Periphloea amazonica Heleodoro & Queiroz & Rafael 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino
name: Queiroz, Larissa Lima De
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Pseudophasmatidae
Periphloea
Periphloea amazonica

description: Periphloea amazonica sp. nov.   
Figs. 1A–D  
 Etymology. The species name refers to the biome Amazonia in which the species was found.   
 Examined material. Holotype ♀ Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, ZF 2, km-14, near dormitory and soccer field, 2°38’18.9”S, 60°09’24.1”W, 23.ii.2018, Heleodoro R.A & Queiroz L.L. leg (INPA).   
 Diagnosis. Head having longest projection of vertex approximately two times longer than compound eye length, slightly posterior oriented (Figs. 1B, 2A). Tegmina with long and wide light-yellow stripe at costal section, reaching from base to apex; having long and wide black stripe at radial-medial section, reaching approximately 2/3 of wing; cubital and anal sections dark-brown, with light-yellow veins; keel of tegmina slightly undulated, with apical-most projection slender (Figs. 1A–B, 2B–C). Costal area of posterior wing with anterior half with stripe conspicuously light-yellow. Sternite VII 1.6 times longer than wide, with broad aspect (Figs. 1B, D). From mesosternum onwards dark-brown with several light-yellow spots (Fig 1C). Subgenital plate (sternite VIII) with apical margin narrowing, abruptly projecting medially; projection arched; medial elevation weakly marked, two times longer than wide at widest point (Fig. 2F).   
 Description ♀ (only known sex). General coloration dark-brown, same as when specimen was alive. Head. With several scattered granules; dorsally with paired rows of six orange projections, with the longest approximately two times the length of compound eye, slightly posteriorly oriented (Fig. 2A). Gena with wide black stripe and thin orange stripe behind compound eye (Fig. 2A). Vertex medially dark-brown, laterally light yellow. Antenna setose, mainly anteriorly dark-brown, posteriorly light-brown; from flagellomere 14 onwards with orange stains (Fig. 1B). Compound eye light-orange with dark-brown spots (Fig. 2A).   
 Thorax. Thorax with several setae near pleural margin. Pronotum with paired parallel longitudinal stripes and paired parallel rows of three projections. Mesonotum dorsally with paired parallel rows of five projections; four of these projections’ orange; with several scattered granules. Pro- and mesosternum smooth, dark-brown with some orange spots, with few scattered granules (Fig. 1C). Metasternum dark-brown with black spots (Fig 1C).   
 Legs. All legs covered by minute light-yellow setae. Anterior femur dorsally 1.2 times longer than mesonotum, dark-brown with several minute light-yellow spots (Fig. 1B); ventrally dark-brown with light-brown spots. Anterior tibia and tarsus dark-brown with few light-yellow stains (Figs. 1A–D). Mid and posterior idem (Figs. 1A–D).   
 Wings. Tegmina with long and wide light-yellow stripe at costal margin from, reaching from base to apex; with long and wide black stripe at radial-medial section, reaching approximately 2/3 of the wing; cubital and anal sections dark-brown, with light-yellow and dark-brown veins (Figs. 1A–B, 2B–C); keel of tegmina slightly undulated, with apical-most projection slender (Figs. 1A–B, 2B–C). Costal area of posterior wing with anterior half with conspicuous light-yellow stripe; anal area greyish, tessellated (Figs. 1B, D).   
 Abdomen. Tergites and sternites longer than wide, with few scattered light-yellow and black spots. Sternites parallel sided, densely covered by inconspicuous setae. Sternite II 1.8 times longer than wide (Fig. 1C). Sternite VI two times longer than wide (Fig. 1C). Sternite VII 1.6 times longer than wide, with broad aspect (Fig. 1C). Subgenital plate (sternite VIII) dark-brown, with several light-yellow spots, lateral margin nearly straight; apical margin narrowing gradually, then abruptly projecting medially; apex arched; medial elevation weakly marked, two times longer than widest point (Fig. 1C, 2F). Gonapophysis 8 flattened, ellipsoid (Fig. 2F). Gonapophysis 9 with nearly same length of gonapophysis 8; elongated, conspicuously curved at setose posterior half (Fig. 2F). Paraproct long and wide, dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 2F). Cercus laterally flattened, slightly narrowing at middle length, densely covered by long setae.   
 Measurements (mm). Total body length (dorsally measured, from base of frons to tip of abdomen, excluding cercus): 79.5; anterior femur (dorsally measured): 10; length of tergites VII–X combined (laterally measured): 8; cercus: 2.2.   
 Geographical records. Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, ZF2, 60 km North of Manaus. (Fig. 7).
description: Published as part of Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino, Queiroz, Larissa Lima De & Rafael, José Albertino, 2021, Two new species of Periphloea Redtenbacher, 1906 (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) from the Brazilian Amazon Basin, pp. 520-530 in Zootaxa 5047 (5) on pages 521-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5546894