Medaura scabriuscula (Wood-Mason, 1873)

Qian, YuHan, Xie, ChongXin & Li, Cui, 2022, First record of the genus Medaura Stal (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 96341-96341 : 96341

Medaura scabriuscula (Wood-Mason, 1873)

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Bacillus scabriusculus : Wood-Mason 1873: 55. [original description].

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Menaka scabriuscula : Wood-Mason 1877: 342. [transferred to new genus].

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Medaura scabriusculus : Kirby 1904: 341. [catalogue of species]. -Brock and Cliquennois, 2001: 15. [redescription, first description male and egg, synonymy]. Delfosse 2008: 3. [biology].

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Synonym: Stheneboea (Medaura) brunneri : Stål 1875: 69. [original description]. Wood-Mason 1877: 342. [listed as a synonym of Menaka scabriuscula ]. Kirby 1904: 341. [type species designation, listed as synonym of Medaura scabriusculus ].

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Synonym: Medaura nimia : Brunner von Wattenwyl 1907: 241. [original description]. Brock 1998: 46. [type data]. Brock and Cliquennois 2001: 15. [listed as synonym of Medaura scabriuscula ].

Medaura Medaura scabriuscula Synonym: Medaura subintegra : Carl 1913: 1. [original description]. Brock and Cliquennois 2001: 15. [listed as synonym of Medaura scabriuscula ].

Diagnosis

All type specimens of Medaura scabriuscula were deposited in NZSI, NMW and MHNG. However, only the female was simply described in the original literature. Subsequently, Brock and Cliquennois (2001) described the male and provided a supplementary description of the female and egg.

Type photos

Fig. 5

Figures

Figure 5. Medaura scabriuscula (Wood-Mason, 1873). A female, holotype; B-D female, show the holotype of the synonym Stheneboea (Medaura) brunneri (all from Phasmida Species File 2022. A photo by Tushar Mukherjee, B-D photos by Paul Brock, published under CC BC - ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence): A habitus, dorsal view; B habitus, dorsal view; C head and thorax, lateral view; D end of abdomen lateral view.