]; L. J. peruanus sp. n. ♀ HT, ventral view of terminalia [ANSP]; M. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT, lateral view of terminalia [MNCR-A]; N. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT, dorsal view of terminalia [MNCR-A]; O. J. costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT, ventral view of terminalia [MNCR-A]; P. J. laetus (Hennemann, Conle & Gutiérrez, 2011) ♂ HT, lateral view of terminalia [NHMW]; Q. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♂ HT, dorsal view of terminalia [MNHN]; R. J. guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 ♂ HT, ventral view of terminalia [MNHN].

FIGURE 84. Mesosternum: A. Aplopocranidium waehneri (Günther, 1940) ♀ Río Ampiyacu, Loreto, Peru [MNHN]; B. Aplopocranidium waehneri (Günther, 1940) ♂ Puerto Napo, Prov. Napo, Ecuador [MNHN]; C. Jeremia gymnota Günther, 1930 ♀ Puni Bocana, Prov. Napo, Ecuador [coll. YB]; D. Jeremia grossedentata Redtenbacher, 1908 ♂ Putumayo, Colombia [MNHN]; E. Jeremiodes ecuadoricus sp. n. ♀ HT [MNHN]; F. Jeremiodes costaricensis sp. n. ♀ PT [MNCR-A]; G. Jeremiodes costaricensis sp. n. ♂ HT [MNCR-A]; H. Trychopeplus laciniatus (Westwood, 1874) ♀ [coll. OC]; J. Trychopeplus laciniatus (Westwood, 1874) ♂ [coll. OC]. Not in scale.

FIGURE 89. Praeopercular organ of ♀♀: A. Andeocalynda decorata Hennemann & Conle, 2020 PT [coll. FH]; B. Andeocalynda tenuis Hennemann & Conle, 2020 PT [coll. FH]; C. Andeocalynda densegranulosa Hennemann & Conle, 2020 HT [ZSMC]; D. Andeocalynda tuberculata Hennemann & Conle, 2020 HT [NHMUK]; E. Globocalynda cyrtocnemis (Bates, 1865) [MNHU]; F. Aplopocranidium waehneri (Günther, 1940) [MNHN]; G. Jeremia gymnota Günther, 1930 HT [MNHU]; H. Jeremiodes colombianus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 HT [CEUA]; J. Jeremiodes guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 HT [MNHN]. Not in scale.

FIGURE 94. Vomer of ♂♂ (ventral view): A. Cladomorphus phyllinus Gray, 1835 [coll. FH]; B. Xylodus ceratocephalus (Gray, 1835) [ZMUH]; C. Hirtuleius gracilis Conle, et al., 2020 PT [coll. OC]; D. Otocraniella flagelloantennata Zompro, 2004 HT [MZUSP]; E. Hirtuleiodes granuliceps (Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011) HT [MNCN]; F. Jeremia grossedentata Redtenbacher, 1908 [MNHN]; G. Jeremia gymnota Günther, 1930 [ZSMC]; H. Aplopocranidium waehneri (Günther, 1940) [MNHN]; J. Jeremiodes bolivianus Hennemann & Conle, 2007 HT [ZSMC]; K. Jeremiodes guianensis Hennemann & Conle, 2007 HT [MNHN]; L. Jeremiodes costaricensis sp. n. HT [MNCR-A]; M. Jeremiodes laetus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 HT [NHMW]. Not in scale.

FIGURE 102. Maps showing the known distributions of the genera A. Globocalynda Zompro, 2001, B. Globocrania gen. n., C. Hirtuleiodes gen. n., D. Hirtuleius Stål, 1875, E. Jeremia Redtenbacher, 1908 and F. Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007.

FIGURE 110. Live insects: A. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. mating couple at Valle de Antón, Panamá (♂ brown form); B. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. mating couple at Valle de Antón, Panamá (♂ brown form); C. Parotocrania panamae gen. n., sp. n. ♂ (green form) at Valle de Antón, Panamá; D. Parotocrania curvata gen. n., sp. n. immature ♀ at Tarapoto, Peru (© Johann Chretien); E. Jeremiodes pachycercus (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♂ at Tarapoto, Peru (© Jean- Francois Brousseau).

FIGURE 120. Live insects: A. Phanocles berezini sp. n. captive reared ♀ PT (insect showing detail of head, pro- and mesothorax in lateral aspect); B. Phanocles virgulatus (Redtenbacher, 1908) ♀ with pretty white mottling at Panguana, Dept. Huanuco, Peru; C. Jeremia gymnota Günther, 1930 ♀ at Satipo, Peru (© Raf Stassen).