Spinocloidea magnifica (Hebard, 1923)

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 : 276

4. Spinocloidea magnifica (Hebard, 1923: 123, pl. 6: 7–8) [ Dyme ]. HT, ♀: Changuinola Dist., Boc. Toro, Panama; 21. May, 1924, J.C. Bradley, Col. Cornell Univ., Lot 700 S. 27; Dyme magnifica Hebard , Type 1231, Hebard Cln [ANSP]. comb. n. ( Figs. 77D , 78E, 78R–T )

Remarks: A ♀ from Fortuna, Chiriquí in the collection of MIUP is likely to represent the opposite sex of S. magnifica . The specimen however is in fairly bad and incomplete condition with the abdomen shrivelled and lacking both hind legs and the left mid leg. A confirmation of this attribution however deserves specimens of both sexes from the same locality, why the specimen is not described in detail herein and disregarded in the keys below. It is plain drab in colour with the abdomen somewhat darker and faint pale annulations on the nesofemora, which lack a sub-basal lobe. The mesonotum bears about 16 small to medium spines and the meso- and metapleurae each have a longitudinal row of short, conical spines. The subgenital plate is rather short, obtuse and projects beyond the apex of the abdomen by no more than the length of the anal segment. Body length ca. 160.0 mm.

Distribution: NW-Panama, Bocas del Toro, Changuinola District [ANSP]; NW-Panama, Chririquí, Fortuna [MIUP].

Figures

FIGURE 77. Spinocloidea gen. n.: A. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 1190–1]; B. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 1190–2]; C. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, habitus dorsolateral view [coll. FH, No. 1190–3]; D. S. magnifica (Hebard, 1923) ♂ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [ANSP]; E. S. tumescens gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, habitus dorsolateral view [ANSP]; F. S. splendida gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, habitus dorsal view [CEUA, © Yeisson Gutiérrez].

FIGURE 78. Spinocloidea gen. n.: A. S. splendida gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of head, pro- and mesothorax [CEUA, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; B. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, lateral view of head, pro- and mesothorax [coll. FH]; C. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, dorsal view of head, pro- and mesothorax [coll. FH]; D. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT, lateral view of head, prothorax [coll. FH]; E. S. magnifica (Hebard, 1923) ♂ HT, lateral view of head, prothorax [ANSP]; F. S. tumescens gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, lateral view of head, prothorax [ANSP]; G. S. tumescens gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, terminalia in lateral view [ANSP] (Arrow indicating the tumescent abdominal tergum VII, that is characteristic for this species); H. S. tumescens gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, terminalia in dorsal view [ANSP] (Arrow indication position of stigma VIII at anterior angle of abdominal segment); J. S. tumescens gen. n., sp. n. ♀ HT, terminalia in ventral view [ANSP]; K. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, terminalia in lateral view [coll. FH]; L. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, terminalia in dorsal view [coll. FH]; M. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, terminalia in ventral view [coll. FH] (Arrow indication position of stigma VIII at anterior angle of abdominal segment); N. S. splendida gen. n., sp. n. ♀ PT, terminalia in lateral view [CEUA, © Yeisson Gutiérrez]; O. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT, terminalia in lateral view [coll. FH] (Arrow indication position of stigma VIII at anterior angle of abdominal segment); P. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT, terminalia in dorsal view [coll. FH]; Q. S. panamaense gen. n., sp. n. ♂ PT, terminalia in ventral view [coll. FH] (Arrow indication position of stigma VIII at anterior angle of abdominal segment); R. S. magnifica (Hebard, 1923) ♂ HT, terminalia in lateral view [ANSP]; S. S. magnifica (Hebard, 1923) ♂ HT, terminalia in dorsal view [ANSP]; T. S. magnifica (Hebard, 1923) ♂ HT, terminalia in ventral view [ANSP] (Arrow indication position of stigma VIII at anterior angle of abdominal segment).