Synonymy
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Diapherodes scabricollis
Gray, 1835,
Synopsis of the Phasmidae, p 34.
[ Type locality: Unknown. ]
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Haplopus scabricollis (Gray)
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Westwood, 1859,
Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects, I: 88.
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Kirby, 1904c,
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, I: 364.
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Redtenbacher, 1908,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, pp 429, 432.
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Haplopus evadne
Caudell, 1904,
Proc United States Nat Mus, XXVII (1378): 949,
figs 1, 2 [ male ].
[ Nec Haplopus evadne Westwood, 1859. ]
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Aplopus mayeri
Caudell, 1905,
Journ New York Ent Soc, XIII (2): 83.
[ Type locality: Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida. ] Syn. n.
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Stockard, 1908,
Pap Tortugas Lab Carnegie Inst Washingtion, Publ 103, II (II): 43,
figs [ male, female, egg ].
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Caudell & Hebard, 1912,
Proc Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, LXIV (II): 159.
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Rehn & Hebard, 1912,
Proc Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, LXIV (II): 243.
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Rehn & Hebard, 1914,
Proc Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, LXVI (II): 387.
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Haplopus mayeri (Caudell)
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Redtenbacher, 1908,
Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden, pp 430, 433.
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Description
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Color.
Female gray, male with the body brown dorsally, the legs and venter bright green.
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Female.
Head. With a pair of unequal, black-tipped spinose horns, behind which is a pair of granules.
Thorax. Pronotum covered with numerous black-tipped, tuberculate spines; mesonotum with numerous
similar, irregularly placed spinules or spines.
Meso- and metasterna tuberculate.
Meso- and metapleurae spinose.
Abdomen. Tergites II-IV with traces of paired posterior spines, sometimes developed into true
retrorse spines, VII expanded distally, X faintly medially carinate, with a broad V-shaped emargination apically.
Supraanal plate carinate, triangular, rounded apically.
Sternite VII with the posterolateral angles not dilated; subgenital plate very eleongate.
In some immature females, the retrorse spines on abdominal segments II and III are well-developed, and tergite
VII may have the posterolateral angles strongly expanded.
Legs. Lower median carina of the anterior femora with two spines, of middle and posterior femora
with four to six spines; posterior first tarsomere longer than the next three together.
Wings. Tegmina present; hindwings extremely short, not reaching as far as the middle of the
median segment, posterior area red.
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Male.
Head. As in the female.
Thorax. Pronotum with a pair of black-tipped spines near the anterior margin;
mesonotum with ten similar spines.
Mesosternum with ten spines or tubercles; metasternum with two pairs of tubercles.
Mesopleurae granulate; metapleurae punctate.
Abdomen. Tergites laterally white, VIII slightly expanded distally, X emarginate apically.
Apex of subgenital plate rounded.
Cerci large, thick, slightly curved.
Legs. Elongate; lower median carina of anterior femora sometimes with three spines; otherwise
similar to the female.
Wings. Tegmina greenish brown, anteriorly and posteriorly white; hindwings very reduced,
similar to the female, anterior area blackish at the base, posterior area red.
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Geographic distribution.
Florida Keys and the Bahamas.
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Type material.
D. scabricollis.
A male. No locality. [
Linnean Society: BMNH ]
A. mayeri.
A male. Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Fla. Catal. No. 54. Type
No. 42774. [
USNM ]
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Systematic notes.
This species is very similar to spinipes, differing primarily in the very short hindwings.
It is clear from examination of Gray’s type specimen of scabricollis that Caudell’s
mayeri is conspecific.
I have examined 30 males and 41 females.
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Males |
Females |
| Total length |
88-118 mm |
119-153 mm |
| mesonotum |
20-28 mm |
27- 36 mm |
| metanotum & median segment |
12-17 mm |
16- 20 mm |
| anterior femur |
19-24 mm |
20- 26 mm |
| median femur |
16-21 mm |
18- 22 mm |
| posterior femur |
20-28 mm |
21- 29 mm |
| tegmen |
6- 9 mm |
8- 10 mm |
| hindwing |
4- 8 mm |
6- 9 mm |
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Known Distribution
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United States
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Florida Keys
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ANSP
AMNH
USNM
MCZ
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Bahamas
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island label only
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BMNH
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South Bimini Island
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AMNH
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New Providence. Nassau
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ANSP
MCZ
CFM
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Cayman Island
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BMNH
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No locality label
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BMNH
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