Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792)

Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), Zootaxa 5073 (1), pp. 1-189 : 102

Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792)

Platycrana viridana Olivier, 1792: 636 . ST, ♀, ♂: Amboina [not traced]. (Name for figure on pl. 6: 20–21 by Stoll, 1788) Gray, 1835: 60.

Otte & Brock, 2005: 279.

Hennemann, 2020: 169, figs. 9–10, 12 J–K.

Platycrania viridana, Kirby, 1904: 385 .

Bruner, 1915: 233.

Phasma edule Lichtenstein, 1796: 3 ,77. ST, ♀, ♂: Amboina [not traced]. (Name for figure on pl. 6: 20–21 by Stoll, 1788) Junior objective synonym

Platycrana eduli s, Günther, 1938: 59 . [In checklist of Sulawesi fauna]

Hennemann, 1998: 124. [In catalogue of Sulawesi fauna]

Platycrania edulis, Redtenbacher, 1908: 369 . [First record from Sulawesi]

Phasma grandis Thunberg, 1815: 295 . HT, ♀: no data [UZIU, No. 15706]. Junior synonym

Phasma jamaicensis Stoll, 1813: 76 . (Name for figure on pl. 6: 20–21 by Stoll, 1788) Junior objective synonym

Mantis viridis Donovan, 1800: 2 , pl. 10. HT, ♀: Amboina [not traced]. (Synonymised by Gray, 1835: 36.

Het Groene Spook, Stoll, 1788: 17, pl. 6: 20–21 (♀ and ♂). ST, ♀, ♂: Amboina [not traced].

Material examined: 1 ♀: Nord Celebes ; Coll. Br. v. W. Celebes (Nord) Thorey; det. Br. v. W. Platycrania edulis Licht. , 76. 5701;5701 [ NHMW, No. 734] ; 2 ♀♀: O-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Banggai-Inseln , W-Peleng Island , Buko District, between Tatendeng village and Eben village, 400–550 m, IX. 2011 [coll. FH, No. 0173–14 & 15] .

Comments: Only selected citations are included in the list above, which are either relevant for the taxonomic status of P. viridana or provide records from Sulawesi. The complete citations may be looked up in the Phasmida Species File Online (http:// Phasmida .SpeciesFile.org). This well-known species shows a very wide distribution and has been recorded from many islands throughout almost entire Wallacea and the southern Philippines. Redtenbacher (1908: 369) recorded it from Sulawesi based on specimens from NHMW, MNHN and SMTD of which only the NHMW specimen has been traced. The exact data of this ♀ are given above. Unfortunately, there have not been any recent records from Sulawesi and the species must be regarded either as very rare or local on that island. Two ♀♀ in the author’s collection are the first record of P. viridana from the island of Peleng. They are typical for the species in every aspect and have body lengths of 159.0 mm and 150.0 mm including the subgenital plate. The anal fan of the alae is translucent pink and the basal portion of the costal region intensively pink. Eggs laid by specimens from the village of Tatendeng, Peleng were examined from photographs kindly provided by E. Bhaskara (Malang, Indonesia) and fully agree with examples from the Philippines in the author’s collection and illustrated by Hennemann (2020: 173, fig. 12 J–K).