Andeocalynda Hennemann & Conle 2020, n. gen.
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
name: Conle, Oskar V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Diapheromeridae
Andeocalynda

description: Keys to the species of Andeocalynda n. gen.   
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1. Thorax granulose or tuberculose......................................................................... 2  
 - Body entirely smooth; S-Ecuador............................................................... tenuis n. sp.   
2. Thorax densely and ± uniformly granulose / tuberculose; legs unarmed........................................... 3  
 - Meso- and metanotum irregularly set with variably sized blunt tubercles; mid and hind legs armed with lobes; S-Ecuador........................................................................................... decorata n. sp.   
3. Complete thorax and abdomen densely granulose;........................................................... 4  
 - Only mesothorax and metasternum densely tuberculose, median segment and abdomen almost smooth; N-Ecuador............................................................................................... tuberculata n. sp.   
 4. Small and rather stocky species (body length incl. subgenital plate 100.0 mm); body granulation dense and pronounced; epiproct acutely triangular; S-Ecuador........................................................... densegranulosa n. sp.   
 - Larger more slender species body length incl. subgenital plate> 120.0 mm); body granulation moderate; epiproct wider than long, obtuse; S-Colombia................................................................ putumayoense n. sp.   
 * ♀♀ of A. aspericollis n. sp., A. banosense n. sp., A. brevicercata n. sp., A. carrikeri (Bates, 1865), A. comis (Hebard, 1919), A. lojaense n. sp. and A. viridipes n. sp. are not known.   
♂♂  
1. Poculum with a ± distinct central node, spine or protuberance.................................................. 7  
- Poculum without a central protuberance................................................................... 2  
2. Head elongate and sub-cylindrical;> 1.5x wider than long; frons and vertex flat................................... 4 ¨C Head short and broad; <1.5x longer than wide; anterior portion of vertex swollen.................................. 3  
 3. Body length <80.0 mm; meso- and metanotum green dorsally with lateral surfaces red; poculum strongly inflated and> 1.5x higher than abdominal tergum IX; N-Ecuador.................................................. tuberculata n. sp. ¨C Larger (body length> 85.0 mm); thorax unicolourous, buff, drab or brown; poculum just slightly higher than abdominal tergum IX; Central Colombia.............................................................................. comis   
4. Mesothorax smooth................................................................................... 6  
- Mesothorax granulose / tuberculose....................................................................... 5  
 5. Head unicolourous; meso- and metanotum with a broad green longitudinal median streak; anal segment ascendant towards the apex; S-Colombia...................................................................... putumayoense n. sp.   
 - Head with lower portions of genae pale cream; meso- and metanotum unicolourous; anal segment strongly tectiform; S-Ecuador........................................................................................ tenuis n. sp.   
 6. Granules of mesonotum distinct and acute; anal segment distinctly tectiform; vomer much reduced and mostly concealed by paraprocts.............................................................................. aspericollis n. sp.   
 - Granules of mesonotum low and obtuse; anal segment ascendant towards the apex; vomer notably more prominent and visible............................................................................... densegranulosa n. sp.   
7. Abdominal tergum IX <2x longer than anal segment......................................................... 8  
 - Abdominal tergum strongly elongated, 2.3x longer than anal segment and longer than VIII and anal segment combined; S-Ecuador.................................................................................... lojaense n. sp.   
8. Anal segment strongly tectiform, not ascendant towards the apex; poculum....................................... 9  
 - Anal segment distinctly ascendant towards the apex; S-Colombia......................................... carrikeri   
9. Cerci considerably shorter than anal segment; abdominal tergum IX short and notably less than 1.5x the length of anal segment; meso- and metafemora slender.......................................................................... 10  
 - Cerci long, about as long as anal segment; abdominal tergum IX elongate and almost 2x longer than anal segment; two outer ventral carinae of meso- and metafemora slightly expanded sub-basally............................... decorata n. sp.   
 10. Lateral margins of abdominal tergum IX distinctly deflexed and rounded; meso- and metaemora plain green with base red; N-Ecuador................................................................................. banosense n. sp.   
 - Lateral margins of abdominal tergum IX at best very gently convex; meso- and metafemora with pale transverse bands; S-Ecuador.................................................................................... viridipes n. sp.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2020, Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXIV: Andeocalynda n. gen., a new genus of Andean stick insects, with the descriptions of nine new species from Colombia and Ecuador (Phasmatodea: " Anareolatae ": Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae), pp. 301-341 in Zootaxa 4896 (3) on pages 306-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4383779