Planispectrum
| Planispectrum | |
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| Planispectrum hongkongense, female from the Tai Tam stock | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Superfamily: | Bacilloidea
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| Family: | Heteropterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Dataminae |
| Tribe: | Datamini |
| Genus: | Planispectrum Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. , 1939
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The
genus Planispectrum combines very small and compact species from Southeast Asia.[1]
Characteristics
Planispectrum is the smallest genus of the
dorsaly located operculum. The same is swollen and rounded. It shows a rounded lip at the end. The legs are very short and have no teeth or thorns.[2][3]
Distribution area, way of life and reproduction
The distribution area of the genus extends from South China and Hong Kong over Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo to Java. The representatives of the genus are extremely difficult to find and live close to the ground, where they usually hide under leaves lying on the ground. Only after heavy rain do they climb into the bushes to avoid the water.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Taxonomy
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| Relationships of the genus Planispectrum within the Dataminae genera examined by genetic analysis so far[8] |
As early as 1906,
paralectotype.[3] The last species to be described was Planispectrum hainanensis in 2008, initially in the genus Pylaemenes. It was transferred to Planispectrum by George Ho Wai-Chun in 2013.[11]
Valid species are:[1]
- Planispectrum bakiensis Zompro, 1998
- Planispectrum bengalense (Redtenbacher, 1906)
- Planispectrum cochinchinensis (Redtenbacher, 1906)
- Planispectrum hainanensis (Chen & He, 2008)
- Planispectrum hongkongense Zompro, 2004
- Planispectrum javanense Zompro, 2004
- Planispectrum pusillus (Redtenbacher, 1906)
In their work on the radiation and relationships within the Heteropterygidae, which was mainly based on
et al also examined a species of this genus with Planispectrum bengalensis. In the subfamily Dataminae, the genus forms a sister group with a clade formed by the genera Pylaemenes and Orestes.[8]
In captivity
Since 2020, a
Southern District of Hong Kong on November 20, 2019. The stock is referred to as Planispectrum hongkongense 'Tai Tam
' after its exact location and is considered easy to keep and breed.
References
- ^ a b Brock, P. D.; Büscher, T. H. & Baker, E. W. Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0 (accessdate 16 June 2021)
- ^ ISBN 983-812-027-8
- ^ ISBN 978-3931374396
- ISBN 983-812-109-6
- ISBN 978-983-812-169-9
- ISBN 978-983-812-190-3
- ISBN 978-983-812-182-8
- ^ a b Bank, S.; Buckley, T. R.; Büscher, T. H.; Bresseel, J.; Constant, J.; de Haan, M.; Dittmar, D.; Dräger, H.; Kahar, R. S.; Kang, A.; Kneubühler, B.; Langton-Myers, S. & Bradler, S. (2021). Reconstructing the nonadaptive radiation of an ancient lineage of ground-dwelling stick insects (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae), Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12472
- ^ Redtenbacher, J. (1906). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1. Phasmidae Areolatae. Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 46–47 & 52–53
- Rehn, J. A. G. & Rehn, J. W. H. (1939). Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. 90, 1938), Philadelphia, p. 484.
- ISSN 1175-5326
External links
Data related to Planispectrum at Wikispecies
Media related to Planispectrum at Wikimedia Commons
