Abstract
Four new species of Lobolibethra Hennemann & Conle, 2007 (Diapheromerinae: Diapheromerini: “Clonistria-group”) are described and illustrated. Lobolibethra carbonelli sp. nov. and L. pozuzoae sp. nov. from eastern Peru are described from both sexes and the eggs, L. tricarinata sp. nov. from southeast Ecuador is described from the female and male, and L. verruculosa sp. nov. from eastern Peru is described from the male. The previously unknown males of the Peruvian L. mainerii (Giglio-Tos, 1910) and L. mutica Hennemann & Conle, 2007 are described and illustrated. Dyme iconnicoffi Caudell, 1918 is shown to represent the previously unknown male of L. mainerii (Giglio-Tos, 1910) and is synonymised (syn. nov.). An updated key is presented for the eleven known species of Lobolibethra.
Highlights
This is the 18th part of an on-going study of the New World Phasmatodea by the authors and presents new information on the genus Lobolibethra Hennemann & Conle, 2007 including the descriptions of four new species from Peru and Ecuador
Lobolibethra belongs to a very species-rich complex of the subfamily Diapheromerinae currently regarded as the “Clonistria-group” and the results of the present study show that Lobolibethra is as yet poorly known and several further new species are awaiting discovery and description
New information on the genus Lobolibethra Hennemann & Conle, 2007, including the descriptions of four new species from Peru and Ecuador, as well as the descriptions and illustrations of the previously unknown males of two species, have been presented. This considerably broadens our knowledge of Lobolibethra, a genus that belongs in a very species-rich and widely distributed generic complex of the subfamily Diapheromerinae, currently regarded as the “Clonistria-group”
Summary
This is the 18th part of an on-going study of the New World Phasmatodea by the authors and presents new information on the genus Lobolibethra Hennemann & Conle, 2007 including the descriptions of four new species from Peru and Ecuador. The new material at hand broadens our knowledge of this genus and provides descriptions and illustrations of the previously unknown males of two species. Lobolibethra belongs to a very species-rich complex of the subfamily Diapheromerinae currently regarded as the “Clonistria-group” and the results of the present study show that Lobolibethra is as yet poorly known and several further new species are awaiting discovery and description. Five of the 11 recognized species are currently only known from single specimens.
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