Synonymy
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Aplopus achalus
Rehn, 1904a,
Proc Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, 1904: 68.
[ Type locality: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. ]
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Wetmore, 1916,
Bull United States Dept Agr 326: 58.
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Wolcott, 1923,
Journ Dept Agric Porto Rico VII (1): 23.
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Wolcott, 1936,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XX (1): 35.
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Wolcott, 1948,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XXXII (1): 50.
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Wolcott, 1951,
Bull Agric Exper Stat Univ Puerto Rico 99: 50.
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Haplopus achalus (Rehn)
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Kirby, 1904c,
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, I: 363.
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Redtenbacher, 1908,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, p 430.
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Diapherodes longiscapha
Redtenbacher, 1908,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden,
pp 434, 435.
[ Type locality: Puerto Rico. ] Syn. n.
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Wolcott, 1923,
Journ Dept Agric Porto Rico VII (1): 23.
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Wolcott, 1936,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XX (1): 35.
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Wolcott, 1948,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XXXII (1): 50.
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Wolcott, 1951,
Bull Agric Exper Stat Univ Puerto Rico 99: 50.
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Diapherodes gigantea
Wolcott, 1923,
Journ Dept Agric Porto Rico VII (1): 23.
[ Nec Gmelin, 1789. ]
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Wolcott, 1936,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XX (1): 35.
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Wolcott, 1948,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XXXII (1): 50.
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Wolcott, 1951,
Bull Agric Exper Stat Univ Puerto Rico 99: 50.
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Diapherodes krugii
Wolcott, 1923,
Journ Dept Agric Porto Rico VII (1): 23.
Nom. nud.
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Wolcott, 1936,
Journ Agric Univ Puerto Rico XX (1): 35.
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Description
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Color. Bright green in life.
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Male.Head with the vertex only slightly swollen, the tubercles obsolete.
Pro- and mesonota glabrous, at most with a few small granules.
Meso- and metasterna smooth.
Mesopleurae smooth; metapleurae punctate.
Abdominal tergite VIII slightly expanded, X emarginate apically.
Subgenital plate rounded apically. Cerci slender.
Legs with the lateral carinae finely serrate; lower median carina of all femora with two small tubecles
or spines; posterior first tarsomere not as long as the next two together.
Tegmina with the anterior margin yellow, then brown; wings reaching to the middle of abdominal segment
VII, anterior area yellowish-green, veins bright green, posterior area rosy.
Female. Head with the vertex swollen, bituberculate, the sinistral tubercle
much reduced.
Pronotum glabrous or with a few small granules; mesonotum smooth, medially carinate and strongly
constricted anteriorly, sometimes with a few granules.
Meso- and metasterna smooth.
Mesopleurae with a few scattered tubercles or short spines, especially in the posterior third;
metapleurae with small spines.
Abdominal tergites II-IV with the posterior margins smooth, VII with four irregular carinae,
margins slightly dilated in the middle, X medially carinate, apically rounded.
Supraanal plate hidden.
Subgenital plate very elongate.
Legs with the lateral carinae finely serrate; lower median carina of all femora with two small tubecles
or spines; posterior first tarsomere not as long as the next two together.
Tegmina present, green, with the anterior margin darker colored, the veins bright green; wings present,
reaching to about the middle of the median segment.
Illustrations.
1. [ Diapherodes longiscapha Redtenbacher, 1908:
Geneva Museum ]
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Geographic distribution. Throughout the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico.
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Type material.
A. achalus.
A male. Adjuntas, P.R. 12 Apr. 00. C.W. Richmond Collector.
Type No. 7344 [ USNM ]
D. longiscapha.
A female. Portorico. Coll. Klug. No. 2. 141.
Lectotype here selected. [
ZMHU ]
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Systematic notes.
This species is called the caballo de San Pedro in Puerto Rico. I took two pairs together in
the Luquillo Forest.
I have examined eight males and 11 females.
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Males |
Females |
| Total length |
61-74 mm |
92-114 mm |
| mesonotum |
10-12 mm |
17- 22 mm |
| metanotum & median segment |
9-11 mm |
12- 16 mm |
| anterior femur |
10-13 mm |
14- 18 mm |
| median femur |
10-12 mm |
12- 17 mm |
| posterior femur |
13-16 mm |
17- 23 mm |
| tegmen |
10-11 mm |
8- 10 mm |
| wing |
37-42 mm |
8- 10 mm |
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Known Distribution
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Puerto Rico
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island label only
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GM
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Mayaguez
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ANSP
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Maricao Forest
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CFM
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Yauco
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ANSP
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Adjuntas
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USNM
AMNH
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Utuado
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USNM
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Jayuya
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ANSP
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Aibonito
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ANSP
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Cayey
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USNM
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Caguas
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USNM
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Luquillo Experimental Forest, El Verde
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ANSP
RJL
CFM
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