Synonymy
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Haplopus evadne
Westwood, 1859,
Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects, I: 85,
pl XVIII, figs 6, 6a, 6b
[ male ].
[ Type locality: “St. Domingo.” ]
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Kirby, 1904c,
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, I: 363.
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Redtenbacher, 1908,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, pp 429, 432.
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Description
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Color. Greenish yellow.
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Male. Head with a moderately large right tubercle, the left one much
reduced; behind them is a row of four small granules.
Pronotum glabrous, except for a few very small granules; mesonotum with 10-12 black
tuberculate spines.
Mesosternum with four short black spines and a few scattered granules; metasternum glabrous.
Mesopleurae granulate; metapleurae bearing a white stripe.
Abdominal tegite VIII dilated distally, X emarginate apically.
Subgenital plate with the apex slightly emarginate.
Cerci large, thick, straight.
Legs elongate; lower median carina of anterior femora with three spines, the basal one very
small; lower median carina of middle and posterior femora with five spines; lower lateral carina
of the tibiae faintly serrate distally; posterior first tarsomere a longer than
the next three together.
Tegmina yellow in color with green stripes; wings fully developed, reaching to
abdominal segment VI, anterior area yellow with green stripes, posterior area a very light rose color.
Female. Unknown.
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Geographic distribution. Hispaniola.
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Type.
A male. St. Dom. 55.1. [
BMNH ]
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Systematic notes.
I have examined two males, but only made measurements on one.
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Male |
| Total length |
96 mm |
| mesonotum |
20 mm |
| metanotum & median segment |
15 mm |
| anterior femur |
18 mm |
| median femur |
17 mm |
| posterior femur |
22 mm |
| tegmen |
12 mm |
| wing |
49 mm |
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Known Distribution
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Haiti
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Gonaive Island
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ANSP
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