Cone on a stick: a new cone-headed stick insect (Phasmotodea:Diapheromeridae) from Samar Island, Philippines

Issue Date

10-2015

Abstract

The third Philippine species of Loxopsis (Phasmatodea:Diapheromeridae) is described as new to science based on adult females and their eggs. The new species differs from the other Philippine Loxopsis species in having the apex of the sub-genital plate excised at the margins and incurved posteriorly in addition to a very long hind wing i.e. reaching the IX abdominal tergite. Its discovery expands the geographical range of the genus northwards but maintains the distribution of Loxopsis as confined to the Greater Mindanao biogeographic region.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

29

Issue

2

Page

231

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

PHASMIDA; ANIMALS; NEW SPECIES; ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; PHILIPPINES

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