Pylaemenes konkakinhensis

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Pylaemenes konkakinhensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily:
Bacilloidea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Dataminae
Genus: Pylaemenes
Species:
P. konkakinhensis
Binomial name
Pylaemenes konkakinhensis
Ho, 2018

Pylaemenes konkakinhensis is a species of stick insects native in Vietnam. The species is so far only known from a single female.

Characteristics

Pylaemenes konkakinhensis is a robust elongated species that has very few structures on the body surface and is very similar to the

medial X-shaped edges. The second to fourth tergites widen backwards, while the fifth and sixth tergites tapers backwards. The seventh tergite has an inflated, hump-like area in the middle in the rear area, which is called the preopercular organ. In the middle, at the back of the ninth tergite, there is an elongated crest, the tip of which is clearly notched. The species shows a coloration in which light beige and brown tones are complemented by a contrasting pattern of almost white, dark brown and black spots. This drawing is more typical for females of the genus Orestes.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Gia Lai Province. This female is deposited as holotype at the Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester. The species name refers to the place where the animal was found.[1][2]

As part of the description of six new Orestesspecies from Vietnam, Joachim Bresseel and Jérôme Constant established a new differentiation between the genera Pylaemenes and Orestes in January 2018, which was confirmed in 2021 by genetic analysis. According to this, Pylaemenes konkakinhensis must be transferred to the genus Orestes.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Ho Wai-Chun, G. (2018). Three new species of genus Pylaemenes Stål (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae :Dataminae) from Vietnam, Zoological Systematics, 43(3), pp. 276–282, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201826
  2. ^ a b Brock, P. D.; Büscher, T. H. & Baker, E. W. Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0 (accessdate 30 July 2021)
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  4. ^ 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
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