Synonymy
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Anophelepis poeyi Saussure, 1868,
Rev & Mag Zool, 2nd ser., XX: 67.
[ Type locality: Cuba. ]
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Saussure, 1869a,
Mém Soc Phys & d’Hist Nat Genève, XX (1): 298.
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Saussure, 1869b,
Mélanges orthoptèrologiques, II: 118.
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Saussure, 1872,
Recherches Zoologiques, (6me partie), 2: 171, pl. 4,
figs. 18, 18a [ female ].
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Stål, 1875b,
Recensio Orthopterorum, p 56.
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Anisomorpha poeyi (Saussure)
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Bolivar, 1888,
Mém Soc Zool France (1888) 1 (1): 141.
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Agathemera poeyi (Saussure)
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Kirby, 1904c,
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, I: 402.
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Alloeophasma poeyi (Saussure)
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Redtenbacher, 1906,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, p 126.
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Rehn, 1909,
Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Cuba, p 196.
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Phasma cubensis Saussure, 1868,
Rev & Mag Zool, 2nd ser., XX: 69.
[ Nec Phasma cubensis deHaan, 1842. ]
[ Type locality: Cuba. ]
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Saussure, 1872,
Recherches Zoologiques, (6me partie), 2: 171, pl. 4,
fig. 23 [ male ].
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Phasma cubense Saussure, 1872,
Recherches Zoologiques, (6me partie), 2: 195.
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Bolivar, 1888,
Mém Soc Zool France (1888) 1 (1): 141.
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Pseudophasma cubense (Saussure)
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Kirby, 1904c,
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, I: 413.
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Anisomorpha longipennis Redtenbacher, 1906,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, pp 90, 92.
[ Type locality: Mayarí, Cuba. ] Syn. n.
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Rehn, 1909,
Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Cuba, p 196.
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Pseudophasma antillarum Rehn, 1909,
Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Cuba, p 196.
Syn. n.
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Description
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Color.
Dark reddish brown.
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Female.
Head. Vertex with a row of lateral tubercles and two pairs of median tubercles; first antennal flagellomere about
1.6 times the length of the pedicel.
Thorax. Pronotum subrectangular, lateral margins and disc with numerous tuberculate spines; mesonotu about 1.1 times
the length of the pronotum, slightly more spinose.
Abdomen. Posterolateral angles of abdominal tergites II-VIII terminating in acute spines, tergites V-IX with faint
posteromedian swellings and X obscurely carinate apically, rounded.
Praeopercular organ very large; subgenital plate reaching beyond the middle of abdominal segment X, smooth, scoop-like, broadly
rounded apically.
Wings. Tegmina short, the tubercles obtuse, posterior margin oblique; hindwings reduced and reaching at most to only
slightly beyond abdominal segment II, usually extremely reduced and reaching only slightly beyond the posterior margin of the
median segment; when larger, the hindwing posterior area is light tan in color.
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Male.
Head Vertex granulate; first antennal flagellomere 1.5 times the length of the pedicel.
Thorax. Lateral margins and disc of the pronotum granulate.
Abdomen Abdominal tegite X deeply emarginate apically. Subgenital plate with an acute apical carina; vomer broad,
medially sulcate, lateral margins swollen, apex rounded, flat.
Wings. Tegmina with the posterior margin slightly sinuate; hindwings fully developed, reaching to the middle of
abdominal segment VII.
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Geographic distribution.
Central Cuba.
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Type material.
Anophelepis poeyi.
Lectotype: A female. ♀ Cuba. Acheté a M. Poey. [
GM ]. Here selected.
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Phasma cubensis.
Lectotype: A male. ♂ Cuba. Acheté a M. Poey. [
GM ]. Here selected.
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Anisomorpha longipennis.
Holotype: An immature female. Cuba. Mayarí (Batiz di Nipe). Chaper. 1883. [
PM ].
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Systematic notes.
There is a considerable variability in this species, especially in the female, which may have the tegmina and wings reduced
to small stubs or almost fully developed. I agree fully with Redtenbacher’s synonymy of cubensis with poeyi.
His type specimen of longipennis is merely an immature female of this species. Rehn’s antillarum was a
replacement name for Saussure’s preoccupied name, cubensis.
I have examined five males and four females.
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Males |
Females |
| Total length |
36-39 mm |
50-66 mm |
| mesonotum |
4- 6 mm |
8- 6 mm |
| metanotum & median segment |
6- 7 mm |
8- 8 mm |
| anterior femur |
- 9 mm |
8-11 mm |
| posterior femur |
10-10 mm |
12-16 mm |
| tegmen |
3- 3 mm |
1- 4 mm |
| wing |
22-22 mm |
4-18 mm |
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Known Distribution
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Cuba
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island label only
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GM
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Camagüey. Jaronu
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ANSP
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