Oreophoetini Zompro, 2001

Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Engelking, Phillip Watzke & Crispino, Edgar Blois, 2023, Revision of the Neotropical stick insect genus Ocnophila (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae) with a new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 179-209 : 181

Tribe Oreophoetini Zompro, 2001

Remarks. Robertson et al. (2018) found that Ocnophiloidea , a former member of the Ocnophilini, belongs to the Oreophoetini according to their phylogenetic results, while maintaining a careful approach towards unsampled former Ocnophilini. We confirm the close relationship between Ocnophiloidea and Ocnophila that share a similar terminalia morphology (i.e., short tergum X, large round poculum with large anterior region of sternum IX, shortened cerci and reduced number and increased size of thorns in the thorn pad), a similar shape and surface of the body, the presence of short stiff setae in abdominal sterna V–VII near the posterior margin and the presence of a swelling in the metafemur near the proximal margin of the segment that is not present in other Diapheromerinae representatives outside Oreophoetini /Ocnophilini. Although molecular results regarding Ocnophila are not present at the moment (i.e., Robertson et al. 2018), these shared morphological similarities are conspicuous and strong enough to confirm the relationship between the taxa, also in the sense that they are much closer to each other than to the distinct Diapheromerini. Furthermore, the present description of male, eggs, and detailed characteristics of the female of Litosermyle Hebard, 1919 allow the confirmation that this genus belongs to Oreophoetini rather than to Diapheromerini. Therefore, we propose the transfer of Dubiophasma Zompro, 2001 , Exocnophila Zompro, 2001 , Litosermyle and Ocnophila and Parocnophila Zompro, 1998 to Oreophoetini .