Ghirotto Victor Morais, Conle Oskar, Hennemann Frank, Valero Pablo, Cancello Eliana M
Museu de Zoologia; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo; Brazil; Projeto Phasma; São Paulo; Brazil.
Am Freischütz 16; 47058 Duisburg; Germany.
Zootaxa. 2024 Nov 1;5536(1):59-98. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.2.
Several stick insects occurring in Brazil belong to the Diapheromerinae. Before this work, the Brazilian genus Exocnophila contained three species known only from females, Exocnophila exintegra Zompro, 2001, Exocnophila tuberculata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) and Exocnophila cornuta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907). Based on recently collected material, we found that the males of Exocnophila are assigned to another genus in the Diapheromerinae, the heterogeneous Bacteria. Here we show that the type species Exocnophila exintegra Zompro, 2001 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Bacteria brevitarsata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907, which is transferred and redescribed as Exocnophila brevitarsata comb. nov.. We also transfer and redescribe Bacteria hastata as Exocnophila hastata comb. nov. and propose a new species, Exocnophila ovifuscum sp. nov., from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, with descriptions of females, males and eggs. We provide the first biological observations for the genus and a short discussion about its relationships.
在巴西发现的几种竹节虫属于枝翅竹节虫亚科。在这项研究之前，巴西的Exocnophila属包含仅根据雌性标本所知的三个物种，即Exocnophila exintegra Zompro，2001、Exocnophila tuberculata（Brunner von Wattenwyl，1907）和Exocnophila cornuta（Brunner von Wattenwyl，1907）。基于最近采集的标本，我们发现Exocnophila属的雄性被归为枝翅竹节虫亚科中的另一个属，即分类混杂的Bacteria属。在此我们表明，模式种Exocnophila exintegra Zompro，2001 syn. nov.是Bacteria brevitarsata Brunner von Wattenwyl，1907的次异名，后者被转移并重新描述为Exocnophila brevitarsata comb. nov.。我们还将Bacteria hastata转移并重新描述为Exocnophila hastata comb. nov.，并描述了一个来自巴西里约热内卢州的新物种Exocnophila ovifuscum sp. nov.，包括对雌性、雄性和卵的描述。我们提供了该属的首次生物学观察，并对其亲缘关系进行了简要讨论。
